English

Proper noun

Joe

1. A common nickname for Joseph, also used as a formal male given name.
   • 1981 Orson Scott Card, Second Movement, Nebula Winners: Science Fiction Writers of America, Harper&Row, 1981, ISBN 0060148306, page 207

     "With a name like Joe," Joe always said, "I had to open a bar and grill, just so I could put up a sign saying 'Joe's Bar and Grill'."

2. A female given name, a form of Joanne or Josephine.

Related terms

• Jo
• Joey

Translations

Noun

Joe ‎(plural Joes)

1. (informal) A male; a guy; a fellow

   I'm just an ordinary Joe.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• cup of joe
• sloppy joe

English

Noun

joe ‎(plural joes)

1. (informal) A male; a guy; a fellow.

   I'm just an ordinary joe.

Derived terms

• joe job

Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin. See cup of joe for more.

Noun

joe ‎(uncountable)

1. (chiefly US, informal) Coffee.
   • 2010, Melody Carlson, A Mile in My Flip-Flops (page 221)

     Some people say I make the best joe in town. But you know there's a kiosk over on Eighteenth Avenue, not that far from here.

Related terms

• cup of joe

Dalmatian

Pronoun

joe f ‎(plural jai)

1. (third-person feminine singular pronoun, oblique case) her

Related terms

• jala
• joi (masculine)
• jai

Dutch

Interjection

joe

1. (colloquial) bye

   Joe! - Bye!

Old French

Noun

joe f ‎(oblique plural joes, nominative singular joe, nominative plural joes)

1. cheek

Descendants

• French: joue

Sranan Tongo

Pronoun

joe

1. you