Dio

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See also: dio, DIO, and dió

Corsican

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Proper noun

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Dio m

  1. Alternative form of Diu

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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From dio. Calque of Latin Deus. Compare English God.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdio]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: Di‧o

Proper noun

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Dio (accusative Dion)

  1. God

Derived terms

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin Deus, from deus, from earlier *dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Cognate with English deity.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.o/, (traditional) */ˈdi.o/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Though the modern standard prefers not to geminate the initial /d/, it is geminated in traditional pronunciation and the pronunciation in all the regional Italian varieties, excluding those that don't have syntactic gemination.

Proper noun

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Dio m

  1. (Christianity) God
    Synonyms: Iddio, padreterno
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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Ladino

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Proper noun

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El Dio (Latin spelling)

  1. Alternative form of Dyo

Latin

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Proper noun

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Dīō

  1. dative/ablative singular of Dīon

Romagnol

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Proper noun

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Dio

  1. (Christianity, Cesena) God
    • 2024, Franco Alpini, Andrea Alpini, La Bébia In Dialét Rumagnól, Genesis 1:1:
      In te prinzipi Dio e creét i zil e la tèra.
      In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.