velo

Verb

velo

1. first-person singular present indicative of velar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

velo

1. veil

Etymology

Borrowed from French vélo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

velo m (plural velos, diminutive velootje n)

1. (Belgium, informal) bicycle

Anagrams

• love, voel

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvelo/
• Rhymes: -elo
• Hyphenation: ve‧lo

Noun

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

1. sail

Pronunciation

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

Verb

velo

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

Verb

velo

1. first-person singular present indicative of velar

Etymology

Borrowed from English veil, French voile, Italian velo, Spanish velo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvelo/

Noun

velo (plural veli)

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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin vēlum, from Proto-Indo-European.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Anagrams

• Elvo, levo, levò, vole

Etymology

From vēlum (“covering, veil”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯eː.loː/, [ˈu̯eːɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.lo/, [ˈvɛːlo]

Verb

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

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 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, 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
    

Verb

velo

1. first-person singular present indicative of velar

Etymology

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

Noun

velo m (plural velos)

1. bicycle

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “velo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10