Symbol

aroCategory:Translingual lemmas#AROCategory:Translingual symbols#AROCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#AROCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3Category:ISO 639-3 language code for Araona.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Araona terms

Etymology

Clipping of aromanticCategory:English clippings#ARO. Coined on the Internet in the 2010s.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.ɹəʊ/Category:English 2-syllable words#AROCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ARO
• (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹ.oʊ/Category:English 2-syllable words#AROCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ARO
• (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.ɹoʊ/Category:English 2-syllable words#AROCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ARO

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ARO
• Homophone: arrowCategory:English terms with homophones#ARO
• Rhymes: -æɹəʊCategory:Rhymes:English/æɹəʊ#AROCategory:Rhymes:English/æɹəʊ/2 syllables#ARO

Adjective

aro (comparative more aro, superlative most aro)Category:English lemmas#AROCategory:English adjectives#AROCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. (slangCategory:English slang#ARO, neologismCategory:English neologisms#ARO) Aromantic (not experiencing romantic attraction).

   I love being aro; dating is so stressful.Category:English terms with usage examples#ARO

   • 2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope", Dalhousie Gazette (Dalhousie University), 12 February - 18 February 2016, page 16:

     For ace and aro people, the possibilities for diverse relationships are endless, despite how pop culture often brands our identity as restrictive and confined.

   • 2017 October 26, Melissa Reph, “You might not like hearing this, but I don't like 'Riverdale'”, in The Muhlenberg Weekly, Muhlenberg College, page 3:

     For the show to completely and utterly ignore this is huge since there are very few representations of aro and ace-spec people in media of any kind.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ARO

   • 2018 November 29, Alexis Stark, “A-spectrum student experiences on MSU's campus”, in The State News, Michigan State University, page 5:

     This provides a home base for people looking to learn more about ace and aro identities.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ARO

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aro.

Noun

aro (plural aros)Category:English lemmas#AROCategory:English nouns#AROCategory:English countable nouns#AROCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. (slangCategory:English slang#ARO, neologismCategory:English neologisms#ARO) A person who is aromantic.
   • 2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope", Dalhousie Gazette (Dalhousie University), 12 February - 18 February 2016, page 16:

     While aces and aros can often be a misunderstood demographic in the queer community and outside of it, information about our identities is making its way into more conversations.

   • 2018 October 19, Isabel Nathan, “Asexuals, you are not alone”, in Washington Blade, page 20:

     Now most of my social circle is made up of other aces and aros.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ARO

   • 2019 October 24, Chelaine Kirsh, “Let's talk about aces, baby”, in The Sheaf, University of Saskatchewan, page 11:

     Building off from this calling card, aros have a more obscure variation of this where they don white rings.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ARO

See also

• ace

Anagrams

• AOR, AoR, OAR, Ora, ROA, Rao, Roa, oar, ora

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈro/ [ʔʌˈɾɔ]Category:Afar terms with IPA pronunciation#ARO
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

Noun

aró fCategory:Afar lemmas#AROCategory:Afar nouns#AROCategory:Afar entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Afar feminine nouns#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. bite (act of biting)

Noun

aro m (plural aro, definite arua)Category:Albanian lemmas#AROCategory:Albanian nouns#AROCategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Albanian masculine nouns#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. DogançeCategory:Dogançe Albanian#ARO form of aeroplan
2. DogançeCategory:Dogançe Albanian#ARO form of arixhi

References

• Haxhihasani, Qemal (1964), “Elemente nga fjalori i dogançes, fragmente bisedash dhe tekste në këtë të folme”, in Studime filologjike‎, number III, page 149

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾo/ [a.ɾo]Category:Basque 2-syllable words#AROCategory:Basque terms with IPA pronunciation#ARO
• Rhymes: -aɾo, -oCategory:Rhymes:Basque/aɾo#AROCategory:Rhymes:Basque/aɾo/2 syllables#AROCategory:Rhymes:Basque/o#AROCategory:Rhymes:Basque/o/2 syllables#ARO
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Basque entries#ARO

Etymology 2

From SpanishCategory:Basque terms borrowed from Spanish#AROCategory:Basque terms derived from Spanish#ARO aro (“ring”).^[1]

References

Further reading

• “aro”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “aro”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Etymology

Back-formation from -aro (“collection”)Category:Esperanto back-formations#ARO.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaro/Category:Esperanto 2-syllable words#AROCategory:Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation#ARO

• Audio 1:

  (file)

  Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#ARO

• Audio 2:

  (file)

  Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#ARO
• Rhymes: -aroCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/aro#AROCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/aro/2 syllables#ARO
• Syllabification: a‧ro

Noun

aro (accusative singular aron, plural aroj, accusative plural arojn)Category:Esperanto lemmas#AROCategory:Esperanto nouns#AROCategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. bunch

   aro da kliŝaĵoj pri kaj Eŭropo kaj la nova traktato ― a bunch of clichés about both Europe and the new treatyCategory:Esperanto terms with usage examples#ARO

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Proto-FinnicCategory:Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic#AROCategory:Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic#ARO *aro (compare Estonian aru), probably from Proto-Finno-UgricCategory:Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric#AROCategory:Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric#ARO *arɜ (compare Erzya аразь (araź, “lack”), Northern Khanty [script needed]Category:Requests for native script for Northern Khanty terms#ARO (wuri), Northern Mansi [script needed]Category:Requests for native script for Northern Mansi terms#ARO (ūraj)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑro/, [ˈɑ̝ro̞]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#AROCategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#ARO
• Rhymes: -ɑroCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ɑro#AROCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ɑro/2 syllables#ARO
• Syllabification^(key): a‧ro
• Hyphenation^(key): aro

Noun

aroCategory:Finnish lemmas#AROCategory:Finnish nouns#AROCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. steppe; flat, vast, temperate but relatively dry grassland
2. (dialectalCategory:Finnish dialectal terms#ARO) humid or swampy meadow or plain

References

• “aro”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.

Further reading

• “aro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Anagrams

• ora

Etymology

UnclearCategory:Galician terms with unknown etymologies#ARO. Perhaps from local Medieval LatinCategory:Galician terms derived from Medieval Latin#ARO arum (“monastical farmland”)Category:Galician undefined derivations#ARO, from LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Latin#AROCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#ARO arvum, from arvus, with posterior semantic evolution "lands of a monastery" > "border" > "ring". Alternatively, from a substrateCategory:Galician terms derived from substrate languages#ARO language.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɾʊ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#ARO

Noun

aro m (plural aros)Category:Galician lemmas#AROCategory:Galician nouns#AROCategory:Galician countable nouns#AROCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Galician masculine nouns#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. hoop, circle, ring

   Synonyms: anel, cerco, círculo

2. handle (round)

   Synonym: anca

3. loon (bird)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Alternative forms

ayo

Etymology

From Proto-TaniCategory:Galo terms inherited from Proto-Tani#AROCategory:Galo terms derived from Proto-Tani#ARO *rjo, Proto-Sino-TibetanCategory:Galo terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#AROCategory:Galo terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#ARO *m/s-laj ~ s-lej. Cognate with Tibetan ལྕེ (lce), Garo sre and Chinese 舌 (shé)Category:Chinese terms with redundant transliterations#ARO.

Noun

aroCategory:Galo lemmas#AROCategory:Galo nouns#AROCategory:Galo entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. tongue

Etymology

Probably borrowed from BengaliCategory:Garo terms borrowed from Bengali#AROCategory:Garo terms derived from Bengali#ARO আর (ar).

Conjunction

aroCategory:Garo lemmas#AROCategory:Garo conjunctions#AROCategory:Garo entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. and, in addition to

References

• Burling, R. (2003), The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 337

Noun

arôCategory:Hiligaynon lemmas#AROCategory:Hiligaynon nouns#AROCategory:Hiligaynon terms without pronunciation template#AROCategory:Hiligaynon entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. leprosy

Verb

aroCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#AROCategory:Italian verb forms#AROCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. first-person singular present indicative of arare

Anagrams

• Ora, ora

Etymology

Borrowed from an extinct South CushiticCategory:Khoekhoe terms derived from South Cushitic languages#ARO language. Compare with Proto-Rift *ʔaar- (goat).

Noun

aro ? (dual, plural)Category:Khoekhoe lemmas#AROCategory:Khoekhoe nouns#AROCategory:Khoekhoe entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Requests for gender in Khoekhoe entries#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. ram

References

Ehret, Christopher (1998), An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400‎, United States: University Press of Virginia, →ISBN, page 323

Etymology

From Proto-ItalicCategory:Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic#AROCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic#ARO *araō, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#AROCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ARO *h₂éryeti (“to plough”), from the root *h₂erh₃-.^[1] The root-final laryngeal was lost in the Proto-Indo-European verb, but was restored in Proto-Italic.

Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀρόω (aróō), Old Church Slavonic орати (orati), Lithuanian arti, and Old English erian (archaic English earCategory:English links with manual fragments#ARO).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.roː]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#AROCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#ARO
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.ro]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#AROCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#ARO

Verb

arō (present infinitive arāre, perfect active arāvī, supine arātum)Category:Latin lemmas#AROCategory:Latin verbs#AROCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO; first conjugation

1. to plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage
2. (of age) to draw furrows over the body, wrinkle

References

Further reading

• “aro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “aro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• aro in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Noun

aroCategory:Malagasy lemmas#AROCategory:Malagasy nouns#AROCategory:Malagasy entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. defense; protection

Adjective

aroCategory:Malagasy lemmas#AROCategory:Malagasy adjectives#AROCategory:Malagasy entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. (dialectalCategory:Malagasy dialectal terms#ARO, Betsimisaraka) synonym of roa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Mansaka terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AROCategory:Mansaka terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#ARO *qahəlu.

Etymology 2

UnknownCategory:Mansaka terms with unknown etymologies#ARO.

Etymology

From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#AROCategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#ARO *qaro (compare with Rarotongan aro, Tahitian aro and Samoan alo), from Proto-OceanicCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic#AROCategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Oceanic#ARO *qarop, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AROCategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#ARO *qadəp (“front, facing part” – compare with Javanese ꦲꦉꦥ꧀ (arep) “front, desire”, Malay hadap “to face”, Tagalog harap “front, facade”, Brooke's Point Palawano alep).^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaro/ [ˈɐɾɔ]Category:Māori terms with IPA pronunciation#ARO

Verb

aro (passive arohia or arongia or arotia)Category:Māori lemmas#AROCategory:Māori verbs#AROCategory:Māori entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. (transitiveCategory:Māori transitive verbs#ARO) to turn toward something or someone

   Me aro te kaikōrero ki te hunga turi, kia kite ai rātou i tōna waha e kōrero na.

   The speaker should face toward the deaf people so that they can see her mouth when she is talking.

   Category:Māori terms with usage examples#ARO

2. to desire
3. to incline towards something, to favour

Noun

aroCategory:Māori lemmas#AROCategory:Māori nouns#AROCategory:Māori entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. front (facing side)

   Kua maringi i a koe ki runga i to aro.

   You've spilt it down your front.

   Category:Māori terms with usage examples#ARO

2. front (weather)

   Ko te paenga e tūtaki ai ētahi hau whakapipi e rua, ka kīia he aro.

   The boundary where two air masses meet is called a front.

   Category:Māori terms with usage examples#ARO

3. desire
4. inclination
5. heart, seat of feelings

   Synonyms: ate, manawa

Derived terms

Of spatial sense

• aroaro (“front”)
• aronga (“direction”)
• aromaunga (“mountain face”)

Of verb sense

• āro (“to understand, to know”)
• aroarorua (“to vacillate, to be indecisive”)
• whakaaro (“thought, opinion; to plan”)
• whakaaroaro (“to consider”)

References

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “aro”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 24
• “aro” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Etymology

From Pre-Nauruan *rua-ua, from Proto-MicronesianCategory:Nauruan terms inherited from Proto-Micronesian#AROCategory:Nauruan terms derived from Proto-Micronesian#ARO *rua, from Proto-OceanicCategory:Nauruan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic#AROCategory:Nauruan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic#ARO *rua, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Nauruan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AROCategory:Nauruan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#ARO *duha, from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Nauruan terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#AROCategory:Nauruan terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#ARO *duSa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑro]Category:Nauruan terms with IPA pronunciation#ARO

Numeral

aroCategory:Nauruan lemmas#AROCategory:Nauruan numerals#AROCategory:Nauruan entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. two

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈɾoː/Category:Northern Kurdish 2-syllable words#AROCategory:Northern Kurdish terms with IPA pronunciation#ARO

Noun

aro m (Arabic spelling ئارۆ)Category:Northern Kurdish lemmas#AROCategory:Northern Kurdish nouns#AROCategory:Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Northern Kurdish masculine nouns#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. alternative form of arû (“cucumber”)

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “aro”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 12

Alternative forms

• earun, earon

Verb

aroCategory:Old English non-lemma forms#AROCategory:Old English verb forms#AROCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. (contractionCategory:Old English contractions#ARO) NorthumbrianCategory:Northumbrian Old English#AROCategory:Anglian Old English#ARO form of earon

Etymology

From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#AROCategory:Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#ARO *arō, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#AROCategory:Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#ARO *arô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ro/Category:Old High German terms with IPA pronunciation#ARO
• Rhymes: -a.roCategory:Rhymes:Old High German/a.ro#AROCategory:Rhymes:Old High German/a.ro/2 syllables#ARO

Noun

aro mCategory:Old High German lemmas#AROCategory:Old High German nouns#AROCategory:Old High German entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Old High German masculine nouns#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. Category:goh:Birds#AROeagle

Further reading

• Viktor Hugo Suolahti (1909), “Adler”, in Die deutschen Vogelnamen : eine wortgeschichtliche Untersuchung‎ (in German), page 345

Etymology

From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#AROCategory:Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#ARO *arō, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#AROCategory:Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic#ARO *arô.

Noun

aro mCategory:Old Saxon lemmas#AROCategory:Old Saxon nouns#AROCategory:Old Saxon entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Old Saxon masculine nouns#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. Category:osx:Birds#AROeagle

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɾuCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/aɾu#AROCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/aɾu/2 syllables#ARO
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#AROCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#ARO aro of uncertainCategory:Portuguese terms with unknown etymologies#ARO origin, probably from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#ARO arvum (“field”) with the initial meaning of outskirts and later rim, since those where usually circular in shape. First attested in c. 13th century.^[1] Cognate with Spanish aro and Galician aro.

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin#AROCategory:Portuguese learned borrowings from Latin#AROCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#ARO arum.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

References

• “aro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “aro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Further reading

• “aro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Rapa Nui terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#AROCategory:Rapa Nui terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#ARO *qaro, from Proto-OceanicCategory:Rapa Nui terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic#AROCategory:Rapa Nui terms derived from Proto-Oceanic#ARO *qarop, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Rapa Nui terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AROCategory:Rapa Nui terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#ARO *qadəp (“front, facing part”).

Noun

aroCategory:Rapa Nui lemmas#AROCategory:Rapa Nui nouns#AROCategory:Rapa Nui entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. front (facing side)

   ki te aro o ― to the front ofCategory:Rapa Nui terms with usage examples#ARO

References

• “aro”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN

Noun

aro mCategory:Romani lemmas#AROCategory:Romani nouns#AROCategory:Romani entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Romani masculine nouns#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. alternative form of arro (“flour”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾo/ [ˈa.ɾo]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#AROCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ARO
• Rhymes: -aɾoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾo#AROCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾo/2 syllables#ARO
• Syllabification: a‧ro

Etymology 1

UnknownCategory:Spanish terms with unknown etymologies#ARO origin.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Latin#AROCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#ARO arum.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “aro”, 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

Etymology

From Proto-FinnicCategory:Votic terms derived from Proto-Finnic#ARO *hara +‎ -oCategory:Votic terms suffixed with -o#ARO. Related to Finnish hara and Estonian haru.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑro/, [ˈɑro]Category:Votic terms with IPA pronunciation#ARO
• Rhymes: -ɑroCategory:Rhymes:Votic/ɑro#AROCategory:Rhymes:Votic/ɑro/2 syllables#ARO
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

Noun

aroCategory:Votic lemmas#AROCategory:Votic nouns#AROCategory:Votic entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. rake

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “aro”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎, 2nd edition, Tallinn

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Yami terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#AROCategory:Yami terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#ARO *hadu, from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Yami terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#AROCategory:Yami terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#ARO *Sadu. Cognate with Puyuma sadru and Limos Kalinga adu.

Adjective

aroCategory:Yami lemmas#AROCategory:Yami adjectives#AROCategory:Yami entries with incorrect language header#AROCategory:Pages with entries#AROCategory:Pages with 29 entries#ARO

1. many; a lot

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

From a- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ rò (“to say, to lament”)Category:Yoruba terms prefixed with a- (nominalizing prefix)#RO

Etymology 3

Etymology 4