roer

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch roer, roeder, from Middle Dutch roeder, from Old Dutch *ruother, from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą.

Pronunciation

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Noun

roer (plural roers, diminutive roertjie)

1. A rifle, a gun.
2. A rudder.

Asturian

Alternative forms

• royer

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rōdere, from Proto-Indo-European *rōd-, contracted o-grade form of *reh₁d- (“to gnaw, scrape, scratch”).

Verb

roer

1. to gnaw (to bite something persistently)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Danish

Etymology 1

From ro (“to row”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roːər/,

Noun

roer c (singular definite roeren, plural indefinite roere)

1. rower
2. oarsman, oarswoman

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roːər/,

Noun

roer c

1. indefinite plural of roe (“beet, rutabaga, turnip”)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rur/,

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• Hyphenation: roer
• Rhymes: -ur

Etymology 1

From a contraction of earlier roeder, from Middle Dutch roeder, from Old Dutch *ruother, from Proto-West Germanic *rōþr, from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą.

Cognate with West Frisian roer, German Ruder, English rudder.

Noun

roer n (plural roeren, diminutive roertje n)

1. A boat's wheel
2. A rudder, device to steer a vessel
3. (figuratively) (used absolutely, with the definite article: het roer) control

   aan het roer staan — to have (situation, etc.) under control, to be in charge

Derived terms

• roerganger
• roerwiel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: roer
• → Russian: руль (rulʹ)
  • → Armenian: ռուլ (ṙul)
  • → Azerbaijani: rul
  • → Georgian: რული (ruli)
  • → Kazakh: рөл (röl)
  • → Persian: رل (rol)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch roer, from Proto-Germanic *rauzą (“tube”). Cognate with German Rohr. The modern Dutch -oe- instead of expected -oo- is unexplained.

Noun

roer n (plural roeren, diminutive roertje n)

1. (historical) light musket, matchlock gun

   Synonym: vuurroer

Derived terms

• blaasroer
• roerdrager
• vuurroer

Descendants

• Afrikaans: roer
• Jersey Dutch: rûr
• Negerhollands: roer, ru

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

roer

1. inflection of roeren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese roer, inherited from Latin rōdere, from Proto-Indo-European *rōd-, contracted o-grade form of *reh₁d- (“to gnaw, scrape, scratch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈeɾ/

Verb

roer (first-person singular present roio, first-person singular preterite roín, past participle roído)
roer (first-person singular present roo, first-person singular preterite roim or roí, past participle roído, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to gnaw, to nibble, to bite
   • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes en Romance:

     As veces ruyn gadela roy boa correa

     Sometimes a bad bitch gnaws a good leash

   • 1697, several authors, Fiestas Minervales, Santiago: Antonio Frayz, page 34:

     Dubido do que farei / Para saír desta enfeita / Maxino roer as uñas / E bourar mui ben na testa

     I'm dubious on what to do / To exit of this preparation / I imagine myself biting my nails / And ably beating my head

   • 1862, Manuel Magariños, Ferro-carril Compostelano:

     Cada vez a cousa engorda,
     como que incha a ollos vistos,
     Pro, si incha, non estoura;
     como o pelexo enteirizo
     da castaña agüenta e fofa
     pra levála o enemincho;
     Cando máis, si algo rebenta,
     e arregaña, é o ourizo,
     pra guindar limpa a castaña
     e roer fruto tan rico

     The thing grows at every time,
     as it swells in plain sight,
     but, although it swells, it does not burst;
     as the one-piece peel
     of the soft watery chestnuts
     you take to an enemy;
     at most, if something pops
     and cracks is the burr,
     to throw clean the chestnut
     and nibble such a rich fruit

2. (transitive) to corrode

Conjugation

Derived terms

• hai que roelo (“we/you/they must endure it”, literally “(you/we) should gnaw it”)

References

• “roer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “roer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “roer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “roer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From ro (“row”) +‎ -er.

Noun

roer m (definite singular roeren, indefinite plural roere, definite plural roerne)

1. an oarsman, rower

Etymology 2

Verb

roer

1. present of roe

References

• “roer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese roer, from Latin rōdere, from Proto-Indo-European *rōd-, contracted o-grade form of *reh₁d- (“to gnaw, scrape, scratch”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ro‧er

Verb

roer (first-person singular present roo, first-person singular preterite roí, past participle roído)

1. to gnaw
   • 1917, Raul Brandão, Húmus, 2ª edição

     Ouço sempre o mesmo ruido de morte que devagar roe e persiste...

     I always hear the same slowly gnawing and persistent noise of death...

   O rato está roendo. ― The mouse is gnawing.

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish roer, inherited from Latin rōdere, from Proto-Indo-European *rōd-, contracted o-grade form of *reh₁d- (“gnaw, scrape, scratch”). Related to English rodent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈeɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ro‧er

Verb

roer (first-person singular present roo or roigo or royo, first-person singular preterite roí, past participle roído)

1. to gnaw
2. to pick at
3. to wear down

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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