deo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "deo"

English

Etymology

Clipping of deodorant.

Noun

deo (countable and uncountable, plural deos)

1. (informal, rare) deodorant
   • 2005, Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africa (issues 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.

Anagrams

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

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Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of deodorant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː(j)oː/

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• Hyphenation: deo
• Rhymes: -eːoː

Noun

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

1. deodorant

Derived terms

• deobus

Anagrams

• doe

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Ido

Alternative forms

• Deo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.o/

Noun

deo (plural dei)

1. God, a god, a deity

Derived terms

• amoro-deo (“god of love, Cupid”)
• danko a Deo (“thank God”)
• dea (“divine”)
• deajo (“a divinity”)
• deala (“divine”)
• deatra (“godlike”)
• deeso (“divinity, godhead”)
• deigar (“to deify”)
• deigo (“deification”)
• deino (“goddess”)
• deismo (“deism”)
• deisto (“deist”)
• Deo bona (“good God”)
• ho Deo (“oh God”)
• mideo (“demigod”)
• pro amo a Deo (“for the love of God, for God's sake”)

 

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dead (“end”).

Noun

deo

1. Only used in go deo

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Istriot

Etymology

From Latin deus.

Noun

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,

Related terms

• Deîo

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈde.oː/, [ˈd̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.o/, [ˈd̪ɛːo]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) deō

1. dative/ablative singular of deus

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þeu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.o/

Noun

deo m

1. servant

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Sardinian

Alternative forms

• eo, ego
• deu, eu (Campidanese)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeo/

Pronoun

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

1. I (first person pronoun)

Related terms

• tue
• issu/isse
• issa
• nois, nos, nosateros, nosateras
• bois/vois, bos/vos, bosateros/vosateros, bosateras/vosateras
• issos
• issas

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): dȉo

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dělъ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dȅo m (Cyrillic spelling де̏о)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) part

Declension

Declension of deo

	singular	plural
nominative	dȅo	délovi
genitive	déla	delova
dative	delu	delovima
accusative	deo	delove
vocative	deo	delovi
locative	delu	delovima
instrumental	delom	delovima

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Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of deodorant.

Noun

deo c

1. (colloquial) deodorant

   Synonym: deodorant

   Luktar min nya deo gott? ― Does my new deodorant smell good?

Usage notes

• 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.

Declension

Declension of deo
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	deo	deon	deos	deosarna
Genitive	deos	deons	deos	deosarnas