leo
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
leo (plural leos)
- (informal) Abbreviation of leotard.
- 2011, Jennifer Kronenberg, So, You Want To Be a Ballet Dancer?:
- To this day, I still try to steer clear of wearing a black leo and pink tights together […]
- 2016, Shawn Johnson, The Flip Side, page 66:
- Now go grab your favorite leotard and makeup bag. I'll run you over there.” […] I rush to apply eye makeup that also matches my leo.
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GalicianEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
leo
HawaiianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
leo
- voice; sound
- 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.
- I aliʻi nō ʻoe, i kanaka au, malalo aku au o kō leo. (Hula song)
- verbal message
VerbEdit
leo
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert (1986), “leo”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
HelongEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqə, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ.
NounEdit
leo
IrishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
leo (emphatic leosan)
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
leo m (genitive singular leo, nominative plural leonna)
DeclensionEdit
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived termsEdit
- leo ola (“oil slick”)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 308
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈle.oː/, [ˈɫ̪eoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.o/, [ˈlɛːo]
Audio (Classical) (file)
NounEdit
leō m (genitive leōnis); third declension
- lion
- lion's skin
- (astronomy) the constellation Leo
- (figuratively) lionheart; a courageous person
- a kind of crab
- a kind of plant
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | leō | leōnēs |
Genitive | leōnis | leōnum |
Dative | leōnī | leōnibus |
Accusative | leōnem | leōnēs |
Ablative | leōne | leōnibus |
Vocative | leō | leōnēs |
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Eastern Romance:
- Western Romance:
- Southern Romance:
- → Albanian: luan
- → Basque: lehoi
- → Proto-Brythonic: *llew (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-West Germanic: *lēwō (see there for further descendants)
- → Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 (laiwa)
- → Proto-Slavic: *lьvъ (see there for further descendants)
- → Old English: lēo
- → Old Irish: léoman, léo
- Old Norse: león
- Translingual: †Microleo, †Priscileo, †Thylacoleo, †Wakaleo
See alsoEdit
- Leo on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
ReferencesEdit
- “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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
NiueanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *leo.
NounEdit
leo
Old EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lēo f or m
- lion
- Eom iċ lēo ġif iċ menn ete?
- Am I a lion if I eat people?
DeclensionEdit
PukapukanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *leo.
NounEdit
leo
SamoanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *leo.
NounEdit
leo
SikaianaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *leo.
NounEdit
leo
- voice, sound of a voice
- pronunciation
- tune (of a song)
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdjectiveEdit
leo (feminine lea, plural leos)
NounEdit
leo m or f (plural leos)
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
leo
Further readingEdit
- “leo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwahiliEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
AdverbEdit
leo
TokelauanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *leo. Cognates include Hawaiian leo and Maori reo.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
leo
ReferencesEdit
- R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 182
TuvaluanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *leo.
NounEdit
leo
VietnameseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Vietic *g-lɛːw, whence also trèo.
PronunciationEdit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lɛw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [lɛw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [lɛw˧˧]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)
VerbEdit
- to climb
- leo cây ― to climb a tree
- leo núi ― to go mountain climbing or hiking