neo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "neo"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːəʊ/
• Rhymes: -iːəʊ

Etymology 1

Noun

neo (plural neos)

1. (dated, fandom slang, science fiction) Clipping of neofan.
   • 1964 April 2, Bennett Ron, Skyrack‎^[1], 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^[2], 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^[3], 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.

2. (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.

3. (LGBTQ slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of neopronoun.

Etymology 2

Noun

neo

1. (aviation) Alternative letter-case form of NEO

See also

• neo-geo

Anagrams

• -one, EON, NOE, Noe, eno-, eon, one

Cubeo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dẽˈo/

Noun

neo

1. 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^(key): [ˈneo]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: ne‧o

Noun

neo (accusative singular neon, plural neoj, accusative plural neojn)

1. 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^(key): /ˈnɛ.o/
• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: nè‧o

Noun

neo m (plural nei)

1. mole (on skin)
2. beauty spot
3. flaw, defect

Noun

neo m (invariable)

1. (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^(key): /ˈne.oː/, [ˈneoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.o/, [ˈnɛːo]

Verb

neō (present infinitive nēre, perfect active nēvī, supine nētum); second conjugation

1. (transitive) to spin; weave, interlace, entwine

   Synonym: fīlō (Late Latin)

   Nē, māter; suam.

   Weave, mother; [so that] I [can] sew.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of neō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	neō	nēs	net	nēmus	nētis	nent
	imperfect	nēbam	nēbās	nēbat	nēbāmus	nēbātis	nēbant
	future	nēbō	nēbis	nēbit	nēbimus	nēbitis	nēbunt
	perfect	nēvī	nēvistī	nēvit	nēvimus	nēvistis	nēvērunt, nēvēre
	pluperfect	nēveram	nēverās	nēverat	nēverāmus	nēverātis	nēverant
	future perfect	nēverō	nēveris	nēverit	nēverimus	nēveritis	nēverint
passive	present	neor	nēris, nēre	nētur	nēmur	nēminī	nentur
	imperfect	nēbar	nēbāris, nēbāre	nēbātur	nēbāmur	nēbāminī	nēbantur
	future	nēbor	nēberis, nēbere	nēbitur	nēbimur	nēbiminī	nēbuntur
	perfect	nētus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	nētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	nētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	neam	neās	neat	neāmus	neātis	neant
imperfect	nērem	nērēs	nēret	nērēmus	nērētis	nērent
perfect	nēverim	nēverīs	nēverit	nēverīmus	nēverītis	nēverint
pluperfect	nēvissem	nēvissēs	nēvisset	nēvissēmus	nēvissētis	nēvissent
passive	present	near	neāris, neāre	neātur	neāmur	neāminī	neantur
imperfect	nērer	nērēris, nērēre	nērētur	nērēmur	nērēminī	nērentur
perfect	nētus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	nētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	nē	—	—	nēte	—
	future	—	nētō	nētō	—	nētōte	nentō
passive	present	—	nēre	—	—	nēminī	—
	future	—	nētor	nētor	—	—	nentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		nēre	nēvisse	nētūrum esse	nērī	nētum esse	nētum īrī
participles		nēns	—	nētūrus	—	nētus	nendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		nendī	nendō	nendum	nendō	nētum	nētū

Noun

neō

1. 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^(key): /ne͜oː/

Noun

nēo n

1. a corpse

Declension

Strong wa-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	nēo	nēo
accusative	nēo	nēo
genitive	nēowes	nēowa
dative	nēowe	nēowum

Derived terms

• dryhtnē
• nēfugol
• nēobedd
• orcnēas

 

Old Saxon

Etymology

From ne- +‎ eo (“ever”).

Adverb

neo

1. never

Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

neo

1. Alternative form of no.

Spanish

Noun

neo m (plural neos)

1. (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^(key): [nɛw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nɛw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [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)

1. (nautical) anchor

Derived terms

Derived terms

• mỏ neo
• neo đậu
• thả neo

 

Etymology 2

Cognate with Muong Bi đeo (“few”).

Adjective

neo

1. (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