Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ceo ‎(“sky; heaven”), from Latin caelum ‎(“sky”).

Noun

ceo m ‎(plural ceos)

1. sky
2. heaven

Synonyms

• (sky): firmamento
• (heaven): paraíso

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ceó.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /coː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɔː/

Noun

ceo m ‎(genitive singular ceo, nominative plural ceonna)

1. fog, mist
2. haze
3. vapour
4. (in questions and negative sentences) nothing, anything

   Níl tú ag insint ceo den fhírinne dhom.‎

   You aren’t telling me a word of the truth.

Declension

Archaic or dialectal forms:

• Alternative genitive singular: ceoigh
• Alternative dative plural: ceonnaibh

Mutation

References

• “1 ceó” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “ceo” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "ceo" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old English

Alternative forms

• ċīo
• ċēa (normalised)

Noun

ċēo f

1. A chough, a bird of the genus Corvus; a jay; crow; jackdaw.

Related terms

• ceahhe

Descendants

• Middle English: ka, co, cheo, choȝe, choughe, chowe, chow
  • Scots: ka, kae, kea, keaw
  • English: coe, chough

Old French

Pronoun

ceo

1. Alternative form of ço

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin caelum ‎(“sky”). Cognate with Old Spanish cielo, Old Provençal cel and Old French ciel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.o/

Noun

ceo m ‎(plural ceos)

1. sky
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 154 (facsimile):

     Como un tafur tirou con hũa baeſta hũa seeta cõtra o ceo con ſanna p̈ q̇ pdera. p̃ q̃ cuidaua q̇ firia a deos o.ſ.M̃.

     How a gambler shot, with a crossbow, a bolt at the sky, wrathful because he had lost. Because he wanted it to wound God or Holy Mary.

2. (religion) heaven
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, cantiga 426 (facsimile):

     Subiu ao ceo. o fillo / de deꝯ. por dar paray.ſaos amigo^s ſeꝯ

     Ascended to heaven, the son of God. For giving paradise to his friends.

Descendants

• Fala: ceu
• Galician: ceo
• Portuguese: céu
  • Angolar: onthe
  • Annobonese: osé
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: seu
  • Indo-Portuguese: ceos
  • Kabuverdianu: séu
  • Korlai Creole Portuguese: sews
  • Principense: ose
  • Sãotomense: ose

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): cȉo, cijȇl

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cělъ, from Proto-Indo-European *koylos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsêo/

Adjective

cȅo ‎(definite cȇlī, comparative cȅljī, Cyrillic spelling це̏о)

1. whole
2. entire, complete

Declension

Venetian

Adjective

ceo m (feminine singular cea, masculine plural cei, feminine plural cee)

1. small
2. minute

Synonyms

• picenin