Ido

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UK/ˈiː.dəʊ/Canada, US/ˈi.doʊ/UK/ˈaɪ.dəʊ/US/ˈaɪ.doʊ/

proper noun

A constructed language; a reform of Esperanto and Idiom Neutral.

Less commonScrabble 4

Meanings

Origin

  1. Esperantoido“offspring”
  2. IdoIdo
  3. EnglishIdo

Borrowing from Ido Ido. Began as a pseudonym, probably directly from Esperanto ido (“offspring”).

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Translations

Arabic إِيدُو
  • إِيدُو (ʔīdū)artificial language reformed from Esperanto
Basque ido
  • idoartificial language reformed from Esperanto
Catalan Ido
  • Idoartificial language reformed from Esperanto
Chinese Mandarin 伊多語 /伊多语
  • 伊多語 /伊多语 (Yīduōyǔ)artificial language reformed from Esperanto
Dutch Ido
  • Idoartificial language reformed from Esperanto
Esperanto Ido
  • Idoartificial language reformed from Esperanto
Finnish ido, ido-kieli
  • idoartificial language reformed from Esperanto
  • ido-kieliartificial language reformed from Esperanto
French ido
  • idoartificial language reformed from Esperanto
German Ido
  • Idoartificial language reformed from Esperanto
Icelandic ídó
  • ídóartificial language reformed from Esperanto
Japanese イド語
  • イド語 (idogo)artificial language reformed from Esperanto
Korean 이도
  • 이도 (ido)artificial language reformed from Esperanto
Persian ایدو
  • ایدوartificial language reformed from Esperanto
Polish ido
  • idoartificial language reformed from Esperanto
Portuguese ido
  • idoartificial language reformed from Esperanto
Russian и́до
  • и́до (ído)artificial language reformed from Esperanto
Spanish ido
  • idoartificial language reformed from Esperanto
Swahili Kiido
  • Kiidoartificial language reformed from Esperanto
Ukrainian і́до
  • і́до (ído)artificial language reformed from Esperanto

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Ido

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Cite this entry
APA

Ido. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ido

MLA

“Ido.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ido. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ido,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ido.

Source: Ido on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.