# neo
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈniːəʊ/
* Rhymes: -iːəʊ

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

neo (plural neos)
* (dated, fandom slang, science fiction) Clipping of neofan.
** 1964 April 2, Bennett Ron, Skyrack‎, 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, 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, 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.
* (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.
* (LGBTQ slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of neopronoun.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

neo
* (aviation) Alternative letter-case form of NEO

### See also

* neo-geo

### Anagrams

* -one, EON, NOE, Noe, eno-, eon, one

## Cubeo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dẽˈo/

### Noun

neo
* 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: [ˈneo]
* Rhymes: -eo
* Hyphenation: ne‧o

### Noun

neo (accusative singular neon, plural neoj, accusative plural neojn)
* 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: /ˈnɛ.o/
* Rhymes: -ɛo
* Hyphenation: nè‧o

### Noun

neo m (plural nei)
* mole (on skin)
* beauty spot
* flaw, defect

### Noun

neo m (invariable)
* (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: /ˈne.oː/, [ˈneoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈne.o/, [ˈnɛːo]

### Verb

neō (present infinitive nēre, perfect active nēvī, supine nētum); second conjugation
* (transitive) to spin; weave, interlace, entwine
    Synonym: fīlō (Late Latin)
    Nē, māter; suam.Weave, mother; [so that] I [can] sew.

#### Conjugation
### Noun

neō
* 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: /ne͜oː/

### Noun

nēo n
* a corpse

#### Declension

Strong wa-stem:

#### Derived terms

* dryhtnē
* nēfugol
* nēobedd
* orcnēas

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From ne- +‎ eo (“ever”).

### Adverb

neo
* never

## Scottish Gaelic
### Conjunction

neo
* Alternative form of no.

## Spanish
### Noun

neo m (plural neos)
* (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: [nɛw˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [nɛw˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [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)
* (nautical) anchor

##### Derived terms

* mỏ neo
* neo đậu
* thả neo

### Etymology 2

Cognate with Muong Bi đeo (“few”).

#### Adjective

neo
* (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