ceo

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English

Noun

ceo (countable and uncountable, plural ceos)

1. (aviation) Alternative letter-case form of CEO

Anagrams

• COE, CoE, Coe, ECO, EOC, eco, eco-

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin citō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθeo/ [ˈθe.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: ce‧o

Adverb

ceo

1. early

   Synonym: pronto

2. soon

   Synonym: llueu

Galician

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ceo (“sky; heaven”), 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria; from Latin caelum (“sky”). Cognate with Portuguese céu and Spanish cielo.

Alternative forms

• ceio

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: ce‧o

Noun

ceo m (plural ceos)

1. sky

   Synonym: firmamento

2. heaven
   • 1326, López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 294:

3. ceiling
   • 1326, López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 295:

   Synonym: teito

Derived terms

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ceo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ceo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ceo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ceo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ceo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

ceo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cear

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish céo, from Proto-Celtic *kiwos (“fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyeh₁-wó-s (“gray”), see also Sanskrit श्याव (śyāva), Persian سیاه (siyâh, “black”), Russian сивый (sivyj, “grey”), Lithuanian šývas (“light grey”), Old English hīew (modern English hue).

Celtic relatives include Manx kay and Scottish Gaelic ceò. Also compare English sky.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /coː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɔː/

Noun

ceo m (genitive singular ceo or ciach or ceoigh, nominative plural ceonna or ceocha)

1. fog, mist
2. haze
3. vapour
4. (in questions and negative sentences) nothing, anything

Declension

Archaic or dialectal forms:

• Alternative genitive singular: ceoigh
• Alternative dative plural forms: ceochaibh, ceonnaibh

Derived terms

• ceo bruithne
• toitcheo (“smog”)

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceo”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 133

Old English

Alternative forms

• ċīo
• ċēa — normalised

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kahwu, probably ultimately imitative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe͜oː/

Noun

ċēo f

1. a chough, a bird of the genus Corvus; a jay; crow; jackdaw

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• ceahhe

Descendants

• Middle English: ka, co, cheo, choȝe, choughe, chowe, chow
  • Scots: ka, kae, kea, keaw
  • English: coe, chough

References

Old French

Pronoun

ceo

1. Alternative form of ço

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin caelum (“sky”). Cognate with Old Spanish cielo, Old Occitan cel and Old French ciel.

Pronunciation

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.o/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.ʊ/

Noun

ceo m (plural ceos)

1. sky

   • Como un tafur tirou con hũa baeſta hũa seeta cõtra o ceo con ſanna p̈ q̇ pdera. p̃ q̃ cuidaua q̇ firia a deos o.ſ.M̃.

     How a gambler shot, with a crossbow, a bolt at the sky, wrathful because he had lost. Because he wanted it to wound God or Holy Mary.

2. (religion) heaven

   • Subiu ao ceo. o fillo / de deꝯ. por dar paray.ſaos amigo^s ſeꝯ

     Ascended to heaven, the son of God. For giving paradise to his friends.

Descendants

• Fala: ceu
• Galician: ceo
• Portuguese: céu (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

Noun

ceo m (plural ceos)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of céu.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• cȉo, cijȇl (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cělъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *káilas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sêo/

Adjective

cȅo (Cyrillic spelling це̏о, definite cȇlī)

1. whole

   Celo je vreme tamo ležala. ― She lay there the whole time.
2. entire, complete

Declension

Venetan

Adjective

ceo (feminine singular cea, masculine plural cei, feminine plural cee)

1. small
2. minute

Synonyms

• picenin