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ro

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Romanian terms

From Proto-Great Andamanese *rok.

ro

1. canoe

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

ro

1. woman

• Raoul Zamponi, Betoi (2003)

• rho

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

ro f (plural ros)

1. rho; the Greek letter Ρ (lowercase ρ)

Deverbalised form of ri (“to give”), compare Welsh rhodd.

ro m (plural royow or rohow)

1. gift, present

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁoˀ/

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

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

1. calmness

   Synonyms: fred, stilhed

   Antonyms: uro, postyr

2. (obsolete) fun, amusement

From Old Norse róa (“row”), from Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-.

ro (imperative ro, infinitive at ro, present tense ror, past tense roede, perfect tense roet)

1. to row (using oars)

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

• IPA^(key): /ro/

• Audio 1:

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• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ro

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

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

• (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

• “ro”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “ro”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

ro

1. dark

ro

1. (law enforcement) clipping of biro

ro m or f (invariable)

1. alternative spelling of rho

• or

ro

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

ro

1. romanization of ꦫꦺꦴ

• IPA^(key): [ˈroː]

ro

1. leaf

• ro kutta
• ro wona

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “ro”, in Lamboya word list‎^[2], Leiden: LexiRumah

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zauq, compare Malay jauh.

ro

1. far

From Old English rā, rāha, from Proto-West Germanic *raihō, *raih, from Proto-Germanic *raihô, *raihą (“deer”).

• roo, ra, raa, roa

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

ro (plural ros or ron)

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

• roobukke

• English: roe
• Scots: ra, rae

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

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

• roo, rou, rowe
• ruf, rufe, ruff (Early Scots)

• IPA^(key): /roː/, /rɔu̯/
• IPA^(key): /ryːf/ (Early Scots)

ro (uncountable)

1. Peacefulness, serenity, restfulness.

• English: roo
• Middle Scots: rufe, ruve

• “rọ̄, n.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 July 2018.
• “ruve, ruf(e,, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *raw.

ro

1. wealth

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *raw.

ro

1. dry
2. badly off

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

ro

1. definite article the (attested as being used for both singular and plural)

• Shand, Alexander (1894), “The Moriori People of the Chatham Islands: Their Traditions and History”, in The Journal of the Polynesian Society‎^[3]

• IPA^(key): /ruː/

From Old Norse ró.

ro m or f (definite singular roen or roa)

1. peace, tranquility, quiet

• uro

From Old Norse róa.

ro (imperative ro, present tense ror, passive ros, simple past rodde, past participle rodd, present participle roende)

1. to row (a boat)

ro

1. imperative of roe

• “ro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ruː/

From Old Norse ró. Akin to dialectal English roo.

ro f (definite singular roa, uncountable)

1. calm, tranquility, peace, quiet

• uro

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

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

• “ro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• or

• hrō, rao, rāo

From Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-. Cognates include Old English hrēaw, Old Norse hrár.

rō

1. raw

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ro/
• Rhymes: -ro

ro

1. two

• Javanese: roro, loro
• → Balinese: ro

• "ro" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

ro

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

• Rhymes: -o

ro

1. bitter

• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “ro”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 98, column 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: ro

ro n (indeclinable)

1. alternative form of rho

• “ro”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

From Old Irish ró,^[1] from Proto-Celtic *ɸro (compare Old Welsh ry), from Proto-Indo-European *pro (compare Latin pro).

• IPA^(key): /ɾɔ/^[2][3][4], [ɾɔ̝]^[5]
• (South Argyll) IPA^(key): /ɾɔ/, /ɾɑ/, (sometimes) [ɾɔˀ], [ɾɑˀ]^[6]

ro (+ dative, triggers lenition)

1. too

   ro bheag ― too little

   Tha e ro fhuar.

   It is too cold.

   Chan eil mi ro chinnteach.

   I am not too sure.

2. very, much, exceedingly, excessively

   le ro-aire ― with great care

   ro mhath ― very good

   ro aire ― great attention

   Is tu an Dia ro mhòr.

   Thou art the very great God.

   Tha e ro bhochd.

   He is very sick (or poor).

   Chan eil e ro thogarrach.

   He is not excessively willing.

   ro sgairteil ― very active

   ro shleamhainn ― very slippery

   Bu ro chaomh leam tighinn.

   I should very much like to come.

• Used as a prefix to adjectives, and supplying the place of a superlative.

• ro- (“pre-; ultra-, very; over-, too”) (prefix)

From Old Irish ré. Cognates include Irish roimh.

• IPA^(key): /ɾɔ/^[3][7][6], [ɾɔ̝ ~ ɾɔ̝̃]^[8][9]

ro (+ dative, triggers lenition)

1. before

   Thigibh ro chòig uairean.

   Come before five o'clock.

• roimh, romh

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “ro”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925), A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC

• IPA^(key): /ˈro/ [ˈro]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ro

ro f (plural ros)

1. rho; the Greek letter Ρ, ρ

   Synonym: rho

• “ro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• IPA^(key): /ruː/

• Audio:

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

ro (present ror, preterite rodde, supine rott, imperative ro)

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

   Vem kan segla förutan vind, vem kan ro utan åror?

   Who can sail without wind, who can row without oars?

   (folk song lyrics)

2. (colloquial, in "ro hit (med något)") to quickly hand over, to pass

   Ro hit med kebabsåsen!

   Pass the kebab sauce!

• ro hem

• åra

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

ro c (uncountable)

1. peace, quiet, tranquility

• “ro”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “ro”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “ro”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• -or, or

Cognate with Persian راه (rah).

ro

1. road

• IPA^(key): /roː/

ro

1. soft mutation of rho

Related to etymology 2, compare with Igbo lò (“to reflect”)

• IPA^(key): /ɾò/

rò

1. (intransitive) to think

   Mo rò pé kò dáa kéèyàn máa jíwèé wò. ― I think it's not good for people to be cheating.

• èrò (“thought”)

• IPA^(key): /ɾò/

rò

1. (transitive) to stir

ro when followed by a direct object.

• rírò (“stirred, stirring”)
• ronú (“to think”)

• IPA^(key): /ɾō/

ro

1. (transitive) to hoe, to till

   Oko tí àgbẹ̀ ro lánàá nìyí. ― This is the field that the farmers tilled yesterday.

• roko (“to cultivate, to hoe a field”)

• IPA^(key): /ɾó/

ró

1. (transitive) to wrap, to tie a wrapper, skirt, or towel.

   Báwo la ṣe máa ró ìró. ― How does one tie a wrapper.

• ìró (“wrapper”)

• IPA^(key): /ɾó/

ró

1. (transitive) to sound, to emit a sound.

• ìró (“sound”)

Compare with Igbo lo (“to ache”)

IPA^(key): /ɾō/

ro

1. (transitive) to pain, to hurt, to ache

   Ẹ̀yìn ń ro mí. ― My back is paining me.

   (My back hurts)

• ríro (“paining”)

IPA^(key): /ɾó/

ró

1. (Ijebu) to live

   Mo ró n’Íbàdọ̀n ― I live in Ibadan

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾo]
• Hyphenation: ro

ro m

1. brook, stream, creek^[1]

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɣo˨˦/

• Tone numbers: ro¹
• Hyphenation: ro

ro (1957–1982 spelling ro) (transitive)

1. to beg
2. to glean