vacuo

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈva.kwo/, (traditional) /ˈva.ku.o/ Rhymes: -akwo, (traditional) -akuo Hyphenation: và‧cuo, (traditional) và‧cu‧o === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin vacuus. ==== Adjective ==== vacuo (feminine vacua, masculine plural vacui, feminine plural vacue) (literary) empty, devoid Synonyms: mancante, privo, vuoto (figurative) vacuous, vacant, empty, blank ===== Derived terms ===== vacuamente ===== Related terms ===== vacuità ==== Noun ==== vacuo m (plural vacui) an empty space ==== Further reading ==== vacuo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== vacuo first-person singular present indicative of vacuare ==== References ==== == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwa.ku.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvaː.ku.o] === Etymology 1 === Likely a back-formation from vacuus, originally formed as vacō (“to be empty”) + -uus (perfect active participle suffix), later reanalysed as an adjective. ==== Verb ==== vacuō (present infinitive vacuāre, perfect active vacuāvī, supine vacuātum); first conjugation (transitive) to empty out (a space) to clear (a surface) (Medieval Latin): (ditransitive) to deprive (something) of (something) to vacate or leave (somewhere) to remove or expel (something) to thwart or frustrate (a plot) to annul or cancel (something); to make (something) void ===== Conjugation ===== 1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested. === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== vacuō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vacuus ==== Noun ==== vacuō dative/ablative singular of vacuum === References === “vacuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vacuo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “vacuo”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin vacuus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbakwo/ [ˈba.kwo] Rhymes: -akwo Syllabification: va‧cuo === Adjective === vacuo (feminine vacua, masculine plural vacuos, feminine plural vacuas) empty; vacant Synonyms: vacío, vacante === Noun === vacuo m (plural vacuos) empty space, gap Synonyms: vacío, hueco === Further reading === “vacuo”, 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