lipo

See also: LiPo, lipo-, and lípo

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlai.poʊ/

Noun

lipo (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Clipping of liposuction.
    • 2005, Cap Lesesne, Confessions of a Park Avenue Plastic Surgeon:
      She complained about the lip of fat creeping over the waist of her jeans. "Maybe I'll get lipo, too, next time," she said.
    • 2009, Greg Liberman, Aging with Grace:
      You're the one who told me I couldn't get lipo like I wanted, so this is the next best thing. But to do it, it has to be now. Tonight.

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

From English lip, German Lippe, Yiddish ליפּ (lip).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlipo]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -ipo
  • Hyphenation: li‧po

Noun

lipo (accusative singular lipon, plural lipoj, accusative plural lipojn)

  1. lip (one of two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth)
    • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta:
      La lipoj ne montru, kion manĝis la buŝo.
      Don't let your lips show what your mouth ate.

Derived terms

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lipo (compare with Tahitian riporipo, Maori ripo and riporipo (eddy, whirlpool))[1] from Proto-Polynesian *lepu (agitated, rough (of water)).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.po/

Noun

lipo

  1. deep sea, cavern or forest
  2. blue-black
  3. depth, darkness, dimness
  4. grief, gloom
  • lipolipo

References

  1. Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “lipo”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 208
  2. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “lipo”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.pɔ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ipɔ
  • Syllabification: li‧po

Noun

lipo f

  1. vocative singular of lipa

Portuguese

Noun

lipo f (plural lipos)

  1. Clipping of lipoaspiração.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Adverb

lipo (Cyrillic spelling липо)

  1. beautifully, nicely

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of liposucción.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlipo/ [ˈli.po]
  • Rhymes: -ipo
  • Syllabification: li‧po

Noun

lipo m (plural lipos)

  1. (informal) lipo (liposuction)
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