pio

Abbreviation of English Piapoco.

pio

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Piapoco.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Piapoco terms

pio

1. Chicken.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpio/

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• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification: pi‧o

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From Ancient Greek πῖ (pî, the letter Π).

pio (accusative singular pion, plural pioj, accusative plural piojn)

1. pi

From pia +‎ -o.

pio (accusative singular pion, plural pioj, accusative plural piojn)

1. piety

   Synonym: pieco

• “pio”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “pio”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

pio

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of piar

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.o/, [ˈpi.jo]

Compare Māori pio (“extinguished”).

pio(stative)

1. extinguished
2. gone from sight, disappeared (as of a ship at sea)

• hoʻopio (“extinguish”, verb)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

pio

1. (stative) conquered, captured
2. (intransitive) to play tag

• hoʻopio (“subdue”, verb)

pio

1. captive, prisoner
2. (playground games) tag

Onomatopoeic.

pio

1. peep, peeping

pio(intransitive)

1. to peep, to chirp
2. to whistle with the fingers in the mouth
3. to pipe (play a flute-like instrument)

• hoʻopiopio (“pipe”, verb)
• piopio (“chick, pullet”)

• pio in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.o/^[1]
• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: pì‧o

Inherited from Latin pius.

pio (feminine pia, masculine plural pii, feminine plural pie)

1. pious, devout, prayerful
2. charitable

• mansueto
• mite
• tranquillo

• piamente

Onomatopoeic.^[2]

pio m (invariable)

1. tweet, chirp (the cry of birds)

Often used as "pio pio".^[2]

• piare

• ipo-, poi

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

From Proto-Italic *pwīāō, from *pwījos (“pious”) + *-āō (denominative verbal suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to be clean, pure”). By surface analysis, pius +‎ -ō. Cognate with Umbrian pihatu (3rd person singular imperative).

piō (present infinitive piāre, perfect active piāvī, supine piātum); first conjugation

1. to appease, propitiate
2. to purify, expiate

• expiō

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

piō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of pius

• “pio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

pio

1. cold

pio

1. cold

• Rhymes: -iu, -iw
• Hyphenation: pi‧o
• Homophone: Pio

From Latin pius.

pio (feminine pia, masculine plural pios, feminine plural pias)

1. pious
2. compassionate

   Synonym: compassivo

Deverbal from piar.

pio m (plural pios)

1. chirp (sound emitted by chicks)

   Synonym: piado

2. (figurative) peep (a feeble utterance or complaint)

   Shh, não quero ouvir um pio!

   Shh, I don't wanna hear a peep!

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pio

1. first-person singular present indicative of piar

• “pio”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “pio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “pio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Onomatopoeic.

pio

1. the cry made by an oriole

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjo/ [ˈpjo], /piˈo/ [piˈo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: pio

pio

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of piar