Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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vȉdjeti (to see) +‎ -lo (instrumental noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʋîdjelo/
  • Hyphenation: vi‧dje‧lo

Noun

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vȉdjelo n (Cyrillic spelling ви̏дјело)

  1. scope of view or visibility
    doći na vidjeloto come to light
    izaći na vidjeloto come to light
    iznijeti na vidjeloto bring to light, to expose
  2. (archaic) light, especially as a medium of sight
    • 1865, Đuro Daničić, Pripovijetke iz Staroga i Novog zavjeta:
      Tada Bog odvoji vidjelo od tame; i tako postane prva noć i prvi dan.
      Then God divided the light from the darkness; and so the first night and the first day came about.
  3. (literary, archaic) source of illumination, light
    nebesko vidjelocelestial light: the sun or moon
  4. (rare, archaic) eye

Declension

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References

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  • vidjelo” in Hrvatski jezični portal