Definitions and meaning of reo
reo
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From re(inforcement) + -o.
Noun
reo (plural reos)
- (Australia, World War I, informal) A reinforcement (additional soldiers).
Etymology 2
From re(-entry) + -o.
Noun
reo (plural reos)
- (Australia, surfing, informal) A re-entry (climbing a wave and then returning down its face).
Etymology 3
From re(inforcing) + -o.
Noun
reo (uncountable)
- (Australia, construction, informal) Steel used to reinforce concrete.
Anagrams
- Ore, ROE, öre, roe, eor, Roe, ORE, RoE, Ore., ore, o'er, OER, EOR
Galician
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin reus (“accused”). Compare Portuguese réu.
Pronunciation
Noun
reo m (plural reos, feminine rea, feminine plural reas)
- convict
- person accused of a crime
Etymology 2
Probably from Late Latin rhēdō, of probable Gaulish origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
reo m (plural reos)
- sea trout
- 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:
- Iten a libra dos corvelos et mugees et robalos et robaliças et reos et vesugos et douradas [...] a quatro dineiros cada libra
- Item, the pound of young pollacks and of mullets and of basses and of young basses and of sea trouts and of seabreams and of gilt-head breams [...], four diñeiros each pound
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “reo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “reos”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “reo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “reo (condenado)”, in Tesouro informatizado 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), “reo (peixe)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “reo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Irish
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ɾˠoː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɾˠɔː/
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish reód, from Old Irish réud, from Proto-Celtic *ɸreswos, from Proto-Indo-European *prews-.
Noun
reo m (genitive singular reo)
- verbal noun of reoigh (“freeze; congeal, solidify”)
- frost
Declension
Alternative forms
- reodh (obsolete)
- reódh (obsolete)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
reo f or m (genitive singular reo, nominative plural reoanna)
- Alternative form of ré (“moon; period; space, intervening distance”)
Declension
- Feminine
- Masculine
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “reo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “reód”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin reus (“defendant, accused”). Cognate to rio (“bad”), inherited from the same source.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.o/
- Rhymes: -ɛo
- Hyphenation: rè‧o
Adjective
reo (feminine rea, masculine plural rei, feminine plural ree) [with di]
- guilty (of)
Noun
reo m (plural rei)
- offender
Anagrams
- -erò, -ore, Ero, Ore, ero, ore
Latin
Noun
reō m
- dative/ablative singular of reus
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *leo, from Proto-Oceanic *leqo, doublet of Proto-Oceanic *liqo, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqə, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ (“neck”).
Pronunciation
Noun
reo
- voice
- speech, utterance
- language
Derived terms
Old High German
Etymology
Cognate to Old Norse hræ.
Noun
rēo n
- corpse
Rarotongan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *leo, from Proto-Oceanic *leqo, doublet of Proto-Oceanic *liqo, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqə, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ (“neck”).
Noun
reo
- voice
- speech
- language
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈreo/ [ˈre.o]
- Rhymes: -eo
- Syllabification: re‧o
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin reus (“accused”). Compare Portuguese réu.
Noun
reo m (plural reos, feminine rea, feminine plural reas)
- defendant (as in a trial)
- delinquent
Adjective
reo (feminine rea, masculine plural reos, feminine plural reas)
- accused of a crime
- found guilty of a crime
Etymology 2
Uncertain; probably from Celto-Latin rhēdō, redo.
Noun
reo m (plural reos)
- (zoology) sea trout
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Catalan reu.
Noun
reo m (plural reos)
- turn (in a game)
- Synonyms: vez, turno
Derived terms
Further reading
- “reo”, 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
Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *leo, from Proto-Oceanic *leqo, doublet of Proto-Oceanic *liqo, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqə, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ (“neck”).
Pronunciation
Noun
reo
- language
Ternate
Pronunciation
Verb
reo
- (transitive) to make something smooth
Conjugation
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zɛw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐɛw˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɹɛw˧˧]
Verb
reo • (嘹, 僚)
- to shout in cheer or to express eagerness
- (of an alarm) to ring
See also
Source: wiktionary.org