deo
See also: Appendix:Variations of "deo"
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deo (countable and uncountable, plural deos)
- (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.
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deo m (plural deo's, diminutive deootje n)
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Borrowed from English deity, French déité, Italian deità, Spanish deidad.
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deo (plural dei)
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- 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”)
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deo
- Only used in go deo
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deo m (plural dai, feminine dea)
- 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,
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- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈde.oː/, [ˈd̪eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.o/, [ˈd̪ɛːo]
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deō
Old High German edit
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From Proto-West Germanic *þeu.
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deo m
Sardinian edit
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- eo, ego
- deu, eu (Campidanese)
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From Latin ego, from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
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deo (first person singular, plural nos, possessive meu, dative mi, accusative me)
- I (first person pronoun)
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Serbo-Croatian edit
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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dělъ.
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dȅo m (Cyrillic spelling де̏о)
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deo c
- (colloquial) deodorant
- Synonym: deodorant
- Luktar min nya deo gott?
- Does my new deodorant smell good?
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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.
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Declension of deo | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | deo | deon | deos | deosarna |
Genitive | deos | deons | deos | deosarnas |