dio

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See also: Dio, DIO, dió, dîo, and di0

Corsican

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Noun

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dio m (plural dii)

  1. Alternative form of diu

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian dio.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdio]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: di‧o

Noun

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

  1. a god

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Fijian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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dio

  1. oyster (mollusk)

Ido

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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dio (plural dii)

  1. day (24-hour period).

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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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

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  • 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

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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
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Further reading

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  • dio2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

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From Latin dīus, alternative form of dīvus (divine, godlike), from Proto-Indo-European *diwyós (heavenly), derived from the root *dyew- (sky, heaven).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.o/
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: dì‧o

Adjective

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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[1], 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

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  • dio1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

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Adjective

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diō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dius

References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin deum, the accusative form of deus (god). Doublet of dios, which came from deus, the nominative form.

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Noun

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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

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  • Ladino: dio

Romagnol

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Etymology

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Cognate with Italian dio (god).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dio m (plural dio)

  1. god

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dělъ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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dȉo m (Cyrillic spelling ди̏о)

  1. (Bosnia, Croatia) part

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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dio

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Turkish

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Verb

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dio

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