"ulo" meaning in Esperanto

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Noun

IPA: [ˈulo] Forms: ulon [accusative, singular], uloj [plural], ulojn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -ulo Etymology: Back-formation from -ulo (“person characterized by the quality expressed in the root”). Etymology templates: {{back-form|eo|-ulo|gloss=person characterized by the quality expressed in the root}} Back-formation from -ulo (“person characterized by the quality expressed in the root”) Head templates: {{eo-head}} ulo (accusative singular ulon, plural uloj, accusative plural ulojn)
  1. (informal) A familiar term for a person, like fellow or guy in the inclusive of both sexes sense. Also see bloke, chap, or dude. Tags: informal

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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        {
          "english": "If I weren't already an old person, I'd immediately go to a polytechnic school.",
          "ref": "L. L. Zamenhof",
          "text": "Se mi ne estus jam maljuna ulo, mi tuj irus en politeknikan lernejon."
        },
        {
          "english": "Now, thank God, thousands of Islamic intellectuals are finally protesting against such \"religious people\" who smear the religion.",
          "ref": "2004, Sylvan Zaft, “Stupid Americans!”, in soc.culture.esperanto (Usenet)",
          "text": "Nun, dank' al Dio, miloj da Islamaj intelektuloj finfine protestas kontraux tiaj \"religiaj uloj\" kiu fifamigas la religion.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "A familiar term for a person, like fellow or guy in the inclusive of both sexes sense. Also see bloke, chap, or dude."
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        [
          "bloke",
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        ],
        [
          "chap",
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        ],
        [
          "dude",
          "dude#English"
        ]
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        "(informal) A familiar term for a person, like fellow or guy in the inclusive of both sexes sense. Also see bloke, chap, or dude."
      ],
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        "informal"
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    }
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      "ipa": "[ˈulo]"
    },
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        "accusative",
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    },
    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulojn",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Esperanto lemmas",
        "Esperanto nouns",
        "Esperanto terms suffixed with -ulo",
        "Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Esperanto terms with audio links",
        "Esperanto terms with quotations",
        "Rhymes:Esperanto/ulo"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "If I weren't already an old person, I'd immediately go to a polytechnic school.",
          "ref": "L. L. Zamenhof",
          "text": "Se mi ne estus jam maljuna ulo, mi tuj irus en politeknikan lernejon."
        },
        {
          "english": "Now, thank God, thousands of Islamic intellectuals are finally protesting against such \"religious people\" who smear the religion.",
          "ref": "2004, Sylvan Zaft, “Stupid Americans!”, in soc.culture.esperanto (Usenet)",
          "text": "Nun, dank' al Dio, miloj da Islamaj intelektuloj finfine protestas kontraux tiaj \"religiaj uloj\" kiu fifamigas la religion.",
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      ],
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        [
          "guy",
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        ],
        [
          "bloke",
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        ],
        [
          "chap",
          "chap#English"
        ],
        [
          "dude",
          "dude#English"
        ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈulo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ulo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ulo"
}

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