leo

See also: Leo, LEO, Léo, lẹo, -leo, and Lêô

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈliːəʊ/

Noun

leo (plural leos)

  1. (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.

Translations
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Galician

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /leʊ/

Verb

leo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ler
  2. first-person singular present indicative of lear

Hawaiian

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈleo/, [ˈlɛo]

Noun

leo

  1. voice; sound
  2. 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.
  3. verbal message

Verb

leo

  1. to speak
  2. to make a sound

Derived terms

References
  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “leo”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Helong

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqə, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ.

Noun

leo

  1. neck

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lʲoː/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /lʲoːbˠ/ (corresponding to the spelling leob)[1][2]

Pronoun

leo (emphatic leosan)

  1. third-person plural of le: with them, to them

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lʲoː/

Noun

leo m (genitive singular leo, nominative plural leonna)

  1. slush, slime, slick
Declension
Declension of leo

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative leo leonna
Vocative a leo a leonna
Genitive leo leonna
Dative leo leonna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an leo na leonna
Genitive an leo na leonna
Dative leis an leo

don leo

 leis na leonna
Derived terms
  • leo ola (“oil slick”)

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
  2. de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 308

Latin
leō (a lion)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).

Pronunciation

Noun

leō m (genitive leōnis); third declension

  1. lion
  2. lion's skin
  3. (astronomy) the constellation Leo
  4. (figuratively) lionheart; a courageous person
  5. a kind of crab
  6. a kind of plant

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative leō leōnēs
Genitive leōnis leōnum
Dative leōnī leōnibus
Accusative leōnem leōnēs
Ablative leōne leōnibus
Vocative leō leōnēs

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Eastern Romance:
    • Italo-Dalmatian:
      • Corsican: lionu
      • Italian: leone
      • Sicilian: liuni
    • Romanian: leu
    • Venetian: leon, lion
  • Western Romance:
    • Gallo-italic:
    • Old French: lion (see there for further descendants)
    • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Navarro-Aragonese:
    • Old Leonese:
    • Old Occitan:
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: leon
    • Old Spanish: leon (see there for further descendants)
  • 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

References
  • “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
  • “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

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

Noun

leo

  1. voice, sound

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lēwō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /le͜oː/

Noun

lēo f or m

  1. lion
    Eom iċ lēo ġif iċ menn ete?
    Am I a lion if I eat people?

Declension
Declension of leo (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative lēo lēon
accusative lēon lēon
genitive lēon lēona
dative lēon lēom, lēoum

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

Noun

leo

  1. voice

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

Noun

leo

  1. voice, sound

Sikaiana

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

Noun

leo

  1. voice, sound of a voice
  2. pronunciation
  3. tune (of a song)

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈleo/ [ˈle.o]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eo
  • Syllabification: le‧o

Adjective

leo m or f (masculine and feminine plural leos)

  1. Leo

Noun

leo m or f by sense (plural leos)

  1. Leo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

leo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of leer

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Adverb

leo

  1. today

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo. Cognates include Hawaiian leo and Maori reo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈle.o]
  • Hyphenation: le‧o

Noun

leo

  1. voice
  2. talk
  3. noise, sound

References
  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 182

Tuvaluan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

Noun

leo

  1. voice, sound

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *g-lɛːw, whence also trèo.

Pronunciation

Verb

leo • (撩, 繚, 𨇉)

  1. to climb
    leo cây ― to climb a tree
    leo núi ― to go mountain climbing or hiking

See also
Derived terms
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