leo

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːəʊ/

leo (plural leos)

1. (informal) Clipping 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.

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

• IPA^(key): /leʊ/

leo

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

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/, [ˈlɛ.jo]

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

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

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

leo

1. neck

• leob (Galway)
• leofa (Ulster)
• riú (Munster)

• IPA^(key): /lʲoː/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /lʲoːbˠ/^[1][2] (corresponding to the form leob)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈlʲɔːfˠə/^[3] (corresponding to the form leofa)

leo (emphatic leosan)

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

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /lʲoː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̠ʲɔː/

leo m (genitive singular leo, nominative plural leonna)

1. slush, slime, slick

• leo ola (“oil slick”)

From Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).

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

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

• 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^[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

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

leo

1. voice, sound

From Proto-West Germanic *lēwō.

• IPA^(key): /le͜oː/

lēo f or m

1. a lion
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Wearð þæt unġemetlīċe myċle ġefeoht betwuh Crētense, ⁊ Atheniense, þǣm folcum. ⁊ þā Crētense hæfdon ðone grimlēċan siġe, ⁊ ealle þā æþelestan bearn þāra Athēniensa hȳ ġenomon, ⁊ sealdon þǣm Mīnōtaurō tō etanne, þæt wæs healf mon healf lēo.

     There was an immensely great war between the Cretans and the Athenians. And the Cretans won a grim victory, and they took all the most noble of the Athenian children and gave them to the Minotaur, who was half man and half lion, for him to eat.

   • c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year

     Ǣlċe mōnað hēo yrnð under ān þǣra tacna. Ān þǣra tacna ys ġehāten aries, þæt is ramm; oðer taurus, þæt is fearr; ðridda gemini, þæt synd ġetwisan; fēorða cancer, þæt is crabba; fīfta leo; syxta virgo, þæt is mǣden; seofoða libra, þæt is pund orde wǣġe; eahtoðe scorpius, þæt is þrōwend; nigoða is sagittarius, þæt is sċytta; teoða ys capricornus, þæt is buccan horn, oððe bucca; endlyfta is aquarius, þæt is wæter-ġyte, oððe þe þe wæter ġyt; twelfte is pisces, þæt synd fixas.

     Each month runs under one of the signs [of the Zodiac]. The first of the signs is called aries, that is "ram"; the second is taurus, that is "bull"; the third is gemini, that is "twins"; the fourth is cancer, that is "crab"; the fifth is lion; the sixth is virgo, that is "virgin"; the seventh is libra, that is "pound" or "scales"; eighth is scorpious, that is "scorpion"; ninth is sagittarius, that is "shooter"; tenth is capricornus, that is "he-goat's horn" or "he-goat"; eleventh is aquarius, that is "pouring water" or "one that pours water"; twelfth is pisces, that is "fishes."

   Eom iċ lēo ġif iċ menn ete?

   Am I a lion if I eat people?

Weak:

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “leó”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: le‧o

leo m or f (masculine and feminine plural leos)

1. Leo

leo m or f by sense (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From Proto-Bantu *dèèdó.

• 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^[2], 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˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɛw˧˧]

• Audio (Saigon):

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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