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Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish velo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbelo/
- Hyphenation: be‧lo
Noun
bélo (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓ)
- veil
- Synonym: sakbod
Breton
Etymology
Borrowed from French vélo.
Pronunciation
Noun
belo f (plural beloioù)
- bicycle
Inflection
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Synonyms
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
belo
- first-person singular present indicative of belar
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Noun
belo (uncountable, accusative belon)
- beauty
- Synonym: beleco
- Antonym: malbelo
Fiji Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from English bell.
Pronunciation
Noun
belo
- work break
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese bel, bela; borrowed from Old Occitan bel, from Latin bellus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
belo (feminine bela, masculine plural belos, feminine plural belas)
- (literary) beautiful
- Synonyms: fermoso, guapo
Son merecentes dun belo poema.- They deserve a beautiful poem.
Further reading
- “belo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “belo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “belo”, 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), “belo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɛlo
- Hyphenation: bè‧lo
Etymology 1
Deverbal from belare (“to bleat”) + -o.
Noun
belo m (plural beli)
- (literary) bleat (cry of a sheep or a goat)
- Synonym: belato
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
belo
- first-person singular present indicative of belare
Further reading
- belo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese bel, from Latin bellus, from Proto-Indo-European *dw-ene-, adverbial form of *deu- (“to do, perform, revere, show favor”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
belo (feminine bela, masculine plural belos, feminine plural belas, comparable, comparative mais belo, superlative o mais belo or belíssimo)
- beautiful; attractive (having beauty)
2014, Augusto Boal, Hamlet e o filho do padeiro: Memórias imaginadas, Editora Cosac Naify, →ISBN, page 217:Um poeta pode acordar no meio da noite e escrever belo poema — basta inspiração! Um pintor pintar um quadro em minutos ou anos, como sentir melhor. Mas artistas de artes coletivas não podem convocar espectadores às três da madrugada, alegando que só nesse momento sentem que baixou o santo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1905, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O romance de Adelina [Adelina’s romance]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, page 131:Sabes quem são os meus mestres do bom e do bello?- Do you know who are my teachers of the good and the beautiful?
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
belo
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of beo
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish velo, from Old Spanish velo, from Latin vēlum.
Pronunciation
Noun
belo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓ)
- veil; head covering
- Synonyms: kulubong, pandong
Derived terms
Further reading
Ternate
Pronunciation
Noun
belo
- pole, post
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tetum
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
belo
- to lick
Further reading
- Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English bellow (horns signifying midday).
Noun
belo
- noon
West Makian
Etymology
Possibly related to belu (“to lick”).
Pronunciation
Noun
belo
- the tongue
- Synonym: belubelu
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics