geo

See also: Geo, GEO, géo, geó, geo-, Geo., and géo-

Translingual

Symbol

geo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Georgian.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Norn [Term?], from Old Norse gjá.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡjəʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun

geo (plural geos)

1. (Shetland, Orkney, Caithness) An inlet, gully or cleft in the face of a cliff.

See also

• chine

Anagrams

• EOG, GOE, Goe, ego, ego-, goe

Limburgish

Etymology 1

Clipping of geodriehook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʝeː˦joː˧]

Noun

geo m

1. (mathematics, slang) set square

Inflection

Inflection

	Root singular	Root plural	Diminutive singular	Diminutive plural
Nominative	geo	geo's, geoër	geëuke	geëukes
Genitive	geoos	geo's, geoër	geëukes	geëukes
Locative	geoës	geoëser	geoëske	geoëskes
Dative¹²	—	—	—	—
Accusative¹²	—	—	—	—

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
• The dative got out of use around 1900. As this is a recent invention, there is no conjugation for it to be found.

Etymology 2

Clipping of geografie.

Alternative forms

• geó

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʝeː˦joː˨]

Noun

geo f

1. geography
2. (rare) geology

Inflection

Inflection

	Root singular	Root plural³	Diminutive singular³	Diminutive plural³
Nominative	geo	geo's, geoër	—	—
Genitive	geo	geo's, geoër	—	—
Locative	geoës	geoëser	—	—
Dative¹²	—	—	—	—
Accusative¹²	—	—	—	—

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
• The dative got out of use around 1900. As this is a recent invention, there is no conjugation for it to be found.
• There is no diminutive.

Etymology 3

Clipping of geótj. Possibly from the verb ótte (“to be squinting”), but this is uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʝəʔˈo˦]

Adjective

geo (comparative geówer, superlative geóws, predicative superlative 't geóws)

1. (obsolete) strange

Middle English

Pronoun

geo

1. (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of ye (“you”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġiō, iū

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *ju.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juː/

Adverb

ġeō

1. at some former time: once, before
2. already

Derived terms

• ġeōdagas

Spanish

Noun

geo m or f by sense (plural geos)

1. a member of the Grupo Especial de Operaciones

Further reading

• “geo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014