veo

See also: véo, vêo, vẹo, and ve'o

Esperanto

Etymology

ve +‎ -o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈveo]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: ve‧o

Noun

veo (accusative singular veon, plural veoj, accusative plural veojn)

1. wail, howl ("a mournful cry")

Galician

Alternative forms

• vío, veu

Etymology

Probably derived or akin to Late Latin vibia (“crosspiece”) which was perhaps borrowed from Gaulish; if just akin, then from a local Celtic *vibio-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist, to twine”). Cognate with Portuguese veio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeo̝/, /ˈbeʊ̯/

Noun

veo m (plural veos)

1. peg under the bed of the cart used for tying and securing the load

   Synonym: brión

2. dowel, pin (a piece of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts)
3. lever, crank
4. crosspiece
5. part of the vertical axis of a water mill
6. axis of the reel
7. plaited frame used to protect a haystack
8. each one of the twigs used to plait that frame

Derived terms

• envear

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “beo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “veo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “veo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Verb

veo

1. Obsolete form of veio.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin velum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêo/
• Hyphenation: ve‧o

Noun

vȅo m (Cyrillic spelling ве̏о)

1. veil

Declension

Declension of veo

	singular	plural
nominative	vȅo	vélovi
genitive	vȇla	velova
dative	velu	velovima
accusative	veo	velove
vocative	vele	velovi
locative	velu	velovima
instrumental	velom	velovima

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeo/ [ˈbe.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: ve‧o

Verb

veo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ver