leo
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leo (plural leos)
- (informal) Abbreviation of leotard.
- 2011, Jennifer Kronenberg, So, You Want To Be a Ballet Dancer?:
- To this day, I still try to steer clear of wearing a black leo and pink tights together […]
- 2016, Shawn Johnson, The Flip Side, page 66:
- Now go grab your favorite leotard and makeup bag. I'll run you over there.” […] I rush to apply eye makeup that also matches my leo.
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Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
leo
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *leo, from Proto-Oceanic *leqo, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqə, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ (“neck”). Compare also Tetum lian.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leo
- voice; sound
- command
- I aliʻi nō ʻoe, i kanaka au, malalo aku au o kō leo. (Hula song)
- You be the chief, I the servant, I shall be obedient to your command.
- I aliʻi nō ʻoe, i kanaka au, malalo aku au o kō leo. (Hula song)
- verbal message
Verb edit
leo
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “leo”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
Helong edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqə, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ.
Noun edit
leo
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /lʲoː/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /lʲoːbˠ/ (corresponding to the form leob)[1][2]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈlʲɔːfˠə/[3] (corresponding to the form leofa)
Pronoun edit
leo (emphatic leosan)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leo m (genitive singular leo, nominative plural leonna)
Declension edit
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- leo ola (“oil slick”)
References edit
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 308
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 311, page 110
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈle.oː/, [ˈɫ̪eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.o/, [ˈlɛːo]
Noun edit
leō m (genitive leōnis); third declension
- lion
- lion's skin
- (astronomy) the constellation Leo
- (figuratively) lionheart; a courageous person
- a kind of crab
- a kind of plant
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | leō | leōnēs |
Genitive | leōnis | leōnum |
Dative | leōnī | leōnibus |
Accusative | leōnem | leōnēs |
Ablative | leōne | leōnibus |
Vocative | leō | leōnēs |
Derived terms edit
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Descendants edit
- Eastern Romance:
- Western Romance:
- Southern Romance:
- → Albanian: luan
- → Basque: lehoi
- → Proto-Brythonic: *llew (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-West Germanic: *lēwō (see there for further descendants)
- → Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 (laiwa)
- → Proto-Slavic: *lьvъ (see there for further descendants)
- → Old English: lēo
- → Old Irish: léoman, léo
- → Old Norse: león, leó (see there for further descendants)
- Translingual: †Microleo, †Priscileo, †Thylacoleo, †Wakaleo
See also edit
- Leo on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
References edit
- “leo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “leo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- leo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- leo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “leo”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “leo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “leo”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Niuean edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *leo.
Noun edit
leo
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *lēwō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lēo f or m
- lion
- Eom iċ lēo ġif iċ menn ete?
- Am I a lion if I eat people?
Declension edit
Pukapukan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *leo.
Noun edit
leo
Samoan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *leo.
Noun edit
leo
Sikaiana edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *leo.
Noun edit
leo
- voice, sound of a voice
- pronunciation
- tune (of a song)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
leo m or f (masculine and feminine plural leos)
Noun edit
leo m or f by sense (plural leos)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
leo
Further reading edit
- “leo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
leo
Tokelauan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *leo. Cognates include Hawaiian leo and Maori reo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leo
References edit
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 182
Tuvaluan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *leo.
Noun edit
leo
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Vietic *g-lɛːw, whence also trèo.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
- to climb
- leo cây ― to climb a tree
- leo núi ― to go mountain climbing or hiking
See also edit
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- la:Panthers
- la:Male animals
- la:Constellations
- la:Crustaceans
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