belo

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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish velo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbelo/ [ˈbe.l̪o]
  • Hyphenation: be‧lo

Noun

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bélo (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓ)

  1. veil
    Synonym: sakbod

Breton

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French vélo.

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Noun

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belo f (plural beloioù)

  1. bicycle

Inflection

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Synonyms

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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belo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of belar

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈbelo]
  • Rhymes: -elo
  • Hyphenation: be‧lo

Noun

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belo (uncountable, accusative belon)

  1. beauty
    Synonym: beleco
    Antonym: malbelo

Fiji Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English bell.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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belo

  1. work break

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese bel, bela; borrowed from Old Occitan bel, from Latin bellus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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belo (feminine bela, masculine plural belos, feminine plural belas)

  1. (literary) beautiful
    Synonyms: fermoso, guapo
    Son merecentes dun belo poema.
    They deserve a beautiful poem.

Further reading

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlo
  • Hyphenation: bè‧lo

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from belare (to bleat) +‎ -o.

Noun

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belo m (plural beli)

  1. (literary) bleat (cry of a sheep or a goat)
    Synonym: belato
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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belo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of belare

Further reading

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

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese bel, from Latin bellus, from Proto-Indo-European *dw-ene-, adverbial form of *deu- (to do, perform, revere, show favor).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: be‧lo

Adjective

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belo (feminine bela, masculine plural belos, feminine plural belas, comparable, comparative mais belo, superlative o mais belo or belíssimo)

  1. beautiful; attractive (having beauty)

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:belo.

Serbo-Croatian

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Adjective

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belo

  1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of beo

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish velo, from Old Spanish velo, from Latin vēlum.

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Noun

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belo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓ)

  1. veil; head covering
    Synonyms: kulubong, pandong

Derived terms

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Ternate

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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belo

  1. pole, post

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetum

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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belo

  1. to lick

Further reading

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  • Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English bellow (horns signifying midday).

Noun

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belo

  1. noon

West Makian

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Etymology

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Possibly related to belu (to lick).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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belo

  1. the tongue
    Synonym: belubelu

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics