cio

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cio"

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.o]

Verb

ciō (present infinitive cīre, perfect active cīvī, supine citum); fourth conjugation

1. alternative form of cieō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ciō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ciō		cīs		cit		cīmus		cītis		ciunt
	imperfect	ciēbam		ciēbās		ciēbat		ciēbāmus		ciēbātis		ciēbant
	future	ciam		ciēs		ciet		ciēmus		ciētis		cient
	perfect	cīvī		cīvistī		cīvit		cīvimus		cīvistis		cīvērunt, cīvēre
	pluperfect	cīveram		cīverās		cīverat		cīverāmus		cīverātis		cīverant
	future perfect	cīverō		cīveris		cīverit		cīverimus		cīveritis		cīverint
passive	present	cior		cīris, cīre		cītur		cīmur		cīminī		ciuntur
	imperfect	ciēbar		ciēbāris, ciēbāre		ciēbātur		ciēbāmur		ciēbāminī		ciēbantur
	future	ciar		ciēris, ciēre		ciētur		ciēmur		ciēminī		cientur
	perfect	citus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	citus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	citus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ciam		ciās		ciat		ciāmus		ciātis		ciant
	imperfect	cīrem		cīrēs		cīret		cīrēmus		cīrētis		cīrent
	perfect	cīverim		cīverīs		cīverit		cīverīmus		cīverītis		cīverint
	pluperfect	cīvissem		cīvissēs		cīvisset		cīvissēmus		cīvissētis		cīvissent
passive	present	ciar		ciāris, ciāre		ciātur		ciāmur		ciāminī		ciantur
	imperfect	cīrer		cīrēris, cīrēre		cīrētur		cīrēmur		cīrēminī		cīrentur
	perfect	citus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	citus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cī		—		—		cīte		—
	future	—		cītō		cītō		—		cītōte		ciuntō
passive	present	—		cīre		—		—		cīminī		—
	future	—		cītor		cītor		—		—		ciuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cīre			cīrī			ciēns			—
future		citūrum esse			citum īrī			citūrus			ciendus, ciundus
perfect		cīvisse			citum esse			—			citus
future perfect		—			citum fore			—			—
perfect potential		citūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		ciendī		ciendō		ciendum		ciendō		citum		citū

References

• “cio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old English

Noun

ċīo f

1. alternative form of ċēo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cio, ceo, from Latin zēlus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos). Doublet of zelo, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.u/, /ˈsiw/ [ˈsiʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.u/

• Rhymes: -iu, -iw
• Hyphenation: ci‧o

Noun

cio m (plural cios)

1. (uncountable) heat (condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile)

   Synonym: estro

   A gata está no cio. ― The cat is in heat.

Related terms

• ciúme

Further reading

• “cio”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “cio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• cijȇl
• cȅo (Ekavian)
• ciel, cěl (obsolete, Croatia)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cělъ, from Proto-Indo-European *koylos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sîo/
• Hyphenation: ci‧o

Adjective

cȉo (Cyrillic spelling ци̏о, definite cijȇlī, comparative cjȅljī) (Ijekavian)

1. whole
2. entire, complete

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		cio	cijela	cijelo
genitive		cijela	cijele	cijela
dative		cijelu	cijeloj	cijelu
accusative	inanimate animate	cio cijela	cijelu	cijelo
vocative		cio	cijela	cijelo
locative		cijelu	cijeloj	cijelu
instrumental		cijelim	cijelom	cijelim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		cijeli	cijele	cijela
genitive		cijelih	cijelih	cijelih
dative		cijelim(a)	cijelim(a)	cijelim(a)
accusative		cijele	cijele	cijela
vocative		cijeli	cijele	cijela
locative		cijelim(a)	cijelim(a)	cijelim(a)
instrumental		cijelim(a)	cijelim(a)	cijelim(a)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		cijeli	cijela	cijelo
genitive		cijelog(a)	cijele	cijelog(a)
dative		cijelom(u/e)	cijeloj	cijelom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	cijeli cijelog(a)	cijelu	cijelo
vocative		cijeli	cijela	cijelo
locative		cijelom(e/u)	cijeloj	cijelom(e/u)
instrumental		cijelim	cijelom	cijelim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		cijeli	cijele	cijela
genitive		cijelih	cijelih	cijelih
dative		cijelim(a)	cijelim(a)	cijelim(a)
accusative		cijele	cijele	cijela
vocative		cijeli	cijele	cijela
locative		cijelim(a)	cijelim(a)	cijelim(a)
instrumental		cijelim(a)	cijelim(a)	cijelim(a)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθjo/ [ˈθjo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsjo/ [ˈsjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: cio

Verb

cio

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ciar

Swedish

Noun

cio c

1. alternative letter-case form of CIO (“chief information officer”)
   • 2023 May 22, “Svenska cio:er bombarderas av AI-sälj – ”trodde inte det kunde bli mer men det kunde det” [Swedish CIOs are bombarded by AI sales - "didn't think it could be more but it could"]”, in CIO Sweden:

     Så kraftfullt att leverantörer pepprar svenska cio:er med produkter som de kallar för AI – men som inte alltid är det.

     So powerful that suppliers flood Swedish CIOs with products they call AI - but which are not always so.

   • 2015 March 19, “Föråldrad it-styrning försvårar cio-jobbet [Outdated IT governance makes the CIO job more difficult]”, in Computer Sweden:

     Det leder i sin tur till att skuggbudgeten ökar när verksamheten går under radarn för cio:ernas styrningsmodeller.

     This in turn leads to an increase in the shadow budget when the business goes under the radar of the CIOs' governance models.

Declension

Declension of cio

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	cio	cio:s
	definite	cio:n	cio:ens
plural	indefinite	cio:er, cio:s	cio:ers
	definite	cio:erna	cio:ernas

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.o/

Verb

cio

1. (transitive) alternative form of co (“to see”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cio (action verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tecio	mecio	acio
2nd person		necio	fecio
3rd person	inanimate	icio	decio
	animate
imperative		nicio, cio	ficio, cio

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics