ro

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ro"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Romanian or Romanian român.

Symbol

ro

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Romanian terms

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *rok.

Noun

ro

1. canoe

References

• Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 21 (2009)

Betoi

Noun

ro

1. woman

References

• Raoul Zamponi, Betoi (2003)

Catalan

Alternative forms

• rho

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈro]

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁoˀ/

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

   Synonyms: fred, stilhed

   Antonyms: uro, postyr

2. (obsolete) fun, amusement

Declension

Declension of ro

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	ro	roen
genitive	ros	roens

Derived terms

• falde til ro
• gå i ro
• gå til ro
• hverken rist eller ro
• i fred og ro
• slå sig til ro
• tage den (det, ..) med ro

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 roet)

1. to row (using oars)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ro

active passive present ror roes past roede roedes infinitive ro roes imperative ro — participle present roende past roet (auxiliary verb have or være) gerund roen

References

• “ro” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “ro,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /ro/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: ro

Noun

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

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

Gilbertese

Noun

ro

1. dark

Indonesian

Noun

ro

1. (law enforcement) clipping of biro

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

ro

Wikipedia ^it

Noun

ro m or f (invariable)

1. alternative spelling of rho

Anagrams

• or

Japanese

Romanization

ro

1. The hiragana syllable ろ (ro) or the katakana syllable ロ (ro) in Hepburn romanization.

Javanese

Romanization

ro

1. romanization of ꦫꦺꦴ

Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈroː]

Noun

ro

1. leaf

Derived terms

• ro kutta
• ro wona

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

• roo, ra, raa, roa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔ̝ː/
• IPA^(key): /rɑː/ (Early Middle English)
• IPA^(key): /raː/ (Northern)

Noun

ro (plural ros or ron)

2. A roe deer (kind of deer)
3. (rare) The hide of a roe deer.

Derived terms

• roobukke

Descendants

• English: roe
• Scots: ra, rae

References

• “rō, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 July 2018.

Etymology 2

From Old English rō, rōw, from Proto-West Germanic *rōu (“calm, rest”).

Alternative forms

• roo, rowe, rou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roː/, /rɔu̯/

Noun

ro (uncountable)

2. Peacefulness, serenity, restfulness.

Descendants

• English: roo
• Scots: ro, ruve

References

• “rọ̄, n.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 July 2018.

Mizo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *raw.

Noun

ro

1. wealth

Derived terms

• ropui

Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *raw.

Adjective

ro

1. dry
2. badly off

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “ro”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

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

• uro

Derived terms

• fred og ro
• ro i sinnet
• rolig
• sinnsro

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

• robåt
• roer
• roing
• roklubb
• romaskin
• tungrodd

Etymology 3

Verb

ro

1. imperative of roe

References

• “ro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ró. Akin to dialectal English roo.

Noun

ro f (definite singular roa, uncountable)

1. calm, tranquility, peace, quiet

Antonyms

• uro

Derived terms

• fred og ro
• ro i sinnet

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

• robåt
• roing
• roklubb
• romaskin

References

• “ro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• or

Old High German

Alternative forms

• hrō, rao, rāo

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

• Middle High German: rō, rōch, rou, rā
  • Central Franconian: rüh, rieh, reh
    • Luxembourgish: réi
  • German: roh
  • Yiddish: רוי (roy)

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ro/
• Rhymes: -ro

Numeral

ro

1. two

Derived terms

• akaron
• akaroron
• amiro
• aroron-roron
• arorwan
• aṅro
• karo
• roro
• sakaroro
• sarorwan

Descendants

• Javanese: roro, loro
• → Balinese: ro

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 scripts

• 𑀭𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• रो (Devanagari script)
• রো (Bengali script)
• රො (Sinhalese script)
• ရော or ရေႃ (Burmese script)
• โร (Thai script)
• ᩁᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂຣ (Lao script)
• រោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄮 (Chakma script)

Noun

ro

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

Paraguayan Guarani

Adjective

ro

1. bitter

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

ro

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: ro

Noun

ro n (indeclinable)

1. alternative form of rho

Further reading

• ro in Polish dictionaries at PWN