revo

See also: révo and Revo

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of revolutie (“revolution”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reː.voː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

revo f (uncountable)

1. (Suriname, politics, chiefly colloquial) the 1980 Surinamese coup d'état
2. (Suriname, politics, chiefly colloquial, by extension) the self-proclaimed revolutionary military dictatorship that ruled Suriname following the 1980 coup until 1991
   • 2016 March 3, Stuart Rahan, “A Revo skefti [The revolution went off]”, in De Ware Tijd‎^[1], archived from the original on 1 February 2022:

     Met regelmaat werden andersdenkenden of tegenstanders van de 'Revo' van hun bed gelicht of aangegeven bij de omhoog gevallen militaire autoriteiten.

     Dissidents or opponents of the military dictatorship were regularly dragged from their beds or reported to the upstart military authorities.

Derived terms

• revominister
• revotijd

Esperanto

Etymology

From French rêve.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrevo]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -evo
• Hyphenation: re‧vo

Noun

revo (accusative singular revon, plural revoj, accusative plural revojn)

1. daydream

Derived terms

• revbildo (“dream picture”)
• revolando (“dreamland”)

Related terms

• sonĝo (“dream”)

Galician

Verb

revo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rever

Ido

Etymology

From revar (“to daydream”) +‎ -o (noun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrevo/

Noun

revo (plural revi)

1. daydream

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rèvo f

1. definite singular of rèvu

Anagrams

• over, ovre, rove, vore

Swedish

Verb

revo

1. (pre-1940) plural past indicative of riva

Anagrams

• vore