reo
noun
reo is a noun meaning “A reinforcement (additional soldiers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-O and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of reo is reos.
What does reo mean?
noun
- 1
AustraliainformalA reinforcement (additional soldiers).
- 2
AustraliainformalA re-entry (climbing a wave and then returning down its face).
- 3
AustraliainformalSteel used to reinforce concrete.
noun
- 1
Initialism of real estate owned (“property owned by a lender”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce reo?
- US
Reo has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-reo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of reo
- reos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is reo?
Reo appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does reo come from?
From re(inforcement) + -o.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).