veo

See also: véo, vêo, vẹo, and ve'o

Translingual

Symbol

veo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ventureño.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ventureño terms

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wáy

Proto-Germanic *wai

Proto-West Germanic *wai

German wehbor.

Esperanto ve

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *-os

Archaic Latin -os

Latin -um

Italian -oder.

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Archaic Latin -om

Latin -um

Spanish -oder.

Ancient Greek -οι (-oi)der.

Esperanto -o

Esperanto veo

From ve + -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveo/
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: ve‧o

Noun

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

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

Galician

Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

• vío, veu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeo/ [ˈbe.ʊ]
• Rhymes: -eo

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

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese veo, from Latin vēlum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛo/ [ˈbɛ.ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɛo

Noun

veo m (plural veos)

1. veil

References

• “veo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “beo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “bio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. 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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin vēlum.

Alternative forms

• ueo, ueeo, veeo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβɛ.o/
• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: ve‧o

Noun

veo m (plural veos)

1. veil (covering over the head)

Descendants

• Galician: veo
• Portuguese: véu

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβe.o/
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: ve‧o

Verb

veo

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of vĩir

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “veo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• DDGM, “veo”, “ueeo”
• VPM, “véu”

Portuguese

Noun

veo m (plural veos)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of véu

Verb

veo

1. obsolete form of veio

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin velum.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vȅo m inan (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

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɛw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vɛw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vɛw˧˧] ~ [jɛw˧˧]

Adjective

veo • (沋, 為, 漂, 𤅜)

1. translucent, clear, sheer

   Near-synonyms: trong, trong vắt, trong suốt, trong trẻo, trong trắng

   Ao thu lạnh lẽo nước trong veo. Một chiếc thuyền câu bé tẻo teo.

   Cold lies the autumn pool, its waters sheer;
   A little fishing skiff floats soft and near.

Derived terms

• trong veo