dios

Etymology

From Latin deus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjos/ [ˈd̪jos]
• Rhymes: -os
• Hyphenation: dios

Interjection

dios

1. God! oh my God!

Noun

dios m (plural dioses)

1. god

Adjective

diōs

1. accusative masculine plural of dius

Etymology

Inherited from Latin deus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Doublet of dio, which came from the accusative form deum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdios/

Noun

dios m (plural dioses)

2. god, deity
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 50r. a.

     Señor dios de iſrꝉ no a tal / dios en los cielos cuemo tu nĩ de yuſo en la tierra […]

     Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in the heavens or on earth […]

Proper noun

dios m

1. God, the Judeo-Christian god
   • c. 1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1r. a.

     [R] / emont por la gracia de dios. arço / biſpo de Toledo. a don alemeric. arçi / diano de antiochia […]

     Remont, by the grace of God, archbishop of Toledo, to don Almeric, archdeacon of Antioch […]

   • Idem, f. 1r. b.

     El to clerigo almerich. a / Rçidiano de antiochẏa. rẽde gr̃as / adios & atẏ.

     Your cleric Almerich, archdeacon of Antioch, gives thanks to God and to you.

Alternative forms

• dio

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dios.

Noun

dios

1. god

   Dios mo mekngeltengat ra belumam ― God bless our country, our island home always

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish dios (cf. Ladino dio), from Latin deus (“god, deity”), from Old Latin deivos (“god, deity”), from Proto-Italic *deiwos (“god, deity”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god, deity”), from *dyew- (“sky, heaven”).

The form is from the Ecclesiastical Latin nominative/vocative, not the usual derivation from accusative: felt as a proper name. It is also in names as Carlos—kingly name—, Marcos, from the gospel writer (much more given than Marco, used for Roman names), and in biblical names as Moisés, Isaías, Jesús.

There are similar examples in Old French and Old Occitan where the word for God may appear in the nominative form regardless of its syntactic function, and in Middle French the forms Dieux and Dieu were used alongside each other.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjos/ [ˈd̪jos]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: dios

Noun

dios m (plural dioses, feminine diosa, feminine plural diosas)

1. god

Further reading

• “dios”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• sido