Zoe

See also: zoe, zoè, Zoé, Zoë, and Zöe

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈzəʊ.i/, IPA^(key): /ˈzəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈzoʊ.i/, IPA^(key): /ˈzoʊ/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -əʊi, -əʊ, -oʊi, -oʊ

Proper noun

Zoe

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, of common usage, variant of Zoë.
   • 1833, Lloyd Wharton Bickley, Zoe, or the Sicilian Sayda: A Romance, Key&Biddle, page 112:

     Rosalie smiled faintly, and at the clapping of her hands, the raven-haired Zoe, in all her surpassing beauty, entered the apartment.

   • 1921, Fannie Hurst, Stardust, BiblioBazaar, LLC, published 2007, →ISBN, page 20:

     "Who ever heard of a girl named Zoe! You never did yourself." ¶ "I know I never did, Roy Kemble, but just the same I think it is the most beautiful name in the world. It isn't so much what it really means; names don't have to mean anything - it's what it feels like it means.

Anagrams

• Ezo

Czech

Proper noun

Zoe f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Zoë

Declension

Declension of Zoe (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Zoe	Zoe
genitive	Zoe	Zoí
dative	Zoi	Zoím
accusative	Zoi	Zoe
vocative	Zoe	Zoe
locative	Zoi	Zoích
instrumental	Zoí	Zoemi

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Zoe

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Zoë

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡zɔe]

Proper noun

Zoe f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Zoë

Occitan

Proper noun

Zoe f (Gascony)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Zoë

Further reading

• Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 157.