Dio

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See also: dio, DIO, and dió

Corsican[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Dio m

  1. Alternative form of Diu

Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

From dio. Calque of Latin Deus. Compare English God.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈdio]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: Di‧o

Proper noun[edit]

Dio (accusative Dion)

  1. God

Derived terms[edit]

Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin Deus, from deus, from earlier *dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Cognate with English deity.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.o/, (traditional) */ˈdi.o/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Though the modern standard prefers not to geminate the initial /d/, it is geminated in traditional pronunciation and the pronunciation in all the regional Italian varieties, excluding those that don't have syntactic gemination.

Proper noun[edit]

Dio m

  1. (Christianity) God
    Synonyms: Iddio, padreterno

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Ladino[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

El Dio (Latin spelling)

  1. Alternative form of Dyo

Latin[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Dīō

  1. dative/ablative singular of Dīon