roer

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

roer (plural roers, diminutive roertjie)

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

• royer

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

roer

1. to gnaw (to bite something persistently)

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From ro (“to row”) +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /roːər/, [ˈʁoːˀɐ]

roer c (singular definite roeren, plural indefinite roere)

1. rower
2. oarsman, oarswoman

See roe (“beet, rutabaga, turnip”).

• IPA^(key): /roːər/, [ˈʁoːɐ]

roer c

1. plural indefinite of roe

• IPA^(key): /rur/, [ruːr]

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• Hyphenation: roer
• Rhymes: -ur

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

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

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

• roerganger
• roerwiel

• Afrikaans: roer
• → Russian: руль (rulʹ)

roer n (plural roeren, diminutive roertje n)

1. (historical) light musket, matchlock gun

   Synonym: vuurroer

• blaasroer
• roerdrager
• vuurroer

See the etymology of the main entry.

roer

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

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

• IPA^(key): /roˈeɾ/

roer (first-person singular present roio, first-person singular preterite roín, past participle roído)

1. (transitive) to gnaw, to nibble, to bite
   • 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

2. (transitive) to corrode

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

• “roer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “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.

From ro (“verb”) +‎ -er

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

1. an oarsman, rower

roer

1. present of roe

• “roer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁweɾ/, /ʁuˈeɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈeʁ/, /ʁoˈeʁ/
  • (Carioca) IPA^(key): /χuˈeχ/, /χoˈeχ/
• Hyphenation: ro‧er

roer (first-person singular present indicative roo, 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.

From Old Spanish roer, from Latin rōdere, present active infinitive of rōdō, from Proto-Indo-European *rōd-, contracted o-grade form of *reh₁d- (“to gnaw, scrape, scratch”).

• IPA^(key): /roˈeɾ/

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

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

• roedor

• roso

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