timo

See also: Timo, timó, and τιμῶ

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin timor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtimo/

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• Rhymes: -imo
• Syllabification: ti‧mo

Noun

timo (accusative singular timon, plural timoj, accusative plural timojn)

1. fear

Derived terms

• timego

Further reading

• “timo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “timo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatimun (compare with Malay timun).

Noun

timo

1. muskmelon, Cucumis melo syn. Cucumis acidus

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.mo/
• Rhymes: -imo
• Hyphenation: tì‧mo

Noun

timo m (plural timi)

1. thyme (plant and herb)
2. thymus (organ)

Anagrams

• mito, moti, tomi

Latin

Noun

tīmō m (genitive tīmōnis); third declension (Late Latin)

1. alternative form of tēmō (attested in Epiphanius and Gregory of Tours)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tīmō	tīmōnēs
genitive	tīmōnis	tīmōnum
dative	tīmōnī	tīmōnibus
accusative	tīmōnem	tīmōnēs
ablative	tīmōne	tīmōnibus
vocative	tīmō	tīmōnēs

Descendants

• see: tēmō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩ.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti.mu/

Noun

timo m (plural timos)

1. (anatomy) thymus (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)

Further reading

• “timo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “timo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Somali

Noun

timo ?

1. hair

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtimo/ [ˈt̪i.mo]
• Rhymes: -imo
• Syllabification: ti‧mo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from timar.

Noun

timo m (plural timos) (Spain)

1. swindle, con, grift, hustle, sting, con game, confidence game
2. scam, racket, cheat
3. rip-off

Related terms

• timador

Verb

timo

1. first-person singular present indicative of timar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin thymus.

Noun

timo m (plural timos)

1. (anatomy) thymus

Further reading

• “timo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swazi

Noun

tîmó class 8

1. plural of sîmó

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtimoʔ/ [ˈt̪iː.moʔ]
• Rhymes: -imoʔ
• Syllabification: ti‧mo

Noun

timò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋᜓ)

1. inculcation of anything heard, seen or felt
2. puncture from a sharp-pointed object (especially one that is deep)

Derived terms

• itimo
• mapatimo
• matimo
• pagtimo
• tumimo

Further reading

• “timo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “timo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018