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neo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "neo"

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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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Noun

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neo

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

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Cubeo

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Noun

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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

Noun

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

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

Conjugation

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   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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present nēre nērī nēns —
future nētūrum esse nētum īrī nētūrus nendus
perfect nēvisse nētum esse — nētus
future perfect — nētum fore — —
perfect potential nētūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
nendī nendō nendum nendō nētum nētū

Noun

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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.

Old English

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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”).

Adverb

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neo

  1. never

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Conjunction

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neo

  1. alternative form of no

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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.

Noun

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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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