"Giovanni" meaning in All languages combined

See Giovanni on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /d͡ʒoʊˈvɑni/, /d͡ʒiː.əˈvɑni/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Giovanni. Doublet of John. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|Giovanni}} Italian Giovanni, {{doublet|en|John}} Doublet of John Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Giovanni
  1. (rare) A male given name from Italian. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-Giovanni-en-name-ioHRQYcr Categories (other): English given names, English male given names, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 26 14 5 28
  2. (very rare) A female given name from Italian. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-Giovanni-en-name-gWfrtpJn Categories (other): English female given names, English given names, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 26 14 5 28

Proper name [Italian]

IPA: /d͡ʒoˈvan.ni/
Rhymes: -anni Etymology: From Latin Iōhannēs, Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”). Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|Iōhannēs}} Latin Iōhannēs, {{der|it|grc|Ἰωάννης}} Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), {{der|it|he|יוחנן||Yahweh is gracious|tr=Yôḥānān}} Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”) Head templates: {{it-proper noun|m}} Giovanni m
  1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Giovanni-it-name-ruTyLtL6 Categories (other): Italian given names, Italian male given names, Pages with 2 entries, Books of the Bible Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 26 14 5 28 Disambiguation of Books of the Bible: 43 26 31
  2. John (biblical character) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Giovanni-it-name-7rq-7PW7 Categories (other): Biblical characters Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 12 53 35
  3. the Gospel of John Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Giovanni-it-name-yv9kxNQZ Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Individuals Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 26 14 5 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 22 12 4 41 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 27 6 67 Disambiguation of Individuals: 32 9 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "Giovanni"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian Giovanni",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "John"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of John",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian Giovanni. Doublet of John.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Giovanni",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 26 14 5 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name from Italian."
      ],
      "id": "en-Giovanni-en-name-ioHRQYcr",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) A male given name from Italian."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English female given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 26 14 5 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female given name from Italian."
      ],
      "id": "en-Giovanni-en-name-gWfrtpJn",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(very rare) A female given name from Italian."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒoʊˈvɑni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒiː.əˈvɑni/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Giovanni"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Giovanni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Giovanni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Giovanni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "Ջիվան",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: Ջիվան (J̌ivan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: Ջիվան (J̌ivan)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Iōhannēs"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Iōhannēs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ἰωάννης"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "יוחנן",
        "4": "",
        "5": "Yahweh is gracious",
        "tr": "Yôḥānān"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin Iōhannēs, Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Giovanni m",
      "name": "it-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Gio‧vàn‧ni"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Giovanna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Gian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Gianni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Giovan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Vanni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Gianetti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Giani"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Gianinazzi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Giannelli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Giannerini"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Giannetti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Giannini"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Giannone"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Giannotta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Giannotti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Giannuzzi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Giovanardi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Giovannardi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Giovannelli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Giovannetti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Giovinazzi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Giovinazzo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Iannacci"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Iannarelli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Iannelli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Iannello"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Iannetta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Ianniello"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Iannone"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Iannotti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Iannucci"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Iannuso"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Iannuzzi"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 26 14 5 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 26 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "it",
          "name": "Books of the Bible",
          "orig": "it:Books of the Bible",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Pope John",
          "text": "Papa Giovanni",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John"
      ],
      "id": "en-Giovanni-it-name-ruTyLtL6",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "John",
          "John#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 53 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "it",
          "name": "Biblical characters",
          "orig": "it:Biblical characters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "John (biblical character)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Giovanni-it-name-7rq-7PW7",
      "links": [
        [
          "John",
          "John"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 26 14 5 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 22 12 4 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 6 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 9 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "it",
          "name": "Individuals",
          "orig": "it:Individuals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the Gospel of John"
      ],
      "id": "en-Giovanni-it-name-yv9kxNQZ",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒoˈvan.ni/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-anni"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "it:Giovanni"
  ],
  "word": "Giovanni"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Italian",
    "English terms derived from Italian",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "it:Biblical characters",
    "it:Books of the Bible",
    "it:Individuals"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "Giovanni"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian Giovanni",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "John"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of John",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian Giovanni. Doublet of John.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Giovanni",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English given names",
        "English male given names",
        "English male given names from Italian",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name from Italian."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) A male given name from Italian."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English female given names",
        "English female given names from Italian",
        "English given names",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female given name from Italian."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(very rare) A female given name from Italian."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒoʊˈvɑni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒiː.əˈvɑni/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Giovanni"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Italian 3-syllable words",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian masculine nouns",
    "Italian proper nouns",
    "Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Italian terms derived from Hebrew",
    "Italian terms derived from Latin",
    "Italian terms inherited from Latin",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Italian/anni",
    "Rhymes:Italian/anni/3 syllables",
    "it:Biblical characters",
    "it:Books of the Bible",
    "it:Individuals"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Giovanni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Giovanni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Giovanni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "Ջիվան",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: Ջիվան (J̌ivan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: Ջիվան (J̌ivan)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Iōhannēs"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Iōhannēs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ἰωάννης"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "יוחנן",
        "4": "",
        "5": "Yahweh is gracious",
        "tr": "Yôḥānān"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin Iōhannēs, Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Giovanni m",
      "name": "it-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Gio‧vàn‧ni"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Giovanna"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gian"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gianni"
    },
    {
      "word": "Giovan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vanni"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gianetti"
    },
    {
      "word": "Giani"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gianinazzi"
    },
    {
      "word": "Giannelli"
    },
    {
      "word": "Giannerini"
    },
    {
      "word": "Giannetti"
    },
    {
      "word": "Giannini"
    },
    {
      "word": "Giannone"
    },
    {
      "word": "Giannotta"
    },
    {
      "word": "Giannotti"
    },
    {
      "word": "Giannuzzi"
    },
    {
      "word": "Giovanardi"
    },
    {
      "word": "Giovannardi"
    },
    {
      "word": "Giovannelli"
    },
    {
      "word": "Giovannetti"
    },
    {
      "word": "Giovinazzi"
    },
    {
      "word": "Giovinazzo"
    },
    {
      "word": "Iannacci"
    },
    {
      "word": "Iannarelli"
    },
    {
      "word": "Iannelli"
    },
    {
      "word": "Iannello"
    },
    {
      "word": "Iannetta"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ianniello"
    },
    {
      "word": "Iannone"
    },
    {
      "word": "Iannotti"
    },
    {
      "word": "Iannucci"
    },
    {
      "word": "Iannuso"
    },
    {
      "word": "Iannuzzi"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian given names",
        "Italian male given names",
        "Italian male given names from Hebrew",
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Pope John",
          "text": "Papa Giovanni",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "John",
          "John#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "John (biblical character)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "John",
          "John"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the Gospel of John"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒoˈvan.ni/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-anni"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "it:Giovanni"
  ],
  "word": "Giovanni"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Giovanni meaning in All languages combined (4.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (887c61b and 3d4dee6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.