dio

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See also: Dio, DIO, dió, dîo, and di0

Corsican

Noun

dio m (plural dii)

  1. Alternative form of diu

References

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian dio.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: di‧o

Noun

dio (accusative singular dion, plural dioj, accusative plural diojn)

  1. a god

Derived terms

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *tio, from Proto-Oceanic *tiʀom, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiʀəm.

Noun

dio

  1. oyster (mollusk)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian dì, Spanish día, ultimately from Latin diēs.

Pronunciation

Noun

dio (plural dii)

  1. 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/
  • Audio(file)
  • 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)

  1. god, deity
    Synonyms: divinità, (poetic) deità, divo, iddio, (literary) nume
  2. (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)

  1. 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

  1. 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)

  1. 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

  • Ladino: dio

Romagnol

Etymology

Cognate with Italian dio (“god”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dio m (plural dio)

  1. god

References

  • Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 181

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dělъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dîo/
  • Hyphenation: di‧o

Noun

dȉo m (Cyrillic spelling ди̏о)

  1. (Bosnia, Croatia) part

Declension

Declension of dio
singular plural
nominative dȉo dijélovi
genitive dijéla dijelova
dative dijelu dijelovima
accusative dio dijelove
vocative dio dijelovi
locative dijelu dijelovima
instrumental dijelom dijelovima

Spanish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdjo/
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: dio

Verb

dio

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Turkish

Verb

dio

  1. (Internet, sms) Alternative form of diyor
    Bana dio sen benim en yakınımsın.
    He (or she) tells me you are my closest relative.
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