revo

See also: révo

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of revolutie (“revolution”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reː.voː/

Noun

revo f (uncountable)

1. (Suriname, politics, chiefly colloquial) The 1980 Surinamese coup d'état
2. (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], retrieved 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

Borrowed from French rêve +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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Noun

revo (accusative singular revon, plural revoj, accusative plural revojn)

1. daydream

Derived terms

• revbildo (“dream picture”)
• revolando (“dreamland”)

Related terms

• sonĝo (“dream”)

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Ido

Etymology

revar (“to daydream”) +‎ -o (“noun”)

Noun

revo (plural revi)

1. daydream

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rèvo f

1. definite singular of rèvu

Anagrams

• over, ovre, rove, vore

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Swedish

Verb

revo

1. (deprecated template usage) archaic plural form of rev, past tense of riva.

Anagrams

• vore