Esperanto

Proper noun

Dio ‎(accusative Dion)

1. God

Derived terms

• Diservo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Deus, from deus, from earlier *dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deiuos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.o/, [ˈd̪iːo]
• Hyphenation: Dì‧o

Proper noun

Dio m

1. the supreme being according to Christianity; God

Synonyms

• Iddio, padreterno

Related terms

• dio

Anagrams

• iod
• odi

Ladino

Proper noun

El Dio m ‎(Latin spelling)

1. Alternative form of Dyo

Latin

Noun

Dīō

1. dative singular of Dīon
2. ablative singular of Dīon

Esperanto

Noun

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

1. a god

Derived terms

• diino

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiʀəm.

Noun

dio

1. oyster (mollusk)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian dì, Spanish día, ultimately form Latin diēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.o/, /ˈdi.ɔ/

Noun

dio (plural dii)

1. day (24-hour period).

Derived terms

See also

• jorno
• nokto

• (days of the week) dii di la semano; lundio, mardio, merkurdio, jovdio, venerdio, saturdio, sundio ^{(Category: io:Days of the week)}

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.o/, [ˈd̪iːo]
• Hyphenation: dì‧o

Etymology 1

From Latin deus, from earlier *dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deiuos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.

Noun

dio m ‎(plural dei, archaic plural dii, feminine dea)

1. god, deity
2. (informal) one who is remarkably skilled in something; ace, crackerjack, wiz

Synonyms

• (deity): divinità; (poetic) deità, divo, nume
• (ace, wiz): asso, campione, mago, mito

Derived terms

• Dio

Etymology 2

From Latin dius, alternate form of dīvus ‎(“divine, godlike”).

Adjective

dio ‎(feminine dia, masculine plural dii, feminine plural die) (obsolete, poetic)

1. bright, resplendent, shining (in a divine fashion)
   • 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, 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, […]

Synonyms

• brillante, lucente, luminoso, splendente

Anagrams

• iod
• odi

Latin

Adjective

diō

1. dative masculine singular of dius
2. dative neuter singular of dius
3. ablative masculine singular of dius
4. ablative neuter singular of dius

References

• dio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• dio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ekavian): dȅo

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dělъ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dȉo m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ди̏о)

1. part

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djo/

Verb

dio

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) preterite indicative form of dar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) preterite indicative form of dar.

Turkish

Verb

dio

1. (internet/sms) Alternative form of diyor

   Bana dio sen benim en yakınımsın.