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neo

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ná-Meo.

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈniːəʊ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːəʊ

Etymology 1

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Noun

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

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neo

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

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Cubeo

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neo

  1. cooking oil, motor oil, gasoline.

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  • N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "neo", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
  • N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

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Etymology

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From ne (no) +‎ -o.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈneo/
  • Rhymes: -eo
  • Hyphenation: ne‧o

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neo (accusative singular neon, plural neoj, accusative plural neojn)

  1. a no; an expression or vote of negation or opposition
    La rezulto de la voĉdonado estis naŭ jesoj, tri neoj, kaj unu sindeteno.
    The result of the vote was nine yeses, three noes, and one abstention.

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Italian

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

Etymology 1

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From Latin naevus (mole, birthmark).

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neo m (plural nei)

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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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neo m (invariable)

  1. (dated) alternative form of neon

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Latin

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Etymology

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

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to spin; weave, interlace, entwine
    Synonym: fīlō (Late Latin)
    , māter; suam.
    Weave, mother; [so that] I [can] sew.

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neō

  1. dative/ablative singular of neon

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References

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  • neo, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
  • 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.

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Etymology

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

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nēo n

  1. a corpse

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Strong wa-stem:

singular plural
nominative nēo nēo
accusative nēo nēo
genitive nēowes nēowa
dative nēowe nēowum

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Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From ne- +‎ eo (ever).

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neo

  1. never

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neo

  1. alternative form of no

Spanish

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Noun

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neo m (plural neos)

  1. (rare) alternative form of neón

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Vietnamese

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Etymology 1

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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.

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(classifier mũi, cái) neo (𪲍)

  1. (nautical) anchor
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Etymology 2

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Cognate with Muong Bi đeo (few).

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neo

  1. (now rarely seen in isolation) few
    • 1937, Ngô Tất Tố, chapter 2, in Tắt đèn:
      - Tôi nói là nói người khác kia! Chứ ông... nhà neo, lắm việc, tôi có trách gì ông đâu... Kìa các ông ấy đã ra cả kìa!
      "It's other people that I talked about! As for you, your family is small and you're always busy, how could I put any blame on you... Oh look, they have come!"
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