deo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "deo"

English

Etymology

Clipping of deodorant.

Noun

deo (countable and uncountable, plural deos)

1. (informal, rare) deodorant
   • 2005, Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africa, numbers 687-694, page 32:

     Some men complain their deos don't work after regular use. Your underarm area can build up immunity to the same product. Alternating two deos can give you total protection.

   • 2014, Damodar Mall, Supermarketwala: Secrets To Winning Consumer India:

     He brandishes a can of deodorant (deo) spray as he says this, grinning all the time. 'I started using this about two years ago. I didn't realise deos can be so useful in controlling sweating and keeping me feeling fresh. […]

   • 2014, Julia Franck, West:

     'Maybe it's a teeny bit embarrassing, but seeing that we're good friends, Jabłonovska, don't you use any deo?' 'Any what?' 'Deo. Deodorant.' She pronounced the final T sharply and distinctly.

Anagrams

• DOE, OED, doe, ode, Edo, -ode, ODE, Ode, Doe, EOD, EDO

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of deodorant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː(j)oː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: deo
• Rhymes: -eːoː

Noun

deo m (plural deo's, diminutive deootje n)

1. deodorant

Derived terms

• deobus

Anagrams

• doe

Ido

Alternative forms

• Deo

Etymology

Borrowed from English deity, French déité, Italian deità, Spanish deidad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.o/

Noun

deo (plural dei)

1. God, a god, a deity

Derived terms

• amoro-deo (“god of love, Cupid”)
• danko a Deo (“thank God”)
• dea (“divine”)
• deajo (“a divinity”)
• deala (“divine”)
• deatra (“godlike”)
• deeso (“divinity, godhead”)
• deigar (“to deify”)
• deigo (“deification”)
• deino (“goddess”)
• deismo (“deism”)
• deisto (“deist”)
• Deo bona (“good God”)
• ho Deo (“oh God”)
• mideo (“demigod”)
• pro amo a Deo (“for the love of God, for God's sake”)

 

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dead (“end”).

Noun

deo

1. Only used in go deo

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin deus.

Noun

deo m (plural dai, feminine dea)

1. god
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:

     Ti me pari oûna dea infra li dai,

     You seem to me a goddess among the gods,

Related terms

• Deîo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈde.oː/, [ˈd̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.o/, [ˈd̪ɛːo]

Noun

deō

1. dative/ablative singular of deus

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þeu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.o/

Noun

deo m

1. servant

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• eo, ego
• deu, eu (Campidanese)

Etymology

From Latin ego, from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeo/

Pronoun

deo (first person singular, plural nos, possessive meu, dative mi, accusative me)

1. I (first person pronoun)

Related terms

• tue
• issu/isse
• issa
• nois, nos, nosateros, nosateras
• bois/vois, bos/vos, bosateros/vosateros, bosateras/vosateras
• issos
• issas

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• dȉo (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dělъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dêo/
• Hyphenation: de‧o

Noun

dȅo m (Cyrillic spelling де̏о)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) part

Declension

Declension of deo

	singular	plural
nominative	dȅo	délovi
genitive	déla	delova
dative	delu	delovima
accusative	deo	delove
vocative	deo	delovi
locative	delu	delovima
instrumental	delom	delovima

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of deodorant.

Noun

deo c

1. (colloquial) deodorant

   Synonym: deodorant

   Luktar min nya deo gott?

   Does my new deodorant smell good?

Usage notes

The plural forms are inconsistent. The suppletive form deodoranter may be used as well, similar to many other Swedish words ending on /ʊ/. Compare radio.

Declension

Declension of deo

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	deo	deos
	definite	deon	deons
plural	indefinite	deos	deos
	definite	deosarna	deosarnas

See also

• deodorantstift (“deodorant stick”)
• roll-on

References

• deo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• deo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)