tio

Borrowed from Spanish tío.

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

tio m (plural tios, feminine tia)

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

• (uncle): oncle, tiet (colloquial)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtio/
• Hyphenation: ti‧o
• Rhymes: -io
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tio (plural tioj, accusative singular tion, accusative plural tiojn)

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

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

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

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

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

tio m (plural tios)

1. (agriculture) enclosure, field

Borrowed from Italian tio, from Latin thius.

tio f

1. (Italiot Dialect) uncle

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

tio

1. oyster

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

tīo

1. ten

• Swedish: tio

From Portuguese tio and Spanish tío and Kabuverdianu tiu.

tio

1. uncle

• thio (obsolete)

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

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

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

1. uncle (brother of someone's father or mother, or an aunt's husband)
2. (Brazil, slang, often considered disrespectful) uncle (term of address for any adult)
   1. (usually in the diminutive) guy; bloke

      Tinha dois tiozinhos no ponto. ― There were two guys at the bus stop.

   2. an employee who performs a given activity

      tio da limpeza ― janitor (literally, “uncle of the cleaning”)

• tiozinho (diminutive)
• tiozão (augmentative)
• tio do pavê

• Kabuverdianu: tiu

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːˌʊ/, /ˈtiːˌɛ/

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tio

1. ten

• tia
• tionde

• noll, ett, två, tre, fyra, fem, sex, sju, åtta, nio, tio, elva, tolv