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Translingual

Symbol

ro

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Romanian.

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *rok.

Noun

ro

  1. canoe

References

Betoi

Noun

ro

  1. woman

References

  • Raoul Zamponi, Betoi (2003)

Catalan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ro f (plural ros)

  1. rho; the Greek letter Ρ (lowercase ρ)

Cornish

Etymology

Deverbalised form of ri (“to give”)

Noun

ro m (plural royow or rohow)

  1. gift, present
  2. donation

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)

  1. calmness
Derived terms

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)

  1. to row (using oars)

References

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Noun

ro (accusative singular ro-on, plural ro-oj, accusative plural ro-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

See also

Gilbertese

Noun

ro

  1. dark

Guaraní

Adjective

ro

  1. bitter

Indonesian

Noun

ro

  1. (law enforcement) Clipping of biro.

Italian

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Noun

ro m or f (invariable)

  1. Alternative spelling of rho

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

ro

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ろ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ロ

Javanese

Romanization

ro

  1. Romanization of ꦫꦺꦴ

Laboya

Pronunciation

Noun

ro

  1. leaf

Derived terms

References

  • Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “ro”, in Lamboya word list‎, Leiden: LexiRumah

Mambae

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zauq, compare Malay jauh.

Adjective

ro

  1. far

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

ro (plural ros or ron)

  2. A roe deer (kind of deer)
  3. (rare) The hide of a roe deer.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: roe
  • Scots: ra, rae
References

Etymology 2

From Old English rō, rōw, from Proto-West Germanic *rōu, from Proto-Germanic *rōwō.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ro (uncountable)

  2. Peacefulness, serenity, restfulness.
Descendants
References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ró.

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Noun

ro m or f (definite singular roen or roa)

  1. peace, tranquility, quiet
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse róa.

Verb

ro (imperative ro, present tense ror, passive ros, simple past rodde, past participle rodd, present participle roende)

  1. to row (a boat)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

ro

  1. imperative of roe

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ró. Akin to dialectal English roo.

Noun

ro f (definite singular roa, uncountable)

  1. calm, tranquility, peace, quiet
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)

  1. to row (a boat)
  2. (figurative) to try to talk one's way out of something
Derived terms

References

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

  1. raw

Descendants

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Pronunciation

Numeral

ro

  1. two

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 forms

Noun

ro

  1. nominative singular of ra (“Pali letter 'r'”)

Polish

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Pronunciation

Noun

ro n (indeclinable)

  1. Alternative form of rho

Further reading

  • ro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ró, from Proto-Celtic *ɸro (compare Old Welsh ry), from Proto-Indo-European *pro (compare Latin pro).

Adverb

ro (+ dative, triggers lenition)

  1. very, too, much, exceedingly
    ro-bheag ― too little
    le ro-aire ― with great care
    ro mhath ― very good
    Tha e ro fhuar.
    It is too cold.
    ro aire ― great attention
    Is tu an Dia ro mhòr.
    Thou art the very great God.
    Chan eil mi ro chinnteach.
    I am not too sure.
    Tha e ro bhochd.
    He is very sick (or poor).
    Chan eil e ro thogarrach.
    He is not excessively willing.
    ro sgairteil ― very active
    ro shleamhainn ― very slippery
    Bu ro chaomh leam tighinn.
    I should very much like to come.
Usage notes
  • Used as a prefix to adjectives, and supplying the place of a superlative.
  • Lenites the first letter of the following word except if it starts with l, n or r, or by s followed by any consonant except l, n or r.

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ré. Cognates include Irish roimh.

Preposition

ro (+ dative, triggers lenition)

  1. before
    Thigibh ro chòig uairean.
    Come before five o'clock.
Inflection
Personal inflection of ro
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st romham romhamsa
2nd romhad romhadsa
3rd m roimhe roimhesan
3rd f roimhpe roimhpese
Plural 1st romhainn romhainne
2nd romhaibh romhaibhse
3rd romhpa romhpasan

References

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ró”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ro”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈro/
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: ro

Noun

ro f (plural ros)

  1. rho; the Greek letter Ρ, ρ
    Synonym: rho

Further reading

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse róa, from Proto-Germanic *rōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-.

Verb

ro (present ror, preterite rodde, supine rott, imperative ro)

  1. to row; to transport oneself in a small boat, with help of oars
  2. (colloquial, in "ro hit (med något)") to quickly hand over, to pass
    Ro hit med kebabsåsen!
    Pass the kebab sauce!
Conjugation
Conjugation of ro (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive ro ros
Supine rott rotts
Imperative ro —
Imper. plural1 ron —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative ror rodde ros roddes
Ind. plural1 ro rodde ros roddes
Subjunctive2 ro rodde ros roddes
Participles
Present participle roende
Past participle rodd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
Related terms
See also

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish ro (“rest”), German Ruhe with a secondary meaning in Swedish of entertainment, pastime (during the rest).

Noun

ro c (uncountable)

  1. peace, quiet, tranquility
Declension
Declension of ro 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative ro ron — —
Genitive ros rons — —
Related terms

References

  1. ^ 2. ro in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

References

Anagrams

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian راه (rah).

Noun

ro

  1. road

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

ro

  1. Soft mutation of rho.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rho ro unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Related to etymology 2.

Pronunciation

Verb

rò

  1. (intransitive) to think
    Mo rò pé kò dáa kéèyàn máa jíwèé wò. ― I think it's not good for people to be cheating.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

rò

  1. (transitive) to stir
Usage notes

ro when followed by a direct object.

Derived terms
  • rírò (“stirred, stirring”)
  • ronú (“to think”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

ro

  1. (transitive) to hoe, to till
    Oko tí àgbẹ̀ ro lánàá nìyí. ― This is the field that the farmers tilled yesterday.
Derived terms
  • roko (“to cultivate, to hoe a field”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Verb

ró

  1. (transitive) to wrap, to tie a wrapper, skirt, or towel.
    Báwo la ṣe máa ró ìró. ― How does one tie a wrapper.
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Verb

ró

  1. (transitive) to sound, to emit a sound.
Derived terms

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɾō/

Verb

ro

  1. (transitive) to pain, to hurt, to ache
    Ẹ̀yìn ń ro mí. ― My back is paining me.
    (My back hurts)
Derived terms

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɾó/

Verb

ró

  1. (Ijebu) to live
    Mo ró n’Íbàdọ̀n ― I live in Ibadan

Zazaki

Pronunciation

Noun

ro

  1. brook, stream, creek

References

  1. ^ Kocadag, Çeko (2010) “ro²”, in Ferheng, Kirmanckî (Zazakî) - Kurmancî, Kurmancî - Kirmanckî (Zazakî), Berlin: Weşanên Komkar, →ISBN, page 935
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