"dio" meaning in Italian

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdi.o/ Forms: dia [feminine], dii [masculine, plural], die [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -io Etymology: From Latin dīus, alternative form of dīvus (“divine, godlike”), from Proto-Indo-European *diwyós (“heavenly”), derived from the root *dyew- (“sky, heaven”). Etymology templates: {{root|it|ine-pro|*dyew-}}, {{inh|it|la|dīus}} Latin dīus, {{m|la|dīvus||divine, godlike}} dīvus (“divine, godlike”), {{inh|it|ine-pro|*diwyós||heavenly}} Proto-Indo-European *diwyós (“heavenly”), {{m|ine-pro|*dyew-||sky, heaven}} *dyew- (“sky, heaven”) Head templates: {{it-adj|mpl=dii}} dio (feminine dia, masculine plural dii, feminine plural die)
  1. bright, resplendent, shining (in a divine fashion) Tags: obsolete, poetic Synonyms: brillante, lucente, luminoso, splendente
    Sense id: en-dio-it-adj-Zf9V8ixP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈdi.o/, /ˈdi.o/ Forms: dei [plural], dii [archaic, dialectal, plural], dea [feminine], dee [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -io Etymology: From Latin deus, from earlier *dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós, derived from the root *dyew- (“sky, heaven”). Etymology templates: {{root|it|ine-pro|*dyew-}}, {{inh|it|la|deus}} Latin deus, {{m|la|*dẹ̄vos}} *dẹ̄vos, {{der|it|itc-ola|deivos}} Old Latin deivos, {{der|it|itc-pro|*deiwos}} Proto-Italic *deiwos, {{der|it|ine-pro|*deywós}} Proto-Indo-European *deywós, {{m|ine-pro|*dyew-||sky, heaven}} *dyew- (“sky, heaven”) Head templates: {{it-noun|m|dei|f=dea|fpl=dee|pl2=dii|pl2_qual=archaic or dialectal}} dio m (plural dei or (archaic or dialectal) dii, feminine dea, feminine plural dee)
  1. god, deity Tags: masculine Synonyms: divinità, deità [poetic], divo, iddio, nume [literary]
    Sense id: en-dio-it-noun-EfnKoJLj Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian nouns with multiple plurals Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 5 69 26 Disambiguation of Italian nouns with multiple plurals: 69 31
  2. (informal) one who is remarkably skilled in something; ace, crackerjack, wiz Tags: informal, masculine Synonyms: asso, campione, mago, mito
    Sense id: en-dio-it-noun-mHZadeDZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Dio, Iddio
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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