leo

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːəʊ/

Noun

leo (plural leos)

1. (informal) Clipping of leotard.

Translations

Anagrams

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

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): /ˈle.o/, [ˈlɛ.jo]

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)
• leofa (Ulster)
• riú (Munster)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʲoː/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /lʲoːbˠ/ (corresponding to the form leob)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈlʲɔːfˠə/ (corresponding to the form leofa)

Pronoun

leo (emphatic leosan)

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /lʲoː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲɔː/

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 Latin) 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. a lion

Declension

Weak:

Further reading

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “leó”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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^[3], 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˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɛw˧˧]

Verb

leo • (撩, 繚, 𨇉)

1. to climb

   leo cây ― to climb a tree

   leo núi ― to go mountain climbing or hiking

See also

• lên; trèo