velo

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Catalan

Verb

velo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of velar

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French vélo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

velo m (plural velos, diminutive velootje n)

  1. (Belgium, informal) bicycle

Related terms

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vela.

Pronunciation

Noun

velo (accusative singular velon, plural veloj, accusative plural velojn)

  1. sail

Derived terms

Finnish

Pronunciation

Verb

velo

  1. inflection of velkoa:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Galician

Verb

velo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of velar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English veil, French voile, Italian velo, Spanish velo.

Pronunciation

Noun

velo (plural veli)

  1. veil (fabric used to conceal)
  2. (figurative) cover, screen, shade

Derived terms

  • desvelizar (“to unveil; to disclose”)
  • velizar (“to veil, disguise, shroud, enshroud, becloud, whitewash”)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈve.lo/
  • Rhymes: -elo
  • Hyphenation: vé‧lo

Etymology 1

From Latin vēlum, from Proto-Indo-European.

Noun

velo m (plural veli)

  1. veil
  2. (anatomy) velum

Etymology 2

Noun

velo m (plural veli) (literary, archaic)

  1. Alternative form of vela

References

  • velo2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

velo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of velare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From vēlum (“covering, veil”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

Verb

vēlō (present infinitive vēlāre, perfect active vēlāvī, supine vēlātum); first conjugation

  1. to cover, wrap, veil
    Synonyms: inducō, obvolvō, induō, saepiō, sūmō
    Antonyms: nūdō, spoliō, exuō
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.311–312:
      ecce corōnātīs pānīs dēpendet asellīs,
      et vēlant scabrās flōridā sertā molās.
      Behold! Bread hangs down from garlanded donkeys,
      and they cover the rough millstones with a floral wreath.
      (See Vestalia.)
  2. (figuratively) to conceal, cover
    Synonyms: dissimulō, occultō, indūcō, operiō, obnūbō, occulō, condō, recondō, verrō, obruō, adoperiō, nūbō, tegō, abscondō, abdō, cooperiō, comprimō, prōtegō, premō, opprimō, mergō
    Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō, patefaciō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of vēlō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vēlō vēlās vēlat vēlāmus vēlātis vēlant
imperfect vēlābam vēlābās vēlābat vēlābāmus vēlābātis vēlābant
future vēlābō vēlābis vēlābit vēlābimus vēlābitis vēlābunt
perfect vēlāvī vēlāvistī,
vēlāstī2 		vēlāvit,
vēlāt2 		vēlāvimus,
vēlāmus2 		vēlāvistis,
vēlāstis2 		vēlāvērunt,
vēlāvēre,
vēlārunt2
pluperfect vēlāveram,
vēlāram2 		vēlāverās,
vēlārās2 		vēlāverat,
vēlārat2 		vēlāverāmus,
vēlārāmus2 		vēlāverātis,
vēlārātis2 		vēlāverant,
vēlārant2
future perfect vēlāverō,
vēlārō2 		vēlāveris,
vēlāris2 		vēlāverit,
vēlārit2 		vēlāverimus,
vēlārimus2 		vēlāveritis,
vēlāritis2 		vēlāverint,
vēlārint2
passive present vēlor vēlāris,
vēlāre 		vēlātur vēlāmur vēlāminī vēlantur
imperfect vēlābar vēlābāris,
vēlābāre 		vēlābātur vēlābāmur vēlābāminī vēlābantur
future vēlābor vēlāberis,
vēlābere 		vēlābitur vēlābimur vēlābiminī vēlābuntur
perfect vēlātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect vēlātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect vēlātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vēlem vēlēs vēlet vēlēmus vēlētis vēlent
imperfect vēlārem vēlārēs vēlāret vēlārēmus vēlārētis vēlārent
perfect vēlāverim,
vēlārim2 		vēlāverīs,
vēlārīs2 		vēlāverit,
vēlārit2 		vēlāverīmus,
vēlārīmus2 		vēlāverītis,
vēlārītis2 		vēlāverint,
vēlārint2
pluperfect vēlāvissem,
vēlāssem2 		vēlāvissēs,
vēlāssēs2 		vēlāvisset,
vēlāsset2 		vēlāvissēmus,
vēlāssēmus2 		vēlāvissētis,
vēlāssētis2 		vēlāvissent,
vēlāssent2
passive present vēler vēlēris,
vēlēre 		vēlētur vēlēmur vēlēminī vēlentur
imperfect vēlārer vēlārēris,
vēlārēre 		vēlārētur vēlārēmur vēlārēminī vēlārentur
perfect vēlātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect vēlātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — vēlā — — vēlāte —
future — vēlātō vēlātō — vēlātōte vēlantō
passive present — vēlāre — — vēlāminī —
future — vēlātor vēlātor — — vēlantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives vēlāre vēlāvisse,
vēlāsse2 		vēlātūrum esse vēlārī,
vēlārier1 		vēlātum esse vēlātum īrī
participles vēlāns — vēlātūrus — vēlātus vēlandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
vēlandī vēlandō vēlandum vēlandō vēlātum vēlātū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Albanian: velë
  • Catalan: velar
  • French: voiler
  • Italian: velare
  • Piedmontese: velé
  • Spanish: velar

References

  • “velo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “velo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • velo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • velo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to put to sea: vela in altum dare (Liv. 25. 27)
    • (ambiguous) to set the sails: vela facere, pandere
    • (ambiguous) to set the sails: vela dare
    • (ambiguous) to furl the sails: vela contrahere (also metaph.)
    • (ambiguous) sails and rigging: vela armamentaque

Portuguese

Verb

velo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of velar

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Velo, from French vélo, from vélocipède (“velocipede”).

Noun

velo m (plural velos)

  1. bicycle

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbelo/
  • Rhymes: -elo
  • Syllabification: ve‧lo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish velo, from Latin vēlum (“sail; veil”), from Proto-Indo-European.

Noun

velo m (plural velos)

  1. veil (something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of a diaphanous material)
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

velo

  1. second-person singular imperative of ir combined with lo
  2. first-person singular present indicative of velar
  3. inflection of ver:
    1. second-person singular imperative combined with lo
    2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with lo

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