ateo

Galician

Alternative forms

• ateu (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin atheos, from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈteo/ [aˈt̪e.ʊ]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: a‧te‧o

Adjective

ateo (feminine atea, masculine plural ateos, feminine plural ateas)

1. atheistic

Noun

ateo m (plural ateos, feminine atea, feminine plural ateas)

1. atheist

   Antonym: crente

See also

• irrelixioso

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ateo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ateo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ateo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ateo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

Etymology

From Latin atheos, from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.te.o/
• Rhymes: -ateo
• Hyphenation: à‧te‧o

Adjective

ateo (feminine atea, masculine plural atei, feminine plural atee)

1. atheistic

   Synonym: ateistico

Noun

ateo m (plural atei, feminine atea)

1. atheist

   Synonym: ateista

Related terms

• ateismo

Further reading

• ateo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːˌte͜oː/

Verb

ātēo

1. inflection of ātēon:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive

Portuguese

Noun

ateo m (plural ateos)

1. obsolete spelling of ateu

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin atheos, from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈteo/ [aˈt̪e.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: a‧te‧o

Adjective

ateo (feminine atea, masculine plural ateos, feminine plural ateas)

1. atheist

   Synonym: ateísta

Noun

ateo m (plural ateos, feminine atea, feminine plural ateas)

1. atheist

   Synonym: ateísta

Related terms

• ateísmo
• ateísta

Further reading

• “ateo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025