neo

See also: Neo, NEO, neó, Néo, ne'o, neo-, néo-, and Appendix:Variations of "neo"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːəʊ/
• Rhymes: -iːəʊ

Etymology 1

Noun

neo (plural neos)

1. (dated, fandom slang, science fiction) Clipping of neofan.
   • 1964 April 2, Bennett Ron, Skyrack‎^[1], number 65:

     Ken Bulmer pointed out that the attitude of a fan who had read much sf is different from that of a neo who is reading sf for the first time.

   • 1976 August 25, Ian Maule, Checkpoint‎^[2], number 72:

     This fabulous fannish cover illustrated the three stages of fandom: the neo, the trufan, and the BNF.

   • 1996 November 3, Richard J. Faulder, Gegenschein‎^[3], number 80:

     Edwina, and neofen of her generation (this is not a criticism - everyone starts out as a neo), being new to sffandom, and not a member of faandom, would not have noticed this.

2. (politics) Clipping of neoconservative.
   • 1994, Samuel Francis, Beautiful Losers: Essays on the Failure of American Conservatism, page 180:

     The neos seem to be no less uncomfortable with the paleos than the paleos are with the neos, […]

   • 2008, Ben J. Wattenberg, Fighting Words: A Tale of How Liberals Created Neo-Conservatism, page 6:

     Some say the neos are good for what ails us on both foreign and domestic fronts, while others are quick to debate that.

3. (LGBT, slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of neopronoun.

Etymology 2

Noun

neo

1. (aviation) Alternative letter-case form of NEO

Anagrams

• -one, EON, NOE, Noe, eno-, eon, one

Italian

Etymology

From Latin naevus (“mole, birthmark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.o/
• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: nè‧o

Noun

neo m (plural nei)

1. mole (on skin)
2. beauty spot
3. flaw, defect

Noun

neo m (invariable)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of neon

Anagrams

• -one, Eno, Noè, eno-

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nēō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.oː/, [ˈneoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.o/, [ˈnɛːo]

Verb

neō (present infinitive nēre, perfect active nēvī, supine nētum); second conjugation

1. (transitive) I spin; weave, interlace, entwine.

   Nē, māter; suam.

   Weave, mother; [so that] I [can] sew.

Conjugation

Conjugation of neō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	neō	nēs	net	nēmus	nētis	nent
	imperfect	nēbam	nēbās	nēbat	nēbāmus	nēbātis	nēbant
	future	nēbō	nēbis	nēbit	nēbimus	nēbitis	nēbunt
	perfect	nēvī	nēvistī	nēvit	nēvimus	nēvistis	nēvērunt, nēvēre
	pluperfect	nēveram	nēverās	nēverat	nēverāmus	nēverātis	nēverant
	future perfect	nēverō	nēveris	nēverit	nēverimus	nēveritis	nēverint
passive	present	neor	nēris, nēre	nētur	nēmur	nēminī	nentur
	imperfect	nēbar	nēbāris, nēbāre	nēbātur	nēbāmur	nēbāminī	nēbantur
	future	nēbor	nēberis, nēbere	nēbitur	nēbimur	nēbiminī	nēbuntur
	perfect	nētus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	nētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	nētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	neam	neās	neat	neāmus	neātis	neant
	imperfect	nērem	nērēs	nēret	nērēmus	nērētis	nērent
	perfect	nēverim	nēverīs	nēverit	nēverīmus	nēverītis	nēverint
	pluperfect	nēvissem	nēvissēs	nēvisset	nēvissēmus	nēvissētis	nēvissent
passive	present	near	neāris, neāre	neātur	neāmur	neāminī	neantur
	imperfect	nērer	nērēris, nērēre	nērētur	nērēmur	nērēminī	nērentur
	perfect	nētus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	nētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	nē	—	—	nēte	—
	future	—	nētō	nētō	—	nētōte	nentō
passive	present	—	nēre	—	—	nēminī	—
	future	—	nētor	nētor	—	—	nentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		nēre	nēvisse	nētūrum esse	nērī	nētum esse	nētum īrī
participles		nēns	—	nētūrus	—	nētus	nendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		nendī	nendō	nendum	nendō	nētum	nētū

Noun

neō

1. dative/ablative singular of neon

Derived terms

• nētus

References

• “neo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “neo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• neo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Old English

Alternative forms

• nē

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nawi, from Proto-Germanic *nawiz, *nawaz (“corpse”), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“the deceased, corpse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne͜oː/

Noun

nēo n

1. a corpse

Declension

Declension of neo (strong wa-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	nēo	nēo
accusative	nēo	nēo
genitive	nēowes	nēowa
dative	nēowe	nēowum

Derived terms

• dryhtnē
• nēfugol
• nēobedd
• nēorxnawang
• orcnēas

 

Old Saxon

Etymology

From ne- +‎ eo (“ever”).

Adverb

neo

1. never

Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

neo

1. Alternative form of no.

Spanish

Noun

neo m (plural neos)

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of neón

Further reading

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

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *tʃ-rn-ɛːw, an *-rn- (instrumental derivative) infixed form of Proto-Vietic *tʃɛːw, whence Modern Vietnamese xeo. Related to chèo (“oar”), derived from a differently infixed form.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nɛw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nɛw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [nɛw˧˧]

Noun

neo

1. (nautical) anchor

Derived terms

Derived terms

• mỏ neo
• neo đậu
• thả neo