# leo
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliːəʊ/

### Noun

leo (plural leos)
* (informal) Clipping 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.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Loe, loe, ole, EOL, -ole, 'Ole, OEL, LoE, elo, olé, OLE, Elo

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /leʊ/

### Verb

leo
* first-person singular present indicative of ler
* first-person singular present indicative of lear

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈle.o/, [ˈlɛ.jo]

### Noun

leo
* voice; sound
* 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.
* verbal message

### Verb

leo
* to speak
* to make a sound

#### Derived terms

* leoleo

### References

* Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “leo”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

## Helong
### Etymology

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

### Noun

leo
* neck

## Irish
### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* leob (Galway)
* leofa (Ulster)
* riú (Munster)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lʲoː/
* (Galway) IPA: /lʲoːbˠ/ (corresponding to the form leob)
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈlʲɔːfˠə/ (corresponding to the form leofa)

#### Pronoun

leo (emphatic leosan)
* third-person plural of le: with them, to them

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /lʲoː/
* (Connacht) IPA: /l̠ʲoː/
* (Ulster) IPA: /l̠ʲɔː/

#### Noun

leo m (genitive singular leo, nominative plural leonna)
* slush, slime, slick

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
leo
leonna
vocative
a leo
a leonna
genitive
leo
leonna
dative
leo
leonna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an leo
na leonna
genitive
an leo
na leonna
dative
leis an leo don leo
leis na leonna :

##### Derived terms

* leo ola (“oil slick”)

### References

* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 308, page 143
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 311, page 110

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈle.oː/, [ˈɫ̪eoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈle.o/, [ˈlɛːo]

### Noun

leō m (genitive leōnis); third declension
* lion
* lion's skin
* (astronomy) the constellation Leo
* (figuratively) lionheart; a courageous person
* a kind of crab
* a kind of plant

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* leō fēmina
* leōnīnus
* leunculus

#### Related terms

* lea
* leaena
* leonticus
* leontios

#### Descendants

* Eastern Romance:
** Italo-Dalmatian:
*** Corsican: lionu
*** Italian: leone
*** Sicilian: liuni
**** → Maltese: ljun
** Romanian: leu
** Venetan: leon, lion
* Western Romance:
** Gallo-italic:
*** Ligurian: lión
*** Lombard: leon
*** Piedmontese: lion, leon
** Old French: lion (see there for further descendants)
** Rhaeto-Romance:
*** Friulian: lion
*** Romansch: liun
** Navarro-Aragonese:
*** Aragonese: lión
** Old Leonese:
*** Asturian: llión, lleón
*** Leonese: llión
** Old Occitan:
*** Catalan: lleó
*** Occitan: leon
** Old Galician-Portuguese: leon
*** Galician: león
*** Portuguese: leão
**** Kabuverdianu: lion
**** Macanese: leám
**** Papiamentu: leon
**** → Tetum: leaun
** Old Spanish: leon (see there for further descendants)
* Southern Romance:
** Sardinian: leone, leoni, lioni
* → Albanian: luan
* → Basque: lehoi
* → Proto-Brythonic: *llew (see there for further descendants)
* → Proto-West Germanic: *lēwō (see there for further descendants)
* → Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 (laiwa)
** → Proto-Slavic: *lьvъ (see there for further descendants)
* → Old English: lēo
* → Old Irish: léoman, léo
** Irish: leon
** Scottish Gaelic: leòmhann
* → Old Norse: león, leó (see there for further descendants)
* Translingual: †Microleo, †Priscileo, †Thylacoleo, †Wakaleo

#### See also

* Leo on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{la}$

### References

* “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

## Niuean
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

### Noun

leo
* voice, sound

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lēwō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /le͜oː/

### Noun

lēo f or m
* a lion
    Eom iċ lēo ġif iċ menn ete?Am I a lion if I eat people?

#### Declension

Weak:

### Further reading

* Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “leó”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

## Pukapukan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

### Noun

leo
* voice

## Samoan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

### Noun

leo
* voice, sound

## Sikaiana
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

### Noun

leo
* voice, sound of a voice
* pronunciation
* tune (of a song)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈleo/ [ˈle.o]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eo
* Syllabification: le‧o

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

leo m or f (masculine and feminine plural leos)
* Leo

#### Noun

leo m or f by sense (plural leos)
* Leo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

leo
* first-person singular present indicative of leer

### Further reading

* “leo”, 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

## Swahili
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Adverb

leo
* today

## Tokelauan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo. Cognates include Hawaiian leo and Maori reo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈle.o]
* Hyphenation: le‧o

### Noun

leo
* voice
* talk
* noise, sound

### References

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

## Tuvaluan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo.

### Noun

leo
* voice, sound

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [lɛw˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [lɛw˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [lɛw˧˧]
* Audio (Saigon):(file)

### Verb

leo • (撩, 繚, 𨇉)
* to climb
    leo cây ― to climb a tree
    leo núi ― to go mountain climbing or hiking

#### See also

* lên; trèo
* chanh leo
* cheo leo (từ láy)
* dây leo
* dưa leo
* leo cây
* leo thang
* leo trèo
* nói leo