belo

See also: Belo, belò, beło, and бело

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish velo.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: be‧lo
  • IPA(key): /ˈbelo/

Noun

belo

  1. veil
    Synonym: sakbod

Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from French vélo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːlo/

Noun

belo f (plural beloioù)

  1. bicycle

Inflection

Synonyms

Catalan

Verb

belo

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of belar

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈbelo]
  • Rhymes: -elo
  • Hyphenation: be‧lo

Noun

belo (uncountable, accusative belon)

  1. beauty
    Synonym: beleco
    Antonym: malbelo

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English bell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beːloː/

Noun

belo

  1. work break

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛlʊ/

Adjective

belo m (feminine singular bela, masculine plural belos, feminine plural belas)

  1. beautiful
    Son merecentes dun belo poema.
    They deserve a beautiful poem.

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlo
  • Hyphenation: bè‧lo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from belare (to bleat) + -o.

Noun

belo m (plural beli)

  1. (literary) bleat (cry of a sheep or a goat)
    Synonym: belato

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

belo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of belare

Further reading

  • belo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bel, from Latin bellus, from Proto-Indo-European *dw-ene-, adverbial form of *deu- (to do, perform, revere, show favor).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.lu/

  • Hyphenation: be‧lo

Adjective

belo (feminine bela, masculine plural belos, feminine plural belas, comparable, comparative mais belo, superlative o mais belo or belíssimo)

  1. beautiful; attractive (having beauty)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:belo.

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

belo

  1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of beo

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbe.lo]

Noun

belo

  1. pole, post

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English bellow (horns signifying midday).

Noun

belo

  1. noon

West Makian

Etymology

Possibly related to belu (to lick).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbe.l̪o/

Noun

belo

  1. the tongue
    Synonym: belubelu

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics
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