kero

See also: kéró and kérő

English

Pronunciation
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Etymology 1

Abbreviation of kerosene.

Noun

kero (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Kerosene.
    • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 293:
      The hessian hut glowed yellow with the light of a kero lamp.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

kero (plural keros)

  1. A type of wooden drinking vessel produced by the Incas.
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Esperanto

Etymology

French cœur

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkero/
  • Hyphenation: ke‧ro
  • Rhymes: -ero

Noun

kero (accusative singular keron, plural keroj, accusative plural kerojn)

  1. (card games) The suit of hearts, marked with the symbol ♥.

Derived terms

See also
Suits in Esperanto · emblemoj (layout · text)
kero ♥ karoo, rombo ♦ piko ♠ trefo ♣

Finnish

Noun

kero

  1. (archaic) A round, treeless top of a fell; now mostly in place names and compounds.
  2. (dialectal, archaic) throat
    Synonym: kurkku

Declension
Inflection of kero (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative kero kerot
genitive keron kerojen
partitive keroa keroja
illative keroon keroihin
singular plural
nominative kero kerot
accusative nom. kero kerot
gen. keron
genitive keron kerojen
partitive keroa keroja
inessive kerossa keroissa
elative kerosta keroista
illative keroon keroihin
adessive kerolla keroilla
ablative kerolta keroilta
allative kerolle keroille
essive kerona keroina
translative keroksi keroiksi
instructive — keroin
abessive kerotta keroitta
comitative — keroineen

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Japanese

Romanization

kero

  1. Rōmaji transcription of けろ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ケロ

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

kero m (plural keros)

  1. kero (Inca wooden drinking vessel)
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