deo

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English

Etymology

Clipping of deodorant.

Noun

deo (countable and uncountable, plural deos)

  1. (informal, rare) deodorant
    • 2005, Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africa, numbers 687-694, page 32:
      Some men complain their deos don't work after regular use. Your underarm area can build up immunity to the same product. Alternating two deos can give you total protection.
    • 2014, Damodar Mall, Supermarketwala: Secrets To Winning Consumer India:
      He brandishes a can of deodorant (deo) spray as he says this, grinning all the time. 'I started using this about two years ago. I didn't realise deos can be so useful in controlling sweating and keeping me feeling fresh. […]
    • 2014, Julia Franck, West:
      'Maybe it's a teeny bit embarrassing, but seeing that we're good friends, Jabłonovska, don't you use any deo?' 'Any what?' 'Deo. Deodorant.' She pronounced the final T sharply and distinctly.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of deodorant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeː(j)oː/
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  • Hyphenation: deo
  • Rhymes: -eːoː

Noun

deo m (plural deo's, diminutive deootje n)

  1. deodorant

Derived terms

Anagrams

Ido

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English deity, French déité, Italian deità, Spanish deidad.

Pronunciation

Noun

deo (plural dei)

  1. God, a god, a deity

Derived terms

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dead (“end”).

Noun

deo

  1. Only used in go deo

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin deus.

Noun

deo m (plural dai, feminine dea)

  1. god
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:
      Ti me pari oûna dea infra li dai,
      You seem to me a goddess among the gods,

Related terms

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

deō

  1. dative/ablative singular of deus

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þeu.

Pronunciation

Noun

deo m

  1. servant

Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ego, from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

deo (first person singular, plural nos, possessive meu, dative mi, accusative me)

  1. I (first person pronoun)

Related terms

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dělъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dêo/
  • Hyphenation: de‧o

Noun

dȅo m (Cyrillic spelling де̏о)

  1. (Bosnia, Serbia) part

Declension

Declension of deo
singular plural
nominative dȅo délovi
genitive déla delova
dative delu delovima
accusative deo delove
vocative deo delovi
locative delu delovima
instrumental delom delovima

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of deodorant.

Noun

deo c

  1. (colloquial) deodorant
    Synonym: deodorant
    Luktar min nya deo gott?
    Does my new deodorant smell good?

Usage notes

The plural forms are inconsistent. The suppletive form deodoranter may be used as well, similar to many other Swedish words ending on /ʊ/. Compare radio.

Declension

Declension of deo 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative deo deon deos deosarna
Genitive deos deons deos deosarnas

References

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