deo

Clipping of deodorant.

deo (countable and uncountable, plural deos)

1. (informal, rare) deodorant
   • 2005, Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africa, numbers 687-694, page 32:

     Some men complain their deos don't work after regular use. Your underarm area can build up immunity to the same product. Alternating two deos can give you total protection.

   • 2014, Damodar Mall, Supermarketwala: Secrets To Winning Consumer India:

     He brandishes a can of deodorant (deo) spray as he says this, grinning all the time. 'I started using this about two years ago. I didn't realise deos can be so useful in controlling sweating and keeping me feeling fresh. […]

   • 2014, Julia Franck, West:

     'Maybe it's a teeny bit embarrassing, but seeing that we're good friends, Jabłonovska, don't you use any deo?' 'Any what?' 'Deo. Deodorant.' She pronounced the final T sharply and distinctly.

• DOE, OED, doe, ode, Edo, -ode, ODE, Ode, Doe, EOD, EDO

Clipping of deodorant.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː(j)oː/

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• Hyphenation: deo
• Rhymes: -eːoː

deo m (plural deo's, diminutive deootje n)

1. deodorant

• deobus

• doe

• Deo

Borrowed from English deity, French déité, Italian deità, Spanish deidad.

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.o/

deo (plural dei)

1. God, a god, a deity

From Old Irish dead (“end”).

deo

1. only used in go deo

From Latin deus.

deo m (plural dai, feminine dea)

1. god
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:

     Ti me pari oûna dea infra li dai,

     You seem to me a goddess among the gods,

• Deîo

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈde.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ɛː.o]

deō

1. dative/ablative singular of deus

From Proto-West Germanic *þeu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.o/

deo m

1. servant

• eo, ego
• deu, eu (Campidanese)

From Latin ego, from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeo/

deo (first person singular, plural nos, possessive meu, dative mi, accusative me)

1. I (first person pronoun)

• dȉo (Ijekavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dělъ.

• IPA^(key): /dêo/
• Hyphenation: de‧o

dȅo m inan (Cyrillic spelling де̏о)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) part

Clipping of deodorant.

deo c

1. (colloquial) deodorant

   Synonym: deodorant

   Luktar min nya deo gott?

   Does my new deodorant smell good?

The plural forms are inconsistent. The suppletive form deodoranter may be used as well, similar to many other Swedish words ending on /ʊ/. Compare radio.

• deodorantstift (“deodorant stick”)
• roll-on

• deo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• deo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)