German

Noun

Velo n ‎(genitive Velos, plural Velos)

1. (Switzerland) bicycle

Synonyms

• Fahrrad

Dutch

Noun

velo m ‎(plural velo's, diminutive velootje n)

1. (Belgium informal) bicycle

Related terms

• velodroom

Anagrams

• love, voel

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian vela.

Noun

velo ‎(accusative singular velon, plural veloj, accusative plural velojn)

1. sail

Derived terms

• veli
• velŝipo

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -elo

Verb

velo

1. Indicative present connegative form of velkoa.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of velkoa.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of velkoa.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from English veil, French voile, Italian and Spanish velo.

Noun

velo (plural veli)

1. veil (fabric used to conceal)
2. (figuratively) cover, screen, shade

Derived terms

• desvelizar ‎(“to unveil; to disclose”)
• velizar ‎(“to veil, disguise, shroud, enshroud, becloud, whitewash”)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vēlum.

Noun

velo m ‎(plural veli)

1. veil
2. (anatomy) velum

Verb

velo

1. first-person singular present indicative of velare

Anagrams

• levo, levò, vole

Latin

Etymology

From vēlum ‎(“sail”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈweː.loː/, [ˈweː.ɫoː]

Verb

vēlō ‎(present infinitive vēlāre, perfect active vēlāvī, supine vēlātum); first conjugation

1. I cover, wrap, veil
2. (figuratively) I conceal, cover

Inflection

Derived terms

• vēlāmen

Related terms

• vēlum

Descendants

• Albanian: vloj
• French: voiler
• Italian: velare
• Spanish: velar

References

• velo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• velo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• VELO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “velo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to put to sea: vela in altum dare (Liv. 25. 27)
    
  • (ambiguous) to set the sails: vela facere, pandere
    
  • (ambiguous) to set the sails: vela dare
    
  • (ambiguous) to furl the sails: vela contrahere (also metaph.)
    
  • (ambiguous) sails and rigging: vela armamentaque
    

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Greek βέλος ‎(vélos).

Noun

velo m ‎(plural velos)

1. veil

Verb

velo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of velar.