ro
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ro"
Translingual
Symbol
ro
A-Pucikwar
Etymology
From Proto-Great Andamanese *rok.
Noun
ro
References
- Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 21 (2009)
Betoi
Noun
ro
References
- Raoul Zamponi, Betoi (2003)
Catalan
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
ro f (plural ros)
Cornish
Etymology
Deverbalised form of ri (“to give”)
Noun
ro m (plural royow or rohow)
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ró (“rest”) (whence also the Icelandic ró (“calm, rest, tranquillity”)).
Noun
ro c (singular definite roen, not used in plural form)
Derived terms
- falde til ro
- gå i ro
- gå til ro
- hverken rist eller ro
- i fred og ro
- slå sig til ro
- tage den (det, ..) med ro
Etymology 2
From Old Norse róa (“row”), from Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-.
Verb
ro (imperative ro, infinitive at ro, present tense ror, past tense roede, perfect tense er/har roet)
- to row (using oars)
References
- “ro” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “ro,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
ro (accusative singular ro-on, plural ro-oj, accusative plural ro-ojn)
- The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.
See also
Gilbertese
Noun
ro
Guaraní
Adjective
ro
Indonesian
Noun
ro
- (law enforcement) Clipping of biro.
Italian
Noun
ro m or f (invariable)
- Alternative spelling of rho
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
ro
Javanese
Romanization
ro
- Romanization of ꦫꦺꦴ
Laboya
Pronunciation
Noun
ro
Derived terms
- ro kutta
- ro wona
References
Mambae
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zauq, compare Malay jauh.
Adjective
ro
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English rā, rāha, from Proto-West Germanic *raihō, *raih, from Proto-Germanic *raihô, *raihą (“deer”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
- A roe deer (kind of deer)
- (rare) The hide of a roe deer.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “rō, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.
Etymology 2
From Old English rō, rōw, from Proto-West Germanic *rōu (“calm, rest”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
ro (uncountable)
- Peacefulness, serenity, restfulness.
Descendants
References
- “rọ̄, n.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
ro m or f (definite singular roen or roa)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
ro (imperative ro, present tense ror, passive ros, simple past rodde, past participle rodd, present participle roende)
- to row (a boat)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Verb
ro
- imperative of roe
References
- “ro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ró. Akin to dialectal English roo.
Noun
ro f (definite singular roa, uncountable)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse róa, from Proto-Germanic *rōaną.
Verb
ro (present tense ror, past tense rodde, past participle rott/rodd, passive infinitive roast, present participle roande, imperative ro)
- to row (a boat)
- (figurative) to try to talk one's way out of something
Derived terms
References
- “ro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-. Cognates include Old English hrēaw, Old Norse hrár.
Adjective
rō
Descendants
Old Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
Pronunciation
Numeral
ro
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "ro" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- 𑀭𑁄 (Brahmi script)
- रो (Devanagari script)
- রো (Bengali script)
- රො (Sinhalese script)
- ရော or ရေႃ (Burmese script)
- โร (Thai script)
- ᩁᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ໂຣ (Lao script)
- រោ (Khmer script)
- 𑄢𑄮 (Chakma script)
Noun
ro
- nominative singular of ra (“Pali letter 'r'”)
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
ro n (indeclinable)
- Alternative form of rho
Further reading
- ro in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scottish Gaelic
Spanish
Swedish
Talysh
Welsh
Yoruba
Zazaki
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