lo
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EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English lo, loo, from Old English lā (“exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy”). Conflated in Middle English with lo! (interjection), a corruption of lok!, loke! (“look!”) (as in lo we! (look we!)). Cognate with Scots lo, lu (“lo”). See also look.
InterjectionEdit
lo
- (archaic) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
- 1610-11?, Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III, scene ii:
- Lo, lo again! Bite me to death, I pray thee.
- 1925, Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, translated by Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor:
- Emperor Ling went in state to the Hall of Virtue. As he drew near the throne, a rushing whirlwind arose in the corner of the hall and, lo! from the roof beams floated down a monstrous black serpent that coiled itself up on the very seat of majesty. The Emperor fell in a swoon.
- 1610-11?, Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III, scene ii:
ContractionEdit
lo
- (colloquial) hello ('lo; see hallo)
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
Variant of low.
AdjectiveEdit
lo (not comparable)
- Informal spelling of low.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illud, neuter of ille.
ArticleEdit
lo n sg (masculine el, feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)
- (definite) the
PronounEdit
lo
- it (third-person singular neuter direct pronoun)
BasqueEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, accusative of ille.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -o
PronounEdit
lo (enclitic, contracted 'l, proclitic el, contracted proclitic l')
- him (direct object)
DeclensionEdit
ChickasawEdit
CornishEdit
EsperantoEdit
NounEdit
lo (accusative singular lo-on, plural lo-oj, accusative plural lo-ojn)
- The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo
GalicianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronounEdit
lo m sg (feminine singular la, masculine plural los, feminine plural las)
Usage notesEdit
The l- forms of article are compulsorily used after the preposition por and adverb u. It is optional when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, after unstressed pronouns nos, vos and lles (when they are enclitc) of ambos, entrambos, todos, tras and copulative conjunction (e mais and tonic pronouns vós and nós followed by a numerical precision).
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronounEdit
lo m (accusative)
Usage notesEdit
The l- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, and is suffixed to the preceding word
Related termsEdit
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Back-formation from co (“this”), to (“that”), based on la (“the”), ol (“it”).[1]
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
lo
- referring to a previous sentence or phrase, i.e. a fact rather than an object; it, the
- Il esas mortinta de tri monati, e vu ne savas lo!
- He's been dead for three months, and you didn't know it (that he's been dead for three months)!
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Progreso, VI, 238
InterlinguaEdit
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From a Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, illud, by dropping il- and -m. Latin illum is the accusative singular of ille.[1]
ArticleEdit
| Italian Definite Articles | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| masculine | il lo/l' |
i gli |
| feminine | la/l' | le |
lo m sg (plural gli)
- The form of il that is used before the so-called impure consonants, that is, s+consonant (impure s), gn, pn, ps, x or z; before a vowel it becomes l'; the
- l’osso ― the bone
- lo stato ― the state
- lo zoo ― the zoo
Etymology 2Edit
Alternative formsEdit
- -lo (enclitic)
PronounEdit
lo m sg (plural li, female la)
- (accusative) him
- Lo conosci? ― Do you know him?
- (accusative) it, this or that thing
- Synonym: ciò
- Quando te lo diedi. ― When I gave it to you.
See alsoEdit
| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Locative | Genitive | Disjunctive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | first | — | io | mi, m', -mi | — | me | |||
| second | — | tu | ti, t', -ti | te | |||||
| third | m | lui | si2, s', -si | lo, l', -lo | gli, -gli | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | lui, sé | |
| f 1 | lei, Lei1 | la, l', La1, -la | le3, Le1, -le | lei, Lei1, sé | |||||
| Plural | first | — | noi | ci, c', -ci | — | noi | |||
| second | —1 | voi, Voi1 | vi, v', -vi, Vi1 | voi, Voi1 | |||||
| third | m | loro, Loro1 | si, s', -si | li, -li | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1 |
ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | loro, Loro1, sé | |
| f 1 | le, -le | ||||||||
| 1 | The feminine gender third person forms and second plural person forms are also used as formal terms of address referring to second singular person subjects, sometimes capitalised as Lei, Vi, Loro etc. to distinguish them. | ||||||||
| 2 | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | ||||||||
| 3 | In informal speech sometimes replaced with gli (nonstandard). | ||||||||
ReferencesEdit
LuxembourgishEdit
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
lo (Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄛ)
Usage notesEdit
- Almost all syllables transliterated from Chinese speech contain one of four diacritics indicating tone. This is one of the few syllables in the Chinese language that is transcribed only in a toneless form.
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Dutch *lō, from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz.
NounEdit
lô f, n
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Dutch: lo (obsolete outside toponyms)
Further readingEdit
NeapolitanEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)
- any of various birds of the family Charadriidae, the plovers and dotterels
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
lo
- past tense of le
ReferencesEdit
- “lo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
NovialEdit
OccitanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- lou (Mistralian)
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan lo, from Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illum.
ArticleEdit
lo (feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural las)
- the; masculine singular definite article
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illum; compare Old Occitan lo.
ArticleEdit
lo
- (9th and 10th centuries) Alternative form of le; masculine singular oblique definite article
PronounEdit
lo
- (9th and 10th centuries) Alternative form of le; masculine singular object pronoun
Old OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illum; compare Old French lo.
ArticleEdit
lo (feminine la)
- the; masculine singular definite article
DescendantsEdit
- Occitan: lo
PapiamentuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese logo ("soon") and Spanish luego ("soon, later").
VerbEdit
lo
Indicates the future tense of a verb.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
See o.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
lo
- Alternative form of o (third-person masculine singular objective pronoun) used as an enclitic and mesoclitic following a verb form ending in a consonant (-z, -r and -s, but not -m); the consonant is elided and the preceding vowel takes an accent if necessary
Coordinate termsEdit
See alsoEdit
| Portuguese personal pronouns (edit) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Person | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct object) |
Dative (indirect object) |
Prepositional | Prepositional with com |
Non-declining | ||||||
| m | f | m | f | m and f | m | f | m | f | m | f | |||
| Singular | First | eu | me | mim | comigo | ||||||||
| Second | tu | te | ti | contigo | você | ||||||||
| o senhor | a senhora | ||||||||||||
| Third | ele | ela | o (lo, no) |
a (la, na) |
lhe | ele | ela | com ele | com ela | o mesmo | a mesma | ||
| se (reflexive) | si (reflexive) | consigo (reflexive) | |||||||||||
| Plural | First | nós | nos | nós | connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil) |
a gente | |||||||
| Second | vós | vos | vós | convosco | vocês | ||||||||
| os senhores | as senhoras | ||||||||||||
| Third | eles | elas | os (los, nos) |
as (las, nas) |
lhes | eles | elas | com eles | com elas | os mesmos | as mesmas | ||
| se (reflexive) | si (reflexive) | consigo (reflexive) | |||||||||||
| Indefinite | se (reflexive) | si (reflexive) | consigo (reflexive) | ||||||||||
RomanschEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) lad
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
lo m (feminine singular loa, masculine plural los, feminine plural loas)
SynonymsEdit
SilesianEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From a Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu. Masculine pronoun from Latin illum, accusative of ille. Neuter article and pronoun form from Latin illud, neuter of ille. Compare Portuguese o.
PronunciationEdit
ArticleEdit
lo
- neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives; the
PronounEdit
lo
- Accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal)
- lo veo
- I see it
- lo veo
- impersonal neuter pronoun; it, that
- lo es
- so it is
- lo es
See alsoEdit
| nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | singular | yo | me | mí1 | |||
| plural | masculine2 | nosotros | nos | nosotros | |||
| feminine | nosotras | nosotras | |||||
| second person | singular | tuteo | tú | te | ti1 | ||
| voseo | vos | vos | |||||
| formal3 | usted | le, se4 | lo/la5 | usted | |||
| plural | familiar6 | masculine2 | vosotros | os | vosotros | ||
| feminine | vosotras | vosotras | |||||
| formal/general3 | ustedes | les, se4 | los/las5 | ustedes | |||
| third person | singular | masculine2 | él | le, se4 | lo | él | |
| feminine | ella | la | ella | ||||
| neuter | ello7 | lo/la5 | ello | ||||
| plural | masculine2 | ellos | les, se4 | los | ellos | ||
| feminine | ellas | las | ellas | ||||
| reflexive | — | se | sí1 | ||||
- Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
- Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
SwahiliEdit
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lo c
- a lynx
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of lo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | lo | lon | loar | loarna |
| Genitive | los | lons | loars | loarnas |
Related termsEdit
Tok PisinEdit
VietnameseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 慮 (“be concerned,worry about”; SV: lự).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
Derived termsEdit
WelshEdit
NounEdit
lo m
- Soft mutation of llo.
MutationEdit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llo | lo | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
NounEdit
lo m
- Soft mutation of glo.
MutationEdit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| glo | lo | nglo | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
WestrobothnianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse ló f. Cognate with Norwegian lo f, luv m, Old English wlōh f. Related to Old Norse lagðr m (“tuft of wool or hair”).
NounEdit
lo n
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Low German lōt, from Proto-Germanic *laudą.
NounEdit
lo n
Etymology 3Edit
From Old Norse lófi, láfi (“threshing barn”). Cognate with Norwegian låve, Swedish loge.
NounEdit
lo m
Derived termsEdit
- langlo (“oblong barn”)
XhosaEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronounEdit
lo
- this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.
Etymology 2Edit
PronounEdit
lo
- this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.
Etymology 3Edit
PronounEdit
-lo
- Combining stem of lona.
ZuluEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
lo
- this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.
InflectionEdit
| Stem -ló | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full form | ló | |
| Locative | kulo | |
| Full form | ló | |
| Locative | kulo | |
| Copulative | yilo | |
| Possessive forms | ||
| Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | walo | owalo |
| Class 2 | balo | abalo |
| Class 3 | walo | owalo |
| Class 4 | yalo | eyalo |
| Class 5 | lalo | elalo |
| Class 6 | alo | awalo |
| Class 7 | salo | esalo |
| Class 8 | zalo | ezalo |
| Class 9 | yalo | eyalo |
| Class 10 | zalo | ezalo |
| Class 11 | lwalo | olwalo |
| Class 14 | balo | obalo |
| Class 15 | kwalo | okwalo |
| Class 17 | kwalo | okwalo |
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
lo
- this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.
InflectionEdit
| Stem -ló | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full form | ló | |
| Locative | kulo | |
| Full form | ló | |
| Locative | kulo | |
| Copulative | yilo | |
| Possessive forms | ||
| Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | walo | owalo |
| Class 2 | balo | abalo |
| Class 3 | walo | owalo |
| Class 4 | yalo | eyalo |
| Class 5 | lalo | elalo |
| Class 6 | alo | awalo |
| Class 7 | salo | esalo |
| Class 8 | zalo | ezalo |
| Class 9 | yalo | eyalo |
| Class 10 | zalo | ezalo |
| Class 11 | lwalo | olwalo |
| Class 14 | balo | obalo |
| Class 15 | kwalo | okwalo |
| Class 17 | kwalo | okwalo |
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
lo
- Combining stem of lona.
ReferencesEdit
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “lo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lo (3-8)”