aro

English

Etymology

Clipping of aromantic. Coined on the Internet in the 2010s.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

aro (comparative more aro, superlative most aro)

1. (slang, neologism) Aromantic (not experiencing romantic attraction).
   • 2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope", Dalhousie Gazette (Dalhousie University), 12 February - 18 February 2016, page 16:

     For ace and aro people, the possibilities for diverse relationships are endless, despite how pop culture often brands our identity as restrictive and confined.

   • 2017 October 26, Melissa Reph, “You might not like hearing this, but I don't like 'Riverdale'”, in The Muhlenberg Weekly, Muhlenberg College, page 3:

     For the show to completely and utterly ignore this is huge since there are very few representations of aro and ace-spec people in media of any kind.

   • 2018 November 29, Alexis Stark, “A-spectrum student experiences on MSU's campus”, in The State News, Michigan State University, page 5:

     This provides a home base for people looking to learn more about ace and aro identities.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aro.

Derived terms

Noun

aro (plural aros)

1. (slang, neologism) A person who is aromantic.
   • 2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope", Dalhousie Gazette (Dalhousie University), 12 February - 18 February 2016, page 16:

     While aces and aros can often be a misunderstood demographic in the queer community and outside of it, information about our identities is making its way into more conversations.

   • 2018 October 19, Isabel Nathan, “Asexuals, you are not alone”, in Washington Blade, page 20:

     Now most of my social circle is made up of other aces and aros.

   • 2019 October 24, Chelaine Kirsh, “Let's talk about aces, baby”, in The Sheaf, University of Saskatchewan, page 11:

     Building off from this calling card, aros have a more obscure variation of this where they don white rings.

See also

• ace

Anagrams

• AOR, AoR, OAR, Ora, ROA, Rao, Roa, oar, ora

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈro/,
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

Noun

aró f 

1. bite (act of biting)

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Albanian

Noun

aro m (plural aro, definite arua)

1. Dogançe form of aeroplan
2. Dogançe form of arixhi

References

• Haxhihasani, Qemal (1964) “Elemente nga fjalori i dogançes, fragmente bisedash dhe tekste në këtë të folme”, in Studime filologjike‎, number III, page 149

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾo/
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

aro inan

1. time, season
2. age, era

   Erdi Aroa ― Middles Ages

3. (Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin) weather

Declension

Etymology 2

From Spanish aro (“ring”).

Noun

aro inan

1. wreath, garland
2. ring, circle

Declension

References

Further reading

• "aro" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
• “aro” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from -aro (“collection”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

Noun

aro (accusative singular aron, plural aroj, accusative plural arojn)

1. bunch

   aro da kliŝaĵoj pri kaj Eŭropo kaj la nova traktato ― a bunch of clichés about both Europe and the new treaty

Related terms

• ariĝi

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aro (compare Estonian aru), probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *arɜ (compare Erzya аразь (araź, “lack”), Northern Khanty (wuri), Northern Mansi (ūraj)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑro/,
• Rhymes: -ɑro
• Syllabification^(key): a‧ro

Noun

aro

1. steppe
2. (dialectal) humid or swampy meadow or plain

Declension

Derived terms

References

• “aro”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.

Further reading

• “aro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• ora

Galician

Etymology

Unclear. Perhaps from local Medieval Latin arum (“monastical farmland”), from Latin arvum, from arvus, with posterior semantic evolution "lands of a monastery" > "border" > "ring". Alternatively, from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

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Noun

aro m (plural aros)

1. hoop, circle, ring

   Synonyms: anel, cerco, círculo

2. handle (round)

   Synonym: anca

3. loon (bird)

References

• “aro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “aro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “aro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Galo

Alternative forms

ayo

Etymology

From Proto-Tani *rjo, Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-laj ~ s-lej. Cognate with Tibetan ལྕེ (lce), Garo sre and Chinese 舌 (shé).

Noun

aro

1. tongue

Garo

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Bengali আর (ar).

Conjunction

aro

1. and, in addition to

References

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 337

Hiligaynon

Noun

arô

1. leprosy

Italian

Verb

aro

1. first-person singular present indicative of arare

Anagrams

• Ora, ora

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *araō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti (“to plough”), from the root *h₂erh₃-. The root-final laryngeal was lost in the Proto-Indo-European verb, but was restored in Proto-Italic.

Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀρόω (aróō), Old Church Slavonic орати (orati), Lithuanian arti, and Old English erian (archaic English ear).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.roː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ro/,

Verb

arō (present infinitive arāre, perfect active arāvī, supine arātum); first conjugation

1. to plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage
2. (of age) to draw furrows over the body, wrinkle

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• “aro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• aro in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Malagasy

Noun

aro

1. defense; protection

Adjective

aro

1. (dialectal, Betsimisaraka) Synonym of roa

Mansaka

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu.

Noun

aro

1. pestle
2. pole for pounding rice

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

arò

1. fog

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp (“front, facing part”).

Noun

aro

1. front (facing side)

   Kua maringi i a koe ki runga i to aro.

   You've spilt it down your front.

2. front (weather)

   Ko te paenga e tūtaki ai ētahi hau whakapipi e rua, ka kīia he aro.

   The boundary where two air masses meet is called a front.

Verb

aro (passive arohia or arongia or arotia)

1. (transitive) to turn toward something or someone

   Me aro te kaikōrero ki te hunga turi, kia kite ai rātou i tōna waha e kōrero na.

   The speaker should face toward the deaf people so that they can see her mouth when she is talking.

References

• “aro” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Nauruan

Etymology

From Pre-Nauruan *rua-ua, from Proto-Micronesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Numeral

aro

1. two

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈɾoː/

Noun

aro m (Arabic spelling ئارۆ)

1. Alternative form of arû (“cucumber”)

Declension

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “aro”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 12

Old High German

Etymology

Same as arn.

Noun

aro m

1. eagle

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɾu
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese aro of uncertain origin, probably from Latin arvum (“field”) with the initial meaning of outskirts and later rim, since those where usually circular in shape. First attested in c. 13th century. Cognate with Spanish aro and Galician aro.

Noun

aro m (plural aros)

1. any large circular band of material
   1. hoop (circular band of metal used to bind a barrel)
   2. rim (outer edge of a wheel)

      aro de propulsão ― wheelchair's pushrim

   3. the frame of eyeglasses

      Synonym: armação

   4. juggling ring

      Synonym: argola

   5. cheesevat

      Synonym: cincho

2. (archaic) outskirts (the region surrounding a city)

   Synonym: periferia

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin arum.

Alternative forms

• arão, arum, árum, jarro, jaro

Noun

aro m (plural aros)

1. arum (any plant in the genus Arum)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aro

1. first-person singular present indicative of arar

References

• “aro” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “aro” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “aro” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp (“front, facing part”).

Noun

aro

1. front (facing side)

   ki te aro o ― to the front of

References

• “aro”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN

Romani

Noun

aro m

1. Alternative form of arro (“flour”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾo/
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: a‧ro

Etymology 1

Unknown origin.

Noun

aro m (plural aros)

1. hoop
2. large ring
3. (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay) earring

   Synonyms: arete, pendiente

Derived terms

See also

• anillo
• argolla
• sortija

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin arum.

Noun

aro m (plural aros)

1. arum lily

Alternative forms

• jaro, yaro

Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aro

1. first-person singular present indicative of arar

Further reading

• “aro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hara +‎ -o. Related to Finnish hara and Estonian haru.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑro/,
• Rhymes: -ɑro
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

Noun

aro

1. rake

Inflection

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “aro”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hadu, from Proto-Austronesian *Sadu. Cognate with Puyuma sadru and Limos Kalinga adu.

Adjective

aro

1. many; a lot

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɾō/

Noun

aro

1. cymbal

   wọ́n ń lu aro

   They are playing the cymbal

Etymology 2

From a- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ rò (“to say, to lament”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɾò/

Noun

arò

1. dirge, lamentation; usually during a funeral

Derived terms

• ìdárò

Related terms

(types of funeral dirges)

• ògbérè
• òkú-pípè
• ìrèmọ̀jé
• ìgbálá

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɾó/

Noun

aró

1. a type of yam; Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata

   Synonym: iṣu aró

Related terms

• iṣu (“yam”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɾó/

Noun

aró

1. dye; (in particular) indigo dye

   Synonym: ẹ̀lú

2. (by extension) dark blue; indigo

Derived terms

• aláró (“someone who makes or sells dye”)
• aró dídá (“dyeing”)
• Ilé Aró (“a nickname for the town of Osogbo”)