reo

See also: Reo, REO, réo, rẻo, re'o, and reo-

English

Etymology 1

From re(inforcement) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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Noun

reo (plural reos)

1. (Australia, World War I, informal) A reinforcement (additional soldiers).

Etymology 2

From re(-entry) +‎ -o.

Noun

reo (plural reos)

1. (Australia, surfing, informal) A re-entry (climbing a wave and then returning down its face).

Etymology 3

From re(inforcing) +‎ -o.

Noun

reo (uncountable)

1. (Australia, construction, informal) Steel used to reinforce concrete.

Anagrams

• Ore, ROE, öre, roe, eor, Roe, ORE, RoE, Ore., ore, o'er, OER, EOR

Galician

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin reus (“accused”). Compare Portuguese réu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreo̝/

Noun

reo m (plural reos, feminine rea, feminine plural reas)

1. convict
2. person accused of a crime

Etymology 2

Probably from Late Latin rhēdō, of probable Gaulish origin.

Reo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreo̝/

Noun

reo m (plural reos)

1. sea trout
   • 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:

     Iten a libra dos corvelos et mugees et robalos et robaliças et reos et vesugos et douradas [...] a quatro dineiros cada libra

     Item, the pound of young pollacks and of mullets and of basses and of young basses and of sea trouts and of seabreams and of gilt-head breams [...], four diñeiros each pound

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “reo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “reos”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “reo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “reo (condenado)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “reo (peixe)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “reo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɾˠoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɾˠɔː/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish reód, from Old Irish réud, from Proto-Celtic *ɸreswos, from Proto-Indo-European *prews-.

Noun

reo m (genitive singular reo)

1. verbal noun of reoigh (“freeze; congeal, solidify”)
2. frost

Declension

Declension of reo

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative reo Vocative a reo Genitive reo Dative reo

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an reo Genitive an reo Dative leis an reo don reo

Alternative forms

• reodh (obsolete)
• reódh (obsolete)

Derived terms

• coinlín reo, coinneal reo (“icicle”)
• frithreo (“antifreeze”)
• gabhairín reo, gabhar reo (“male snipe”)
• reo-chumhscú (“cryoturbation”)
• reoigh (“freeze; congeal, solidify”, verb)
• reoite (“frozen”)

 

Etymology 2

Noun

reo f or m (genitive singular reo, nominative plural reoanna)

1. Alternative form of ré (“moon; period; space, intervening distance”)

Declension

Feminine

Declension of reo

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative reo reonna Vocative a reo a reonna Genitive reo reonna Dative reo reonna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an reo na reonna Genitive na reo na reonna Dative leis an reo don reo leis na reonna

Masculine

Declension of reo

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative reo reonna Vocative a reo a reonna Genitive reo reonna Dative reo reonna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an reo na reonna Genitive an reo na reonna Dative leis an reo don reo leis na reonna

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “reo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “reód”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reus (“defendant, accused”). Cognate to rio (“bad”), inherited from the same source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.o/
• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: rè‧o

Adjective

reo (feminine rea, masculine plural rei, feminine plural ree) [with di]

1. guilty (of)

Noun

reo m (plural rei)

1. offender

Anagrams

• -erò, -ore, Ero, Ore, ero, ore

Latin

Noun

reō m

1. dative/ablative singular of reus

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo, from Proto-Oceanic *leqo, doublet of Proto-Oceanic *liqo, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqə, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ (“neck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾɛ.ɔ/

Noun

reo

1. voice
2. speech, utterance
3. language

Derived terms

• reo tupu
• te reo

Old High German

Etymology

Cognate to Old Norse hræ.

Noun

rēo n

1. corpse

Rarotongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo, from Proto-Oceanic *leqo, doublet of Proto-Oceanic *liqo, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqə, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ (“neck”).

Noun

reo

1. voice
2. speech
3. language

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreo/ [ˈre.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: re‧o

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin reus (“accused”). Compare Portuguese réu.

Noun

reo m (plural reos, feminine rea, feminine plural reas)

1. defendant (as in a trial)
2. delinquent
   • 2021 June 20, Carlos E. Cué, “Las razones de los nueve indultos: “Fomentar la convivencia en Cataluña””, in El País‎^[1]:

     Esto es, quedarán anulados si el reo vuelve a cometer un delito penado con entre tres y cinco años de prisión.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adjective

reo (feminine rea, masculine plural reos, feminine plural reas)

1. accused of a crime
2. found guilty of a crime

Etymology 2

Uncertain; probably from Celto-Latin rhēdō, redo.

Noun

reo m (plural reos)

1. (zoology) sea trout

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Catalan reu.

Noun

reo m (plural reos)

1. turn (in a game)

   Synonyms: vez, turno

Derived terms

• a reo y al reo

 

Further reading

• “reo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leo, from Proto-Oceanic *leqo, doublet of Proto-Oceanic *liqo, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqə, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ (“neck”).

Noun

reo

1. language

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾe.o]

Verb

reo

1. (transitive) to make something smooth

Conjugation

Conjugation of reo
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	toreo	foreo	mireo
2nd	noreo	nireo
3rd	Masculine	oreo	ireo, yoreo†
Feminine	moreo
Neuter	ireo
† - archaic

References

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɛw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐɛw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹɛw˧˧]

Verb

reo • (嘹, 僚)

1. to shout in cheer or to express eagerness
2. (of an alarm) to ring

   Chuông báo thức reo lúc 6 rưỡi sáng.

   The alarm goes off at 6:30 A.M.

See also

Derived terms

• hò reo
• reo hò
• reo vui