uzo

See also: ûzo and űző

Esperanto

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈuzo/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: uz‧o

Noun

uzo (accusative singular uzon, plural uzoj, accusative plural uzojn)

  1. use

Synonyms

Ido

Noun

uzo (plural uzi)

  1. use

Synonyms

Olukumi

Etymology

From ú- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ zó (“to dance”). Compare with Yoruba ujó, ijó, uzó, Igala ídó,. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ú-jó, *í-jó from Proto-Edekiri *ú-jó, *í-jó.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ú.zó/

Noun

úzó

  1. dance; the act of dancing
  2. music

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish uço, from Latin ōstium.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈuθo/ [ˈu.θo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈuso/ [ˈu.so]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -uθo
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -uso
  • Syllabification: u‧zo

Noun

uzo m (plural uzos)

  1. door
    Synonyms: puerta, postigo
    • 1200, anonymous author, El Cantar de Mío Cid:
Vio puertas vacías y uzos sin candados, alcándaras vacías y sin pieles y sin mantos, y sin halcones y sin actores mudados.
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Further reading

“uzo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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