leo

leo

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːəʊ/

Noun

leo (plural leos)

  1. (informal) Abbreviation of leotard.

Translations

Anagrams

  • 'Ole, -ole, EOL, Elo, Loe, OEL, OLE, elo, ole, olé

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leʊ/

Verb

leo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ler
  2. first-person singular present indicative of lear

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo, from Proto-Oceanic *leqo, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqə, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ (neck). Compare also Tetum lian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleo/, [ˈlɛo]

Noun

leo

  1. voice; sound
  2. command
    I aliʻi nō ʻoe, i kanaka au, malalo aku au o kō leo. (Hula song)
    You be the chief, I the servant, I shall be obedient to your command.
  3. verbal message

Verb

leo

  1. to speak
  2. to make a sound

Derived terms

  • leoleo

References

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “leo”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Helong

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqə, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ.

Noun

leo

  1. neck

Irish

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • leob (Galway)
  • Riú (Munster)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʲoː/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /lʲoːbˠ/ (corresponding to the spelling leob)

Pronoun

leo (emphatic leosan)

  1. third-person plural of le: with them, to them

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʲoː/

Noun

leo m (genitive singular leo, nominative plural leonna)

  1. slush, slime, slick
Declension
Derived terms
  • leo ola (oil slick)

References

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈle.oː/, [ˈɫ̪eoː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.o/, [ˈlɛːo]

Noun

leō m (genitive leōnis); third declension

  1. lion
  2. lion's skin
  3. (astronomy) the constellation Leo
  4. (figuratively) lionheart; a courageous person
  5. a kind of crab
  6. a kind of plant

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • leō fēmina
  • leōnīnus
  • leunculus

Related terms

  • lea
  • leaena
  • leonticus
  • leontios

Descendants

See also

  • Leo on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la

References

  • leo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • leo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • leo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • leo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • leo”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
  • leo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • leo”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

Noun

leo

  1. voice, sound

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lēwō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /le͜oː/

Noun

lēo f or m

  1. lion

Declension

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

Noun

leo

  1. voice

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

Noun

leo

  1. voice, sound

Sikaiana

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

Noun

leo

  1. voice, sound of a voice
  2. pronunciation
  3. tune (of a song)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleo/ [ˈle.o]
  • Rhymes: -eo
  • Syllabification: le‧o

Etymology 1

Adjective

leo m or f (masculine and feminine plural leos)

  1. Leo

Noun

leo m or f by sense (plural leos)

  1. Leo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

leo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of leer

Further reading

  • “leo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Adverb

leo

  1. today

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo. Cognates include Hawaiian leo and Maori reo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈle.o]
  • Hyphenation: le‧o

Noun

leo

  1. voice
  2. talk
  3. noise, sound

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 182

Tuvaluan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

Noun

leo

  1. voice, sound

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *g-lɛːw, whence also trèo.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lɛw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lɛw˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [lɛw˧˧]

Verb

leo • (撩, 繚, 𨇉)

  1. to climb
    leo câyto climb a tree
    leo núito go mountain climbing or hiking

See also

  • lên; trèo

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