belo

belo

See also: Belo, belò, beło, and бело

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish velo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: be‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ˈbelo/

Noun

belo

1. veil

   Synonym: sakbod

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Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from French vélo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːlo/

Noun

belo f (plural beloioù)

1. bicycle

Inflection

  Mutation of belo  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	belo	velo	unchanged	pelo
plural	beloioù	veloioù	unchanged	peloioù

Synonyms

• marc'h-houarn

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Catalan

Verb

belo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of belar

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio

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

Noun

belo (uncountable, accusative belon)

1. beauty

   Synonym: beleco

   Antonym: malbelo

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Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English bell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːloː/

Noun

belo

1. work break

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Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛlʊ/

Adjective

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

1. beautiful

   Son merecentes dun belo poema.

   They deserve a beautiful poem.

Further reading

• “belo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Deverbal from belare (“to bleat”) +‎ -o.

Noun

belo m (plural beli)

1. (literary) bleat (cry of a sheep or a goat)

   Synonym: belato

Related terms

• belare
• belato

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

belo

1. first-person singular present indicative of belare

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.lu/

• Hyphenation: be‧lo

Adjective

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

1. beautiful; attractive (having beauty)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:belo.

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Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

belo

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of beo

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Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbe.lo]

Noun

belo

1. pole, post

References

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

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English bellow (horns signifying midday).

Noun

belo

1. noon

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West Makian

Etymology

Possibly related to belu (“to lick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.l̪o/

Noun

belo

1. the tongue

   Synonym: belubelu

References

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