aro

aro

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

• Wiktionary's coverage of Araona terms

Clipping of aromantic. Coined on the Internet in the 2010s.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.ɹəʊ/
  • (US) /ˈɛɹ.oʊ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Homophone: arrow
• Rhymes: -æɹəʊ

aro (comparative more aro, superlative most aro)

1. (slang, neologism) Aromantic (not experiencing romantic attraction).
   • 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.

   • 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.

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

aro (plural aros)

1. (slang, neologism) 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.

   • 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.

• ace

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈro/ [ʔʌˈɾɔ]
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

aró f 

1. bite (act of biting)

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

aro m (plural aro, definite arua)

1. Dogançe form of aeroplan
2. Dogançe form of arixhi

• Haxhihasani, Qemal (1964) “Elemente nga fjalori i dogançes, fragmente bisedash dhe tekste në këtë të folme”, in Studime filologjike‎^[2], number III, page 149

• IPA^(key): /aɾo/ [a.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

aro inan

1. time, season
2. age, era

   Erdi Aroa ― Middles Ages

3. (Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin) weather

From Spanish aro (“ring”).^[1]

aro inan

1. wreath, garland
2. ring, circle

• “aro”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia
• “aro”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Back-formation from -aro (“collection”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈaro]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

aro (accusative singular aron, plural aroj, accusative plural arojn)

1. bunch

   aro da kliŝaĵoj pri kaj Eŭropo kaj la nova traktato ― a bunch of clichés about both Europe and the new treaty

• ariĝi

From Proto-Finnic *aro (compare Estonian aru), probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *arɜ (compare Erzya аразь (araź, “lack”), Northern Khanty [script needed] (wuri), Northern Mansi [script needed] (ūraj)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑro/, [ˈɑ̝ro̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑro
• Syllabification^(key): a‧ro

aro

1. steppe
2. (dialectal) humid or swampy meadow or plain

Inflection of aro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		aro	arot
genitive		aron	arojen
partitive		aroa	aroja
illative		aroon	aroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		aro	arot
accusative	nom.	aro	arot
	gen.	aron
genitive		aron	arojen
partitive		aroa	aroja
inessive		arossa	aroissa
elative		arosta	aroista
illative		aroon	aroihin
adessive		arolla	aroilla
ablative		arolta	aroilta
allative		arolle	aroille
essive		arona	aroina
translative		aroksi	aroiksi
abessive		arotta	aroitta
instructive		—	aroin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of aro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative aroni aroni accusative nom. aroni aroni gen. aroni genitive aroni arojeni partitive aroani arojani inessive arossani aroissani elative arostani aroistani illative arooni aroihini adessive arollani aroillani ablative aroltani aroiltani allative arolleni aroilleni essive aronani aroinani translative arokseni aroikseni abessive arottani aroittani instructive — — comitative — aroineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative arosi arosi accusative nom. arosi arosi gen. arosi genitive arosi arojesi partitive aroasi arojasi inessive arossasi aroissasi elative arostasi aroistasi illative aroosi aroihisi adessive arollasi aroillasi ablative aroltasi aroiltasi allative arollesi aroillesi essive aronasi aroinasi translative aroksesi aroiksesi abessive arottasi aroittasi instructive — — comitative — aroinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative aromme aromme accusative nom. aromme aromme gen. aromme genitive aromme arojemme partitive aroamme arojamme inessive arossamme aroissamme elative arostamme aroistamme illative aroomme aroihimme adessive arollamme aroillamme ablative aroltamme aroiltamme allative arollemme aroillemme essive aronamme aroinamme translative aroksemme aroiksemme abessive arottamme aroittamme instructive — — comitative — aroinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative aronne aronne accusative nom. aronne aronne gen. aronne genitive aronne arojenne partitive aroanne arojanne inessive arossanne aroissanne elative arostanne aroistanne illative aroonne aroihinne adessive arollanne aroillanne ablative aroltanne aroiltanne allative arollenne aroillenne essive aronanne aroinanne translative aroksenne aroiksenne abessive arottanne aroittanne instructive — — comitative — aroinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative aronsa aronsa accusative nom. aronsa aronsa gen. aronsa genitive aronsa arojensa partitive aroaan aroansa arojaan arojansa inessive arossaan arossansa aroissaan aroissansa elative arostaan arostansa aroistaan aroistansa illative aroonsa aroihinsa adessive arollaan arollansa aroillaan aroillansa ablative aroltaan aroltansa aroiltaan aroiltansa allative arolleen arollensa aroilleen aroillensa essive aronaan aronansa aroinaan aroinansa translative arokseen aroksensa aroikseen aroiksensa abessive arottaan arottansa aroittaan aroittansa instructive — — comitative — aroineen aroinensa

• “aro”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.

• “aro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• ora

Unclear. Perhaps from local Medieval Latin arum (“monastical farmland”), from Latin arvum, from arvus, with posterior semantic evolution "lands of a monastery" > "border" > "ring". Alternatively, from a substrate language.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɾʊ]

aro m (plural aros)

1. hoop, circle, ring

   Synonyms: anel, cerco, círculo

2. handle (round)

   Synonym: anca

3. loon (bird)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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

ayo

From Proto-Tani *rjo, Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-laj ~ s-lej. Cognate with Tibetan ལྕེ (lce), Garo sre and Chinese 舌 (shé).

aro

1. tongue

Probably borrowed from Bengali আর (ar).

aro

1. and, in addition to

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[5], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 337

arô

1. leprosy

aro

1. first-person singular present indicative of arare

• Ora, ora

From Proto-Italic *araō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti (“to plough”), from the root *h₂erh₃-. 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 ear).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.roː/, [ˈäroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ro/, [ˈäːro]

arō (present infinitive arāre, perfect active arāvī, supine arātum); first conjugation

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

Conjugation of arō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	arō	arās	arat	arāmus	arātis	arant
	imperfect	arābam	arābās	arābat	arābāmus	arābātis	arābant
	future	arābō	arābis	arābit	arābimus	arābitis	arābunt
	perfect	arāvī	arāvistī	arāvit	arāvimus	arāvistis	arāvērunt, arāvēre
	pluperfect	arāveram	arāverās	arāverat	arāverāmus	arāverātis	arāverant
	future perfect	arāverō	arāveris	arāverit	arāverimus	arāveritis	arāverint
passive	present	aror	arāris, arāre	arātur	arāmur	arāminī	arantur
	imperfect	arābar	arābāris, arābāre	arābātur	arābāmur	arābāminī	arābantur
	future	arābor	arāberis, arābere	arābitur	arābimur	arābiminī	arābuntur
	perfect	arātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	arātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	arātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	arem	arēs	aret	arēmus	arētis	arent
	imperfect	arārem	arārēs	arāret	arārēmus	arārētis	arārent
	perfect	arāverim	arāverīs	arāverit	arāverīmus	arāverītis	arāverint
	pluperfect	arāvissem	arāvissēs	arāvisset	arāvissēmus	arāvissētis	arāvissent
passive	present	arer	arēris, arēre	arētur	arēmur	arēminī	arentur
	imperfect	arārer	arārēris, arārēre	arārētur	arārēmur	arārēminī	arārentur
	perfect	arātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	arātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	arā	—	—	arāte	—
	future	—	arātō	arātō	—	arātōte	arantō
passive	present	—	arāre	—	—	arāminī	—
	future	—	arātor	arātor	—	—	arantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		arāre	arāvisse	arātūrum esse	arārī	arātum esse	arātum īrī
participles		arāns	—	arātūrus	—	arātus	arandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		arandī	arandō	arandum	arandō	arātum	arātū

• “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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[6], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

aro

1. defense; protection

aro

1. (dialectal, Betsimisaraka) Synonym of roa

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu.

aro

1. pestle
2. pole for pounding rice

Unknown.

arò

1. fog

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp (“front, facing part”).

aro

1. front (facing side)

   Kua maringi i a koe ki runga i to aro.

   You've spilt it down your front.

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.

aro (passive arohia or arongia or arotia)

1. (transitive) 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.

• “aro” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

From Pre-Nauruan *rua-ua, from Proto-Micronesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑro]

aro

1. two

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈɾoː/

aro m (Arabic spelling ئارۆ)

1. Alternative form of arû (“cucumber”)

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

• arn, arin

From Proto-West Germanic *arō, from Proto-Germanic *arô.

aro m

1. eagle

• Old High German: adalaro
  • Middle High German: adelare, adelar
    • German: Adler, (older) Adelaar
    • → Dutch: adelaar
    • → Low German: Aadler, Oodler
    • → Saterland Frisian: Oadler, Oadeler
    • → Plautdietsch: Odla, Oodler

• Middle High German: are, ar
  • German: Aar (poetic)

• Viktor Hugo Suolahti (1909) “Adler”, in Die deutschen Vogelnamen : eine wortgeschichtliche Untersuchung‎^[7] (in German), page 345

• *arn, *aran

From Proto-West Germanic *arō, from Proto-Germanic *arô.

aro m

1. eagle

• Middle Low German: ārn, arne, arnt, arndt, aren, ārent
  • Low German: Aar, Arend

• Rhymes: -aɾu
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

From Old Galician-Portuguese aro of uncertain origin, probably from Latin 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.

aro m (plural aros)

1. any large circular band of material
   1. hoop (circular band of metal used to bind a barrel)
   2. rim (outer edge of a wheel)

      aro de propulsão ― wheelchair's pushrim

   3. the frame of eyeglasses

      Synonym: armação

   4. juggling ring

      Synonym: argola

   5. cheesevat

      Synonym: cincho

2. (archaic) outskirts (the region surrounding a city)

   Synonym: periferia

Learned borrowing from Latin arum.

• arão, arum, árum, jarro, jaro

aro m (plural aros)

1. arum (any plant in the genus Arum)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

aro

1. first-person singular present indicative of arar

• “aro”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “aro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “aro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp (“front, facing part”).

aro

1. front (facing side)

   ki te aro o ― to the front of

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

aro m

1. Alternative form of arro (“flour”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾo/ [ˈa.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: a‧ro

Unknown origin.

aro m (plural aros)

1. hoop
2. large ring
3. (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay) earring

   Synonyms: arete, pendiente

• anillo
• argolla
• sortija

Borrowed from Latin arum.

aro m (plural aros)

1. arum lily

• jaro, yaro

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

aro

1. first-person singular present indicative of arar

• “aro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

From Proto-Finnic *hara +‎ -o. Related to Finnish hara and Estonian haru.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑro/, [ˈɑro]
• Rhymes: -ɑro
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

aro

1. rake

Declension of aro (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	aro	arod
genitive	aro	arojõ, aroi
partitive	arroa	aroitõ, aroi
illative	arrosõ, arro	aroisõ
inessive	aroz	aroiz
elative	arossõ	aroissõ
allative	arolõ	aroilõ
adessive	arollõ	aroillõ
ablative	aroltõ	aroiltõ
translative	arossi	aroissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “aro”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hadu, from Proto-Austronesian *Sadu. Cognate with Puyuma sadru and Limos Kalinga adu.

aro

1. many; a lot

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɾō/

aro

1. cymbal

   wọ́n ń lu aro

   They are playing the cymbal

From a- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ rò (“to say, to lament”)

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɾò/

arò

1. dirge, lamentation; usually during a funeral

• ìdárò

(types of funeral dirges)

• ògbérè
• òkú-pípè
• ìrèmọ̀jé
• ìgbálá

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɾó/

aró

1. a type of yam; Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata

   Synonym: iṣu aró

• iṣu (“yam”)

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɾó/

aró

1. dye; (in particular) indigo dye

   Synonym: ẹ̀lú

2. (by extension) dark blue; indigo

• aláró (“someone who makes or sells dye”)
• aró dídá (“dyeing”)
• Ilé Aró (“a nickname for the town of Osogbo”)