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Neo

Neo

See also: neo, NEO, neó, Néo, ne'o, neo-, néo-, and Appendix:Variations of "neo"

English

Proper noun

Neo

  1. A male given name.

Translations

Swedish

Etymology

Modern coinage from English Neo of the film The Matrix. Compare also Nea.

Proper noun

Neo

  1. A male given name.

References

Statistics Sweden: 3173 males with the given name Neo living in Sweden on December 31st, 2013, with the highest frequency so far in 2010. Accessed on 10 April 2014.

neo

neo

See also: Neo, NEO, neó, Néo, ne'o, neo-, néo-, and Appendix:Variations of "neo"

English

Noun

neo ‎(plural neos)

  1. (dated, fandom slang, science fiction) A newcomer to science fiction; a fan who is extremely new and inexperienced with the genre; a beginner.
    • 1964 April 2, Ron, Bennett, Skyrack, number 65:
      Ken Bulmer pointed out that the attitude of a fan who had read much sf is different from that of a neo who is reading sf for the first time.
    • 1976 August 25, Maule, Ian, Checkpoint, number 72:
      This fabulous fannish cover illustrated the three stages of fandom: the neo, the trufan, and the BNF.
    • 1996 November 3, Faulder, Richard J., Gegenschein, number 80:
      Edwina, and neofen of her generation (this is not a criticism - everyone starts out as a neo), being new to sffandom, and not a member of faandom, would not have noticed this.

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From Latin naevus ‎(“mole, birthmark”)

Noun

neo m ‎(plural nei)

  1. mole (on skin)
  2. beauty spot
  3. flaw, defect

Noun

neo m ‎(invariable)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of neon

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nēō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-.

Pronunciation

Verb

neō ‎(present infinitive nēre, perfect active nēvī, supine nētum); second conjugation

  1. (transitive) I spin; weave, interlace, entwine.

Inflection

   Conjugation of neo (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present neō nēs net nēmus nētis nent
imperfect nēbam nēbās nēbat nēbāmus nēbātis nēbant
future nēbō nēbis nēbit nēbimus nēbitis nēbunt
perfect nēvī nēvistī nēvit nēvimus nēvistis nēvērunt, nēvēre
pluperfect nēveram nēverās nēverat nēverāmus nēverātis nēverant
future perfect nēverō nēveris nēverit nēverimus nēveritis nēverint
passive present neor nēris, nēre nētur nēmur nēminī nentur
imperfect nēbar nēbāris, nēbāre nēbātur nēbāmur nēbāminī nēbantur
future nēbor nēberis, nēbere nēbitur nēbimur nēbiminī nēbuntur
perfect nētus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect nētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect nētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present neam neās neat neāmus neātis neant
imperfect nērem nērēs nēret nērēmus nērētis nērent
perfect nēverim nēverīs nēverit nēverīmus nēverītis nēverint
pluperfect nēvissem nēvissēs nēvisset nēvissēmus nēvissētis nēvissent
passive present near neāris, neāre neātur neāmur neāminī neantur
imperfect nērer nērēris, nērēre nērētur nērēmur nērēminī nērentur
perfect nētus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect nētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — nē — — nēte —
future — nētō nētō — nētōte nentō
passive present — nēre — — nēminī —
future — nētor nētor — — nentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives nēre nēvisse nētūrus esse nērī nētus esse nētum īrī
participles nēns — nētūrus — nētus nendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
nēre nendī nendō nendum nētum nētū

Noun

neō

  1. dative singular of neon
  2. ablative singular of neon

Derived terms

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nawiz, *nawaz ‎(“corpse”), from Proto-Indo-European *nāw- ‎(“the deceased, corpse”).

Noun

nēo n

  1. a corpse

Declension

Derived terms

  • dryhtnē
  • nēfugol
  • nēobedd
  • orcnēas

Old Saxon

Etymology

From ne- +‎ eo ‎(“ever”).

Adverb

neo

  1. never

Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

neo

  1. Alternative form of no.

Etymology

Recent coinage from the prefix neo- ‎(“new”). Popularized by a character in the science fiction film The Matrix (1999), where it is explained as an anagram of "(the) One".

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