Dio

Dio m

1. Alternative form of Diu

From dio. Calque of Latin Deus. Compare English God.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdio]

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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: Di‧o

Dio (accusative Dion)

1. God

• Diservo

• Deo (archaic)

From Latin Deus, from deus, from earlier *dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Cognate with English deity.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.o/, (traditional) ^*/ˈdi.o/

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• Rhymes: -io
• Though the modern standard prefers not to geminate the initial /d/, it is geminated in traditional pronunciation and the pronunciation in all the regional Italian varieties, excluding those that don't have syntactic gemination.

Dio m

1. (Christianity) God

   Synonyms: Iddio, padreterno

• dio

• Dio on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• Dio in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

• iod, odi

El Dio (Latin spelling)

1. Alternative form of Dyo

Dīō

1. dative/ablative singular of Dīon

Dio

1. (Christianity, Cesena) God
   • 2024, Franco Alpini, Andrea Alpini, La Bébia In Dialét Rumagnól, Genesis 1:1:

     In te prinzipi Dio e creét i zil e la tèra.

     In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.