io

1. 1.

   (Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer

   Broadermaid

   Greek mythology

2. 2.

   the closest of Jupiter's moons; has active volcanoes

   BroaderGalilean satellite

Other forms of io

plural

ios·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about io

What does io mean?

io means "(Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in io?

io has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈaɪoʊ/.

Is io a common word?

io is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.