tio

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tío.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈti.o/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈti.u/

Noun

tio m (plural tios, feminine tia)

1. (regional) uncle
2. (colloquial) dude; pal, when addressing them

Etymology

Esperanto ti- (demonstrative correlative prefix) + -o (correlative suffix of objects)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.o/

Pronoun

tio (plural tioj, accusative singular tion, accusative plural tiojn)

1. that [thing] (demonstrative correlative of objects)

Usage notes

As with other correlatives of objects, and unlike English that, tio always functions as a noun, never an adjective.

When combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, ĉi tio or tio ĉi means "this [thing]".

See also

• ĉi
• tia, tial, tiam, tie, tiel, ties, tiom, tiu
• kio, ĉio, io, nenio

Etymology

From Old French clos, from Latin clausus (compare French clos, Norman clios)), perfect passive participle of claudō, claudere (“shut, close”).

Noun

tio m (plural tios)

1. (agriculture) enclosure, field

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tio, from Latin thius.

Noun

tio f

1. (Italiot Dialect) uncle

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Hawaiian kio, Indonesian tiram).

Noun

tio

1. oyster

Etymology

From Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t.

Numeral

tīo

1. ten

Alternative forms

• thio (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tio, tyo, from Late Latin thīus, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Compare Spanish tío, Italian zio, Sardinian tiu.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtiu/
• (Brazil)
  • (General) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiw/
  • (Northeastrn Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtiw/
  • Homophone: til
• Hyphenation: ti‧o

Noun

tio m (plural tios, feminine tia, feminine plural tias)

1. uncle (brother of someone's father or mother, or an aunt's husband)
2. (slang) uncle (colloquial term of address for an older man)
3. (slang, by extension) colloquial term of adress for any person
4. (slang) a clerk who performs a regular activity

   tio da limpeza - cleaning man, janitor

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t (“ten”). Cognate with Icelandic tíu, Faroese tíggju, Norwegian ti, Danish ti and English ten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːˌʊ/, /ˈtiːˌɛ/

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Numeral

tio

1. (cardinal) ten