Catalan

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velo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of velar

Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish velo, from Old Spanish velo, from Latin vēlum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbelo/, [ˈbe.lo]
  • Hyphenation: ve‧lo

Noun

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velo

  1. veil

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French vélo.

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Noun

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velo m (plural velos, diminutive velootje n)

  1. (Belgium, informal) bicycle
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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian vela.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvelo]
  • Rhymes: -elo
  • Hyphenation: ve‧lo

Noun

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

  1. sail

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋeloˣ/, [ˈʋe̞lo̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -elo
  • Hyphenation(key): ve‧lo

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velo

  1. inflection of velkoa:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Galician

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Verb

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velo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of velar

Etymology

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Borrowed from English veilFrench voileItalian veloSpanish velo.

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Noun

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velo (plural veli)

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

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

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈve.lo/
  • Rhymes: -elo
  • Hyphenation: vé‧lo

Etymology 1

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From Latin vēlum, from Proto-Indo-European.

Noun

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velo m (plural veli)

  1. veil
  2. (anatomy) velum

Etymology 2

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Noun

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velo m (plural veli) (literary, archaic)

  1. Alternative form of vela

References

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  • velo2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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velo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of velare

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Latin

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Etymology

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From vēlum (covering, veil) +‎ .

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Verb

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

  1. to cover, wrap, veil
    Synonyms: inducō, obvolvō, induō, saepiō, sūmō
    Antonyms: nūdō, spoliō, exuō
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.311–312:
      ecce corōnātīs pānīs dēpendet asellīs,
      et vēlant scabrās flōridā sertā molās.
      Behold! Bread hangs down from garlanded donkeys,
      and they cover the rough millstones with a floral wreath.

      (See Vestalia.)
  2. (figuratively) to conceal, cover
    Synonyms: dissimulō, occultō, indūcō, operiō, obnūbō, occulō, condō, recondō, verrō, obruō, adoperiō, nūbō, tegō, abscondō, abdō, cooperiō, comprimō, prōtegō, premō, opprimō, mergō
    Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō, patefaciō

Conjugation

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1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

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Descendants

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  • Albanian: velë
  • Catalan: velar
  • French: voiler
  • Italian: velare
  • Piedmontese: velé
  • Spanish: velar
  • Venetan: veƚar

References

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  • 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • velo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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

Portuguese

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Verb

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velo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of velar

Romansch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Velo, from French vélo, from vélocipède (velocipede).

Noun

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velo m (plural velos)

  1. bicycle

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbelo/ [ˈbe.lo]
  • Rhymes: -elo
  • Syllabification: ve‧lo

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Spanish velo, from Latin vēlum (sail; veil), from Proto-Indo-European.

Noun

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velo m (plural velos)

  1. veil (something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of a diaphanous material)
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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velo

  1. second-person singular imperative of ir combined with lo
  2. first-person singular present indicative of velar
  3. inflection of ver:
    1. second-person singular imperative combined with lo
    2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with lo

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