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Webster 1913 Edition

Roe

Roe

,
Noun.
[OE.
ro
, AS.
rāh
; akin to D.
ree
, G.
reh
, Icel.
rā
, SW.
rå
.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A roebuck. See
Roebuck
.
(b)
The female of any species of deer.

Roe

,
Noun.
[For
roan
, OE.
rowne
, akin to G.
rogen
, OHG.
rogan
, Icel.
hrogn
, Dan.
rogn
,
ravn
, Sw.
rom
; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] pebble, Skr.
[GREEK]arkarā
gravel.]
1.
(Zool.)
The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when still inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of the male.
2.
A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.

Webster 1828 Edition

Roe

ROE

,

Definition 2024

Roe

Roe

See also: roe, ROE, roé, róe, and rö

English

Proper noun

Roe ‎(plural Roes)

  1. A surname​, from a Middle English nickname meaning a roe.

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(pseudonymous name):

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  • (English-language pseudonymous surname): Doe

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roe

roe

See also: Roe, ROE, roé, róe, and rö

English

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Noun

roe ‎(uncountable)

  1. The eggs of fish.
  2. The sperm of certain fish.
  3. The ovaries of certain crustaceans.
Quotations
  • 1988 : It was quite flavourless, except that, where its innards had been imperfectly removed, silver traces of roe gave it an unpleasant bitterness. - Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, (Penguin Books, paperback edition, 40)
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References

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Pfeifer, ed., Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen, s.v. “Rogen” (Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 2005).

Etymology 2

From Middle English ro, roa, from Old English rā, rāha, from Proto-Germanic *raihą (compare Saterland Frisian Räi, Dutch ree, German Reh), from *róyko-, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- ‎(“spotted, streaked”) (compare Irish riabh ‘stripe, streak’, Latvian ràibs ‘spotted’, Russian рябо́й ‎(rjabój, “mottled fur”).

Noun

roe ‎(plural roe or roes)

  1. A small, nimble Eurasian deer, Capreolus capreolus, with no visible tail, a white rump patch, and a reddish summer coat that turns grey in winter, the male having short three-pointed antlers.
  2. A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.
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Dutch

Etymology

Shortened form of roede, with regular loss of -de. From Proto-Germanic *rōdō.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

roe f, m ‎(plural roes, diminutive roetje n)

  1. Alternative form of roede
  2. bundle of twigs, especially in Sinterklaas folklore

Middle French

Etymology

Old French roe < Latin rota.

Noun

roe f (plural roes)

  1. wheel (cylindrical device)

Descendants

Old French

Etymology

Latin rota.

Noun

roe f ‎(oblique plural roes, nominative singular roe, nominative plural roes)

  1. wheel (cylindrical device)

Descendants

Spanish

Verb

roe

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of roer.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of roer.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of roer.

Etymology

From Middle English rowe, rowne, roun, rawne, from Old English *hrogn ‎(“spawn, fish eggs, roe”), from Proto-Germanic *hrugnaz, *hrugną ‎(“spawn, roe”), from Proto-Indo-European *krek- ‎(“(frog) spawn”). Cognate with Dutch roge ‎(“roe”), German Low German Rögen ‎(“roe”), German Rogen ‎(“roe”), Danish rogn, ravn ‎(“roe”), Swedish rom ‎(“roe”), Icelandic hrogn ‎(“roe”), Lithuanian kurkulaĩ ‎(“frog spawn”), Russian кряк ‎(krjak, “frog spawn”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: rō, IPA(key): /rəʊ/
  • (US) enPR: rō, IPA(key): /roʊ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊ
  • Homophone: row (in some senses only)

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