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English
Noun
ceo (countable and uncountable , plural ceos )
( aviation ) Alternative letter-case form of CEO
Anagrams
Asturian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin citō .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈθeo/ ,
Rhymes: -eo
Hyphenation: ce‧o
Adverb
ceo
early
soon
Galician
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ceo ( “ sky; heaven ” ) , 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria ; from Latin caelum ( “ sky ” ) . Cognate with Portuguese céu and Spanish cielo .
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
ceo m (plural ceos )
sky
Synonym: firmamento
heaven
1326 , López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 294:
Maria virgen que he auogada dos pecadores et acorremento dos cuitados complida de todas uirtudes et de todas santidades sobrelas outras criaturas que deus quis facer enno ceo et enna terra Mary the Virgin, advocate of the sinners and aid of the afflicted, complete of every virtue and of every saintliness over all the other creature that God wanted to make in Heaven as well as in Earth
ceiling
1326 , López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 295:
mando esta mia cama assy como iaz con sous panos et con suas cortinas et ceo I bequeath this my bed, as it is, with its clothes and with its curtains and ceiling
Synonym: teito
Derived terms
References
“ceo ” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval , SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“ceo ” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval . SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“ceo ” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega , SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“ceo ” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega . Santiago: ILG.
“ceo ” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués , Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2
Verb
ceo
first-person singular present indicative of cear
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish céo , from Proto-Celtic *kiwos ( “ fog ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyeh₁-wó-s ( “ gray ” ) , see also Sanskrit श्याव ( śyāva ) , Persian سیاه ( siyâh , “ black ” ) , Russian сивый ( sivyj , “ grey ” ) , Lithuanian šývas ( “ light grey ” ) , Old English hīew (modern English hue ).
Celtic relatives include Manx kay and Scottish Gaelic ceò . Also compare English sky .
Pronunciation
Noun
ceo m (genitive singular ceo or ciach or ceoigh , nominative plural ceonna or ceocha )
fog , mist
haze
vapour
( in questions and negative sentences ) nothing , anything
Níl tú ag insint ceo den fhírinne dhom. You aren’t telling me a word of the truth.
Declension
Archaic or dialectal forms:
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical
Lenition
Eclipsis
ceo
cheo
gceo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
References
^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019 ), “1 ceó ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009 ) “kiw-o”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill , →ISBN , page 205
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931 ) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 23
Further reading
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kahwu , probably ultimately imitative.
Pronunciation
Noun
ċēo f
a chough , a bird of the genus Corvus ; a jay ; crow ; jackdaw
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
Related terms
Descendants
References
Old French
Pronoun
ceo
Alternative form of ço
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin caelum ( “ sky ” ) . Cognate with Old Spanish cielo , Old Occitan cel and Old French ciel .
Pronunciation
( Galicia ) IPA (key ) : /ˈt͡sɛ.o/
( Portugal ) IPA (key ) : /ˈt͡sɛ.ʊ/
Noun
ceo m (plural ceos )
sky
Como un tafur tirou con hũa baeſta hũa seeta cõtra o ceo con ſanna p̈ q̇ pdera. p̃ q̃ cuidaua q̇ firia a deos o.ſ.M̃.
How a gambler shot, with a crossbow, a bolt at the sky , wrathful because he had lost. Because he wanted it to wound God or Holy Mary.
( religion ) heaven
Subiu ao ceo . o fillo / de deꝯ. por dar paray.ſaos amigos ſeꝯ
Ascended to heaven , the son of God. For giving paradise to his friends.
Descendants
Fala: ceu
Galician: ceo
Portuguese: céu (see there for further descendants )
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cělъ , from Proto-Balto-Slavic *káilas .
Pronunciation
Adjective
cȅo (definite cȇlī , Cyrillic spelling це̏о )
whole
Celo je vreme tamo ležala. ― She lay there the whole time.
1993 , Bajaga i Instruktori (lyrics and music), “Ovo je Balkan”, in Bajaga i Instruktori (lyrics), Muzika na struju , performed by Bajaga i Instruktori , Produkcija Stig:Ovo je ovde Balkan, Mirisni cvet, Totalno nerazumljiv za ceo svet. I svako može biti Dušman i brat Svakih pedeset leta izbija rat. This here is the Balkans A scented flower Completely incomprehensible for the whole world And anyone can be Enemy and brother Every fifty years erupts the war
entire , complete
Declension
indefinite forms
singular
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
ceo
cela
celo
genitive
cela
cele
cela
dative
celu
celoj
celu
accusative
inanimate animate
ceo cela
celu
celo
vocative
ceo
cela
celo
locative
celu
celoj
celu
instrumental
celim
celom
celim
plural
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
celi
cele
cela
genitive
celih
celih
celih
dative
celim(a)
celim(a)
celim(a)
accusative
cele
cele
cela
vocative
celi
cele
cela
locative
celim(a)
celim(a)
celim(a)
instrumental
celim(a)
celim(a)
celim(a)
definite forms
singular
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
celi
cela
celo
genitive
celog(a)
cele
celog(a)
dative
celom(u/e)
celoj
celom(u/e)
accusative
inanimate animate
celi celog(a)
celu
celo
vocative
celi
cela
celo
locative
celom(e/u)
celoj
celom(e/u)
instrumental
celim
celom
celim
plural
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
celi
cele
cela
genitive
celih
celih
celih
dative
celim(a)
celim(a)
celim(a)
accusative
cele
cele
cela
vocative
celi
cele
cela
locative
celim(a)
celim(a)
celim(a)
instrumental
celim(a)
celim(a)
celim(a)
Venetian
Adjective
ceo (feminine singular cea , masculine plural cei , feminine plural cee )
small
minute
Synonyms