leo

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːəʊ/

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.

• 'Ole, -ole, EOL, Elo, Loe, OEL, OLE, elo, ole, olé

• IPA^(key): /leʊ/

leo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ler

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.o/

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

leo

1. to speak
2. to make a sound

• leoleo

• “leo” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

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

leo

1. neck

• leob (Galway)
• Riú (Munster)

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

leo (emphatic leosan)

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

• IPA^(key): /lʲoː/

leo m (genitive singular leo, nominative plural leonna)

1. slush, slime, slick

• leo ola (“oil slick”)

From Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.oː/, [ˈɫ̪eoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.o/, [ˈlɛːo]

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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

Third-declension noun.

• leō fēmina
• leōnīnus
• leunculus

• lea
• leaena
• leonticus
• leontios

• Eastern Romance:
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
    • Corsican: lionu
    • Italian: leone
    • Sicilian: liuni
      • → Maltese: ljun
  • Romanian: leu
  • Venetian: leon, lion
• Western Romance:
  • Gallo-italic:
    • Ligurian: lión
    • Lombard: leon
    • Piedmontese: lion, leon
  • Old French: lion (see there for further descendants)
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Friulian: lion
    • Romansch: liun
  • Navarro-Aragonese:
    • Aragonese: lión
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: llión, lleón
    • Leonese: llión
  • Old Occitan:
    • Catalan: lleó
    • Occitan: leon
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: leon
    • Galician: león
    • Portuguese: leão
      • Kabuverdianu: lion
      • Papiamentu: leon
  • Old Spanish: leon (see there for further descendants)
• Southern Romance:
  • Sardinian: leone, leoni, lioni
• → 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
  • Irish: leon
  • Scottish Gaelic: leòmhann
• Old Norse: león
  • Icelandic: ljón
  • Faroese: ljón
  • Elfdalian: läjon
  • Old Swedish: leon
    • Swedish: lejon
      • → Finnish: leijona
      • → Northern Sami: ledjon
• Translingual: †Microleo, †Priscileo, †Thylacoleo, †Wakaleo

• Leo on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

• “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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

leo

1. voice, sound

Borrowed from Latin leō.

• IPA^(key): /le͜oː/

lēo f or m

1. lion

   Eom iċ lēo ġif iċ menn ete?

   Am I a lion if I eat people?

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

leo

1. voice

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

leo

1. voice, sound

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

leo

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈleo/ [ˈle.o]

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• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: le‧o

leo (feminine lea, plural leos)

1. Leo

leo m or f (plural leos)

1. Leo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

leo

1. first-person singular present indicative of leer

• “leo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• Audio (Kenya)

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leo

1. today

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.o/
• Hyphenation: le‧o

leo

1. voice
2. talk
3. noise, sound

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

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

leo

1. voice, sound

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

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lɛw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɛw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [lɛw˧˧]

• Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City)

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leo • (撩, 繚, 𨇉)

1. to climb

   leo cây ― to climb a tree

   leo núi ― to go mountain climbing or hiking

• lên; trèo