Jump to content

neo

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: Appendix:Variations of "neo"

Translingual

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Abbreviation of English Ná-Meo.

Symbol

[edit]

neo

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ná-Meo.

See also

[edit]

English

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ˈniːəʊ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːəʊ

Etymology 1

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

neo (plural neos)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
  3. (LGBTQ slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of neopronoun.
  4. Clipping of neodymium.
    • 2025 July 18, Timothy McLaughlin, “A Rebel Army Is Building a Rare-Earth Empire on China's Border. The Kachin Independence Organization fought for decades in obscurity. Now it's supplying essential minerals to manufacturers around the world”, in Bloomberg Businessweek‎[4], archived from the original on 18 July 2025:
      The most important application of dysprosium and terbium, which belong to a subgroup known as the heavy rare earths, is in devices called neodymium boron magnets, or neo magnets for short.

Etymology 2

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

neo

  1. (aviation) Alternative letter-case form of NEO.

See also

[edit]

Anagrams

[edit]

Cubeo

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

neo

  1. cooking oil, motor oil, gasoline.

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

Esperanto

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From ne (“no”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ˈneo/
  • Rhymes: -eo
  • Syllabification: ne‧o

Noun

[edit]

neo (accusative singular neon, plural neoj, accusative plural neojn)

  1. a no; an expression or vote of negation or opposition
    La rezulto de la voĉdonado estis naŭ jesoj, tri neoj, kaj unu sindeteno.
    The result of the vote was nine yeses, three noes, and one abstention.

See also

[edit]

Hawaiian

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ˈne.o/, [ˈnɛ.jo]

Verb

[edit]

neo

  1. (stative) bare, desolate

Derived terms

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

neo

  1. nothing
  2. achieving nothing, failure

Further reading

[edit]

Italian

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛ.o/
  • Rhymes: -ɛo
  • Hyphenation: nè‧o

Etymology 1

[edit]

Inherited from Latin naevus (“mole, birthmark”).

Noun

[edit]

neo m (plural nei)

  1. mole (on skin)
  2. beauty spot
  3. flaw, defect

Etymology 2

[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

[edit]

neo m (invariable)

  1. (dated) alternative form of neon

Anagrams

[edit]

Latin

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

From Proto-Italic *nēō, itself from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-. The term may derive from a root present or, alternatively, a ye-present *(s)néh₁yeti, which may also be attested in Proto-Celtic *sniyeti. It is impossible to determine which of these forms is reflected in the Latin term. If the Latin word derived from the ye-present, the Proto-Italic term would have passed through an intermediate phase in *nējō.

Verb

[edit]

neō (present infinitive nēre, perfect active nēvī, supine nētum); second conjugation

  1. (transitive) to spin; weave, interlace, entwine
    Synonym: fīlō (Late Latin)
    • 1923, Guillaume Apollinaire, Matthew Josephson, “The poet assassinated”, in Project Gutenberg‎[5]:
      Nē, māter; suam.
      Weave, mother; [so that] I [can] sew.
Conjugation
[edit]
   Conjugation of neō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present neō nēs net nēmus nētis nent
imperfect nēbam nēbās nēbat nēbāmus nēbātis nēbant
future nēbō nēbis nēbit nēbimus nēbitis nēbunt
perfect nēvī nēvistī nēvit nēvimus nēvistis nēvērunt,
nēvēre
pluperfect nēveram nēverās nēverat nēverāmus nēverātis nēverant
future perfect nēverō nēveris nēverit nēverimus nēveritis nēverint
passive present neor nēris,
nēre 		nētur nēmur nēminī nentur
imperfect nēbar nēbāris,
nēbāre 		nēbātur nēbāmur nēbāminī nēbantur
future nēbor nēberis,
nēbere 		nēbitur nēbimur nēbiminī nēbuntur
perfect nētus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect nētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect nētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present neam neās neat neāmus neātis neant
imperfect nērem nērēs nēret nērēmus nērētis nērent
perfect nēverim nēverīs nēverit nēverīmus nēverītis nēverint
pluperfect nēvissem nēvissēs nēvisset nēvissēmus nēvissētis nēvissent
passive present near neāris,
neāre 		neātur neāmur neāminī neantur
imperfect nērer nērēris,
nērēre 		nērētur nērēmur nērēminī nērentur
perfect nētus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect nētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — nē — — nēte —
future — nētō nētō — nētōte nentō
passive present — nēre — — nēminī —
future — nētor nētor — — nentor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present nēre nērī nēns —
future nētūrum esse nētum īrī nētūrus nendus
perfect nēvisse nētum esse — nētus
future perfect — nētum fore — —
perfect potential nētūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
nendī nendō nendum nendō nētum nētū
Derived terms
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

neō

  1. dative/ablative singular of neon

References

[edit]
  • neo, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
  • “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

  1. a corpse

Declension

[edit]

Strong wa-stem:

singular plural
nominative nēo nēo
accusative nēo nēo
genitive nēowes nēowa
dative nēowe nēowum

Derived terms

[edit]

Old Saxon

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From ne- +‎ eo (“ever”).

Adverb

[edit]

neo

  1. never

Scottish Gaelic

[edit]

Conjunction

[edit]

neo

  1. alternative form of no

Spanish

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

neo m (plural neos)

  1. (rare) alternative form of neón

Further reading

[edit]

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)

  1. (nautical) anchor
    thả neo ― to drop anchor
Derived terms
[edit]

Verb

[edit]

neo

  1. to anchor
Derived terms
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

Cognate with Muong Bi đeo (“few”).

Adjective

[edit]

neo

  1. (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
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=neo&oldid=89035764"