lo
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Translingual
Symbol
lo
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle English lo, loo, from Old English lā (“exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy”). Conflated in Middle English with lo! (interjection), a corruption of lok!, loke! (“look!”) (as in lo we! (look we!)). Cognate with Scots lo, lu (“lo”). See also look.
Interjection
lo
- (archaic) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, act III, scene ii:
- Caliban: Lo, lo again! Bite him to death, I prithee.
- 1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 1:
- Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night,
Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight:
And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught
The Sultán's Turret in a Noose of light.
- first published 1611, reprinted c. 1900, The Bible, King James version, Luke 15:29:
- [...], Lo, these many years do I serve thee, [...].
- 1925, Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, translation of original by Luo Guanzhong:
- Emperor Ling went in state to the Hall of Virtue. As he drew near the throne, a rushing whirlwind arose in the corner of the hall and, lo! from the roof beams floated down a monstrous black serpent that coiled itself up on the very seat of majesty. The Emperor fell in a swoon.
- 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 588:
- "Tambi will be here in..." He computed carefully. "... in exactly twenty seconds." And, lo, Tambi appeared at that very moment.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:lo
Related terms
Translations
look, see, behold
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Etymology 2
Variant of low.
Adjective
lo (not comparable)
- Informal spelling of low.
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 3
Interjection
lo
- Clipping of hello.
Alternative forms
Etymology 4
Noun
lo (plural los)
- (African-American Vernacular) Clipping of location.
- Ayo, send me your lo.
Etymology 5
Particle
lo
- Alternative form of lol
See also
Etymology 6
Borrowed from Hokkien 囉 / 啰 (--lo͘). Doublet of lor.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Particle
lo
See also
Anagrams
Aragonese
Pronoun
lo
- him (direct object)
Asturian
Alternative forms
- llo (archaic)
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illud, neuter of ille.
Article
lo n sg (masculine el, feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)
- (definite) the
Pronoun
lo
- it (third-person singular neuter direct pronoun)
Basque
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
lo inan
Declension
indefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
absolutive | lo | loa | loak |
ergative | lok | loak | loek |
dative | lori | loari | loei |
genitive | loren | loaren | loen |
comitative | lorekin | loarekin | loekin |
causative | lorengatik | loarengatik | loengatik |
benefactive | lorentzat | loarentzat | loentzat |
instrumental | loz | loaz | loez |
inessive | lotan | loan | loetan |
locative | lotako | loko | loetako |
allative | lotara | lora | loetara |
terminative | lotaraino | loraino | loetaraino |
directive | lotarantz | lorantz | loetarantz |
destinative | lotarako | lorako | loetarako |
ablative | lotatik | lotik | loetatik |
partitive | lorik | — | — |
prolative | lotzat | — | — |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “lo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “lo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, accusative of ille.
Pronoun
lo (enclitic, contracted 'l, proclitic el, contracted proclitic l')
- him (direct object)
Usage notes
Declension
strong/subject | weak (direct object) | weak (indirect object) | possessive | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
proclitic | enclitic | proclitic | enclitic | |||||
singular | 1st person |
standard | jo, mi3 | em, m’ | -me, ’m | em, m’ | -me, ’m | meu |
majestic1 | nós | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||
2nd person |
standard | tu | et, t’ | -te, ’t | et, t’ | -te, ’t | teu | |
formal1 | vós | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre | ||
very formal2 | vostè | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu | ||
3rd person |
m | ell | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu | |
f | ella | la, l’4 | -la | li | -li | seu | ||
n | ho | -ho | li | -li | seu | |||
plural | ||||||||
1st person | nosaltres | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||
2nd person |
standard | vosaltres | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre | |
formal2 | vostès | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
3rd person |
m | ells | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu | |
f | elles | les | -les | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
3rd person reflexive | si | es, s’ | -se, ’s | es, s’ | -se, ’s | seu | ||
adverbial | ablative/genitive | en, n’ | -ne, ’n | |||||
locative | hi | -hi |
1 Behaves grammatically as plural. 2 Behaves grammatically as third person.
3 Only as object of a preposition. 4 Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin illum, from ille.
Article
lo m (feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)
Further reading
- “lo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “lo”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “lo” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “lo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chickasaw
Pronoun
lo
Chinese
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄛ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lo
- Wade–Giles: lo1
- Yale: lō
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lho
- Palladius: ло (lo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
lo
- (neologism, mostly in compounds) Lolita fashion
- lo娘 ― lo niáng ― a girl who regularly dresses in lolita fashion
Derived terms
Cornish

Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *lluɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *leigā. Cognate with Breton loa (Vannes dialect loé, lui) and Welsh llwy.
Pronunciation
Noun
lo f (plural loyow)
Derived terms
- lo an jowl (“trapdoor”)
- lo de (“teaspoon”)
- lo ledan (“ladle”)
- lo salad (“salad server”)
- lo vras (“tablespoon”)
- lo-balas (“trowel”)
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Ido
Indonesian
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Japanese
Laboya
Ladino
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Lolopo
Louisiana Creole
Luxembourgish
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Middle Dutch
Neapolitan
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Occitan
Old French
Old Galician-Portuguese
Old Occitan
Old Spanish
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Polish
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Sranan Tongo
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Swedish
Tok Pisin
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Wutunhua
Xhosa
Yoruba
Zaniza Zapotec
Zhuang
Zou
Zulu
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