leo

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːəʊ/

leo (plural leos)

1. (informal) Abbreviation of leotard.
   • 2011, Jennifer Kronenberg, So, You Want To Be a Ballet Dancer?:

     To this day, I still try to steer clear of wearing a black leo and pink tights together […]

   • 2016, Shawn Johnson, The Flip Side, page 66:

     Now go grab your favorite leotard and makeup bag. I'll run you over there.” […] I rush to apply eye makeup that also matches my leo.

• 'Ole, -ole, EOL, Elo, Loe, OEL, OLE, elo, ole, olé

• IPA^(key): /leʊ/

leo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ler
2. first-person singular present indicative of lear

From Proto-Polynesian *leo, from Proto-Oceanic *leqo, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqə, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ (“neck”). Compare also Tetum lian.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleo/, [ˈlɛo]

leo

1. voice; sound
2. command

   I aliʻi nō ʻoe, i kanaka au, malalo aku au o kō leo. (Hula song)

   You be the chief, I the servant, I shall be obedient to your command.

3. verbal message

leo

1. to speak
2. to make a sound

• leoleo

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert (1986), “leo”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqə, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ.

leo

1. neck

• leob (Galway)
• Riú (Munster)

• IPA^(key): /lʲoː/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /lʲoːbˠ/ (corresponding to the spelling leob)[1][2]

leo (emphatic leosan)

1. third-person plural of le: with them, to them

• IPA^(key): /lʲoː/

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1. slush, slime, slick

• leo ola (“oil slick”)

From Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.oː/, [ˈɫ̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.o/, [ˈlɛːo]

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leō m (genitive leōnis); third declension

1. lion
2. lion's skin
3. (astronomy) the constellation Leo
4. (figuratively) lionheart; a courageous person
5. a kind of crab
6. a kind of plant

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• leō fēmina
• leōnīnus
• leunculus

• lea
• leaena
• leonticus
• leontios

• Leo on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

• “leo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “leo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• leo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• leo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “leo”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “leo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “leo”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

leo

1. voice, sound

Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /le͜oː/

lēo f or m

1. lion

   Eom iċ lēo ġif iċ menn ete?

   Am I a lion if I eat people?

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From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

leo

1. voice

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

leo

1. voice, sound

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

leo

1. voice, sound of a voice
2. pronunciation
3. tune (of a song)

• IPA^(key): /ˈleo/ [ˈle.o]

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• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: le‧o

leo m or f (masculine and feminine plural leos)

1. Leo

leo m or f by sense (plural leos)

1. Leo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

leo

1. first-person singular present indicative of leer

• “leo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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

• Audio (Kenya)

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leo

1. today

From Proto-Polynesian *leo. Cognates include Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and Maori reo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈle.o]
• Hyphenation: le‧o

leo

1. voice
2. talk
3. noise, sound

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 182

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

leo

1. voice, sound

From Proto-Vietic *g-lɛːw, whence also trèo.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lɛw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɛw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [lɛw˧˧]

• Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City)

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leo • (撩, 繚, 𨇉)

1. to climb

   leo cây ― to climb a tree

   leo núi ― to go mountain climbing or hiking

• lên; trèo