belo

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish velo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbelo/
  • Hyphenation: be‧lo

Noun

bélo (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓ)

  1. veil
    Synonym: sakbod

Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from French vélo.

Pronunciation

Noun

belo f (plural beloioù)

  1. bicycle

Inflection

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Mutation of belo
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular belo velo unchanged pelo
plural beloioù veloioù unchanged peloioù

Synonyms

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

belo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of belar

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Noun

belo (uncountable, accusative belon)

  1. beauty
    Synonym: beleco
    Antonym: malbelo

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English bell.

Pronunciation

Noun

belo

  1. 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)

  1. (literary) beautiful
    Synonyms: fermoso, guapo
    Son merecentes dun belo poema.
    They deserve a beautiful poem.

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlo
  • Hyphenation: bè‧lo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from belare (to bleat) +‎ -o.

Noun

belo m (plural beli)

  1. (literary) bleat (cry of a sheep or a goat)
    Synonym: belato

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

belo

  1. 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

  • Hyphenation: be‧lo

Adjective

belo (feminine bela, masculine plural belos, feminine plural belas, comparable, comparative mais belo, superlative o mais belo or belíssimo)

  1. 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

  1. 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)

  1. veil; head covering
    Synonyms: kulubong, pandong

Derived terms

Further reading

Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

belo

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. noon

West Makian

Etymology

Possibly related to belu (to lick).

Pronunciation

Noun

belo

  1. the tongue
    Synonym: belubelu

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics