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lo¹

  • /ləʊ/ UK
  • /loʊ/ US
  • /ləʉ/ Australia
  • /lɐʉ/ New Zealand
  • /lo/ Scotland
  • /loː/ Wales

Sounds like low, Lowe (toe–tow merger) · Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English lo, loo, from Old English lā (“exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy”). Conflated in Middle English with lo! (interjection), a corruption of lok!, loke! (“look!”) (as in lo we! (look we!)). Cognate with Scots lo, lu (“lo”). See also look.

interjection

  1. look, see, behold (in an imperative sense). Caliban: Lo, lo again! Bite him to death, I prithee.

Similar: behold, ecce, hark, lo, look, lookee, lookie, lookit, looky, see, voilà

lo²

  • /ləʊ/ UK
  • /loʊ/ US
  • /ləʉ/ Australia
  • /lɐʉ/ New Zealand
  • /lo/ Scotland
  • /loː/ Wales

Sounds like low, Lowe (toe–tow merger) · Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

Variant of low.

adjective

  1. informal, not comparable Informal spelling of low.low

lo³

  • /ləʊ/ UK
  • /loʊ/ US
  • /ləʉ/ Australia
  • /lɐʉ/ New Zealand
  • /lo/ Scotland
  • /loː/ Wales

Sounds like low, Lowe (toe–tow merger) · Rhymes with -əʊ

interjection 'lo · 'llo

  1. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of hello.hello

Similar: behold, ecce, hark, lo, look, lookee, lookie, lookit, looky, see, voilà

lo⁴

  • /ləʊ/ UK
  • /loʊ/ US
  • /ləʉ/ Australia
  • /lɐʉ/ New Zealand
  • /lo/ Scotland
  • /loː/ Wales

Sounds like low, Lowe (toe–tow merger) · Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

Clipping of location.

noun los

  1. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of location.location Ayo, send me your lo.

lo⁵

  • /ləʊ/ UK
  • /loʊ/ US
  • /ləʉ/ Australia
  • /lɐʉ/ New Zealand
  • /lo/ Scotland
  • /loː/ Wales

Sounds like low, Lowe (toe–tow merger) · Rhymes with -əʊ

particle

  1. alternative Alternative form of lol.lol

lo⁶

  • [ˈloː˧˨] Singapore
  • /ləʊ/ UK
  • /loʊ/ US
  • /ləʉ/ Australia
  • /lɐʉ/ New Zealand
  • /lo/ Scotland
  • /loː/ Wales

Sounds like low, Lowe (toe–tow merger) · Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hokkien 囉 /啰 (--lo͘). Doublet of lor.

particle loh

  1. Manglish, Singlish, rare Sentence-final particle denoting finality or completion.

LO⁷

noun LOs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of local oscillator.local oscillator
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of low (“low gear or low range”).low
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of loved one.loved one Looking for health insurance for my LO. Too young for Medicare, not Medicaid qualified. With a pre-existing condition of dementia I've only been able to find one policy (Blue Cross) at about $1000/month (their one high-risk policy).
  4. Internet, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of little one (“one's child”).little one

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of London Overground.London Overground

Lo⁸

Where it comes from

Clipping.

proper noun

  1. An abbreviated form of surnames beginning with "Lo-".

Lo⁹

Where it comes from

From Mandarin 洛 (Luò) Wade–Giles romanization: Lo⁴.

proper noun Luo

  1. A Chinese surname from Mandarin. Ts’ao Chih’s “Goddess of the Lo” at first reading appears to depart from the prevailing current of realism which I have outlined above, describing as it does a vision of Fu-fei, the goddess of the Lo River, as she reveals herself to the poet.

Lo10

Where it comes from

From Cantonese 盧 /卢 (lou⁴) and Hokkien 盧 /卢 (Lô͘).

proper noun

  1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
  2. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

Lo11

Where it comes from

From Mandarin 羅 /罗 (Luó) or Cantonese 羅 /罗 (lo⁴). Doublet of Luo and Law.

proper noun

  1. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
  2. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

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