ro

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ro"

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).

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse (rest) (whence also the Icelandic (calm, rest, tranquillity)).

Noun

ro c (singular definite roen, not used in plural form)

  1. calmness

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

  • (file)

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

Italian

Noun

ro m or f (invariable)

  1. Alternative spelling of rho

Japanese

Romanization

ro

  1. Rōmaji transcription of
  2. Rōmaji transcription of

Javanese

Numeral

ro

  1. two

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English , rāha, from Proto-Germanic *raihą.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Early ME, Northern ME) IPA(key): /rɑː/
  • IPA(key): /rɔː/

Noun

ro (plural ros or ron)

  1. A roe deer (kind of deer)
  2. (rare) The hide of a roe deer.
Derived terms
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roː/, /rɔu̯/

Noun

ro (uncountable)

  1. Peacefulness, serenity, restfulness.
Descendants
References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse .

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

  • IPA(key): /ruː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse . Akin to dialectal English roo.

Noun

ro f (definite singular roa)

  1. calm, tranquility, peace, quiet
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse róa

Verb

ro (present tense ror, past tense rodde, past participle rodd or rott, passive infinitive roast, present participle roande, imperative ro)

  1. to row (a boat)
Derived terms

References


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Adverb

ro

  1. very, too, much, exceedingly
    • ro-bheagtoo little
    • le ro-airewith great care
    • ro mhathvery good
    • Tha e ro fhuar.It is too cold.
    • ro airegreat 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 sgairteilvery active
    • ro shleamhainnvery slippery
    • Bu ro chaomh leam tighinn.I should very much like to come.

Preposition

ro

  1. before
    Thigibh ro chòig uairean.Come before five o'clock.

Etymology

From Old Irish rem-, from Proto-Celtic *ɸr-mo, from Proto-Indo-European *per-. Cognate of English from. Akin to ró-. Compare Irish roimh.

Derived terms

  • The following prepositional pronouns:
Person Number Prepositional pronoun Prepositional pronoun (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

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.

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • 1 ró” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈro/

Noun

ro f (plural ros)

  1. rho; the Greek letter Ρ, ρ

Synonyms


Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Etymology 1

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

Verb

ro

  1. to row; to transport oneself in a small boat, with help of oars
Conjugation
See also

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish ro (rest), German Ruhe with a secondary meaning in Danish and Swedish of entertainment, pastime (during the rest).[1]

Noun

ro c (uncountable)

  1. calmness, quiet, peace
Declension
Declension of ro 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative ro ron
Genitive ros rons

References

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roː/

Verb

ro

  1. Soft mutation of rho.

Mutation

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

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruː/, /rou̯ː/, /rɔu̯ː/, /rɒʊ̯ː/
    Rhymes: -úː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse .

Noun

ro m (definite singular rogn)

  1. Wire edge, burr.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vrá, , from Proto-Germanic *wranhō.

Noun

ro f

  1. Corner, wroo.
  2. Hip.
Derived terms
  • rofölle

Etymology 3

From Old Norse , from Proto-Germanic *rōwō.

Noun

ro f

  1. Peace, quiet.
Derived terms

Etymology 4

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

Verb

ro (preterite rodd, supine rodt)

  1. To row.

Zazaki

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɾo]
  • Hyphenation: ro

Noun

ro m

  1. brook, stream, creak[1]

References

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