ceo

See also: CEO, ce-o, ceò, ceó, and céo

English

Noun

ceo (countable and uncountable, plural ceos)

1. (aviation) Alternative letter-case form of CEO.

Anagrams

• COE, CoE, Coe, ECO, EOC, eco, eco-

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ceu (Western Asturias)
• cedu (Navia, Muros)
• cedo (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin citō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθeo/ [ˈθe.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: ce‧o
  • (Western Asturias) IPA^(key): /ˈθew/

Adverb

ceo

1. early

   Synonym: pronto

2. soon

   Synonym: llueu

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “ceo”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “ceo”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Galician

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ceo (“sky; heaven”), 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria; from Latin caelum (“sky”). Cognate with Portuguese céu and Spanish cielo.

Alternative forms

• ceio

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɛo/ [ˈθɛ.ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈθɛo/ [ˈθɛ.ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈsɛo/ [ˈsɛ.ʊ]

• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: ce‧o

Noun

ceo m (plural ceos)

1. sky

   Synonym: firmamento

2. heaven
   • 1326, López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 294:

     Maria virgen que he auogada dos pecadores et acorremento dos cuitados complida de todas uirtudes et de todas santidades sobrelas outras criaturas que deus quis facer enno ceo et enna terra

     Mary the Virgin, advocate of the sinners and aid of the afflicted, complete of every virtue and of every saintliness over all the other creature that God wanted to make in Heaven as well as in Earth

3. ceiling
   • 1326, López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 295:

     mando esta mia cama assy como iaz con sous panos et con suas cortinas et ceo

     I bequeath this my bed, as it is, with its clothes and with its curtains and ceiling

   Synonym: teito

Derived terms

• ceo da boca (“roof of the mouth”)

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ceo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ceo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ceo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ceo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ceo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

ceo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cear