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Corsican
Noun
dio m (plural dii )
Alternative form of diu
References
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian dio .
Pronunciation
Noun
dio (accusative singular dion , plural dioj , accusative plural diojn )
a god
Derived terms
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Central Pacific *tio , from Proto-Oceanic *tiʀom , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiʀəm .
Noun
dio
oyster ( mollusk )
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian dì , Spanish día , ultimately from Latin diēs .
Pronunciation
Noun
dio (plural dii )
day ( 24-hour period ) .
Derived terms
See also
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin deus , from earlier *dẹ̄vos , from Old Latin deivos , from Proto-Italic *deiwos , from Proto-Indo-European *deywós , derived from the root *dyew- ( “ sky, heaven ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈdi.o/ , ( traditional ) * /ˈdi.o/
Rhymes: -io
Hyphenation: dì‧o
Though the modern standard prefers not to geminate the initial /d/ , it is geminated in traditional pronunciation (as reflected by the usage of gli before dei ) and the pronunciation in all the regional Italian varieties, excluding those that don't have syntactic gemination.
Noun
dio m (plural dei or ( archaic or dialectal ) dii , feminine dea , feminine plural dee )
god , deity
Synonyms: divinità , ( poetic ) deità , divo , iddio , ( literary ) nume
( informal ) one who is remarkably skilled in something; ace , crackerjack , wiz
Synonyms: asso , campione , mago , mito
Derived terms
Further reading
dio2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
From Latin dīus , alternative form of dīvus ( “ divine, godlike ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *diwyós ( “ heavenly ” ) , derived from the root *dyew- ( “ sky, heaven ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈdi.o/
Rhymes: -io
Hyphenation: dì‧o
Adjective
dio (feminine dia , masculine plural dii , feminine plural die ) ( obsolete , poetic )
bright , resplendent , shining ( in a divine fashion )
Synonyms: brillante , lucente , luminoso , splendente
1321 , Dante Alighieri , La divina commedia: Paradiso , Le Monnier, published 2002 , Canto XIV, page 250 :[ …] E io udi' nella luce più dia ¶ del minor cerchio una voce modesta, [ …] And I heard in the most resplendent light ¶ of the lesser circle a modest voice,
1850 , Giosuè Carducci , Juvenilia , volume II: “Alla beata Diana Giuntini”, Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906 , page 74 :Pur risplendeva oltre il mortal costume ¶ La dia bellezza nel sereno viso, [ …] Yet beyond the mortal custom shone ¶ The shining beauty in the serene visage,
Further reading
dio1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
diō
dative / ablative masculine / neuter singular of dius
References
“dio ”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
dio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934 ) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette.
“dio ”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898 ), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities , New York: Harper & Brothers
Old Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin deum , the accusative form of deus ( “ god ” ) . Doublet of dios , which came from deus , the nominative form.
Pronunciation
Noun
dio m (plural dios )
god , deity
c. 1280, Alfonso X,
General Estoria II, (ed. by Pedro Sánchez-Prieto Borja, 2002, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares):
Et por esta ocasion podrie seer que desuiarien los uuestros fijos a los nuestros del temor de dio & del su seruicio.
c. 1280, Alfonso X,
General Estoria II, (ed. by Pedro Sánchez-Prieto Borja, 2002, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares):
crebantaua la ley en los sacrificios. & del maltraymiento contra ell. porque aorauan los dios agenos.
Descendants
Romagnol
Etymology
Cognate with Italian dio ( “ god ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
dio m (plural dio )
god
References
Masotti, Adelmo (1996 ) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary ] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 181
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dělъ .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /dîo/
Hyphenation: di‧o
Noun
dȉo m (Cyrillic spelling ди̏о )
( Bosnia , Croatia ) part
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈdjo/
Rhymes: -o
Syllabification: dio
Verb
dio
third-person singular preterite indicative of dar
Turkish
Verb
dio
( Internet , sms) Alternative form of diyor
Bana dio sen benim en yakınımsın. He (or she) tells me you are my closest relative.