neo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "neo"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːəʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːəʊ

Etymology 1

Noun

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.

Etymology 2

Noun

neo

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

See also

• neo-geo

Anagrams

• -one, EON, NOE, Noe, eno-, eon, one

Cubeo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dẽˈo/

Noun

neo

1. cooking oil, motor oil, gasoline.

See also

• caié
• paroraneo

References

• 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

Etymology

From ne (“no”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneo/
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: ne‧o

Noun

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

• jeso (“a yes”)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin naevus (“mole, birthmark”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

neo m (plural nei)

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

Noun

neo m (invariable)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of neon

Anagrams

• -one, Eno, Noè, eno-

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nēō, from earlier *nējō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈne.oː/, [ˈneoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.o/, [ˈnɛːo]

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to spin; weave, interlace, entwine

   Synonym: fīlō (Late Latin)

   Nē, māter; suam.

   Weave, mother; [so that] I [can] sew.

Conjugation

   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

Noun

neō

1. dative/ablative singular of neon

Derived terms

• nētus

References

• 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

Alternative forms

• nē

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nawi, from Proto-Germanic *nawiz, *nawaz (“corpse”), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“the deceased, corpse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne͜oː/

Noun

nēo n

1. a corpse

Declension

Strong wa-stem:

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

Derived terms

• dryhtnē
• nēfugol
• nēobedd
• orcnēas

Old Saxon

Etymology

From ne- +‎ eo (“ever”).

Adverb

neo

1. never

Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

neo

1. Alternative form of no.

Spanish

Noun

neo m (plural neos)

1. (rare) Alternative form of neón

Further reading

• “neo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nɛw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nɛw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [nɛw˧˧]

Etymology 1

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

(classifier mũi, cái) neo • (𪲍)

1. (nautical) anchor

Derived terms

• mỏ neo
• neo đậu
• thả neo

Etymology 2

Cognate with Muong Bi đeo (“few”).

Adjective

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

• neo đơn