revo
Dutch
Etymology
Clipping of revolutie (“revolution”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reː.voː/
Audio: (file)
Noun
revo f (uncountable)
- (Suriname, politics, chiefly colloquial) the 1980 Surinamese coup d'état
- (Suriname, politics, chiefly colloquial, by extension) the self-proclaimed revolutionary military dictatorship that ruled Suriname following the 1980 coup until 1991
- 2016 March 3, Stuart Rahan, “A Revo skefti [The revolution went off]”, in De Ware Tijd[1], archived from the original on 1 February 2022:
- Met regelmaat werden andersdenkenden of tegenstanders van de 'Revo' van hun bed gelicht of aangegeven bij de omhoog gevallen militaire autoriteiten.
- Dissidents or opponents of the military dictatorship were regularly dragged from their beds or reported to the upstart military authorities.
Derived terms
- revominister
- revotijd
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrevo/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -evo
- Hyphenation: re‧vo
Noun
revo (accusative singular revon, plural revoj, accusative plural revojn)
Derived terms
Related terms
- sonĝo (“dream”)
Galician
Verb
revo
- first-person singular present indicative of rever
Ido
Etymology
From revar (“to daydream”) + -o (noun).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrevo/
Noun
revo (plural revi)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
rèvo f
- definite singular of rèvu
Anagrams
Swedish
Verb
revo
- (pre-1940) plural past indicative of riva