neo

English Online Dictionary. What means neo‎? What does neo mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːəʊ/
• Rhymes: -iːəʊ

Etymology 1

Noun

neo (plural neos)

1. (dated, fandom slang, science fiction) Clipping of neofan.
2. (politics) Clipping of neoconservative.
3. (LGBTQ slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of neopronoun.

Etymology 2

Noun

neo

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

See also

• neo-geo

Anagrams

• -one, EON, NOE, Noe, eno-, eon, one

Cubeo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dẽˈo/

Noun

neo

1. cooking oil, motor oil, gasoline.

See also

• caié
• paroraneo

References

• N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "neo", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
• N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

Esperanto

Etymology

From ne (“no”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈneo]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: ne‧o

Noun

neo (accusative singular neon, plural neoj, accusative plural neojn)

1. a no; an expression or vote of negation or opposition

See also

• jeso (“a yes”)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin naevus (“mole, birthmark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.o/
• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: nè‧o

Noun

neo m (plural nei)

1. mole (on skin)
2. beauty spot
3. flaw, defect

Noun

neo m (invariable)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of neon

Anagrams

• -one, Eno, Noè, eno-

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nēō, from earlier *nējō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈne.oː/, [ˈneoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.o/, [ˈnɛːo]

Verb

neō (present infinitive nēre, perfect active nēvī, supine nētum); second conjugation

1. (transitive) to spin; weave, interlace, entwine

   Synonym: fīlō (Late Latin)

Conjugation

Noun

neō

1. dative/ablative singular of neon

Derived terms

• nētus

References

• neo, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “neo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “neo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• neo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old English

Alternative forms

• nē

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nawi, from Proto-Germanic *nawiz, *nawaz (“corpse”), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“the deceased, corpse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne͜oː/

Noun

nēo n

1. a corpse

Declension

Strong wa-stem:

Derived terms

Old Saxon

Etymology

From ne- +‎ eo (“ever”).

Adverb

neo

1. never

Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

neo

1. Alternative form of no.

Spanish

Noun

neo m (plural neos)

1. (rare) Alternative form of neón

Further reading

• “neo”, 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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nɛw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nɛw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [nɛw˧˧]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *tʃ-rn-ɛːw, an *-rn- (instrumental derivative) infixed form of Proto-Vietic *tʃɛːw, whence Modern Vietnamese xeo. Related to chèo (“oar”), derived from a differently infixed form.

Noun

(classifier mũi, cái) neo • (𪲍)

1. (nautical) anchor

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Muong Bi đeo (“few”).

Adjective

neo

1. (now rarely seen in isolation) few

Derived terms

• neo đơn