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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]neo (plural neos)
- (dated, fandom slang, science fiction) Clipping of neofan.
- 1964 April 2, Bennett Ron, Skyrack[1], number 65:
- Ken Bulmer pointed out that the attitude of a fan who had read much sf is different from that of a neo who is reading sf for the first time.
- 1976 August 25, Ian Maule, Checkpoint[2], number 72:
- This fabulous fannish cover illustrated the three stages of fandom: the neo, the trufan, and the BNF.
- 1996 November 3, Richard J. Faulder, Gegenschein[3], number 80:
- Edwina, and neofen of her generation (this is not a criticism - everyone starts out as a neo), being new to sffandom, and not a member of faandom, would not have noticed this.
- (politics) Clipping of neoconservative.
- 1994, Samuel Francis, Beautiful Losers: Essays on the Failure of American Conservatism, page 180:
- The neos seem to be no less uncomfortable with the paleos than the paleos are with the neos, […]
- 2008, Ben J. Wattenberg, Fighting Words: A Tale of How Liberals Created Neo-Conservatism, page 6:
- Some say the neos are good for what ails us on both foreign and domestic fronts, while others are quick to debate that.
- (LGBTQ slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of neopronoun.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]neo
- (aviation) Alternative letter-case form of NEO
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Cubeo
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]neo
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "neo", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
- N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin naevus (“mole, birthmark”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]neo m (plural nei)
- mole (on skin)
- beauty spot
- flaw, defect
Noun
[edit]neo m (invariable)
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *nēō, from earlier *nējō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈne.oː/, [ˈneoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈne.o/, [ˈnɛːo]
Verb
[edit]neō (present infinitive nēre, perfect active nēvī, supine nētum); second conjugation
- (transitive) to spin; weave, interlace, entwine
- Synonym: fīlō (Late Latin)
- Nē, māter; suam.
- Weave, mother; [so that] I [can] sew.
Conjugation
[edit]Noun
[edit]neō
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “neo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “neo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- neo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *nawi, from Proto-Germanic *nawiz, *nawaz (“corpse”), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“the deceased, corpse”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nēo n
- a corpse
Declension
[edit]Declension of neo (strong wa-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]Old Saxon
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]neo
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]neo
- Alternative form of no.
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]neo m (plural neos)
Further reading
[edit]- “neo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Vietic *tʃ-rn-ɛːw, an *-rn- (instrumental derivative) infixed form of Proto-Vietic *tʃɛːw, whence Modern Vietnamese xeo. Related to chèo (“oar”), derived from a differently infixed form.
Noun
[edit](classifier mũi, cái) neo • (𪲍)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
[edit]Cognate with Muong Bi đeo (“few”).
Adjective
[edit]neo
- (now rarely seen in isolation) few
- 1937, Ngô Tất Tố, chapter 2, in Tắt đèn:
- - Tôi nói là nói người khác kia! Chứ ông... nhà neo, lắm việc, tôi có trách gì ông đâu... Kìa các ông ấy đã ra cả kìa!
- "It's other people that I talked about! As for you, your family is small and you're always busy, how could I put any blame on you... Oh look, they have come!"
Derived terms
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