Basque

Adjective

oro

1. all

Catalan

Verb

oro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of orar

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoro/
• Hyphenation: o‧ro

Noun

oro ‎(uncountable, accusative oron)

1. gold

Related terms

• ora

Finnish

Etymology

Alternative of ori

Noun

oro

1. (rare, poetic) stallion

Declension

Synonyms

• ori

Galician

Verb

oro

1. first-person singular present indicative of orar

Ido

Noun

oro (plural ori)

1. gold

Italian

Etymology

From Latin aurum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- ‎(“glow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ro/, [ˈɔːr̺o]
• Hyphenation: ò‧ro

Noun

oro m ‎(plural ori)

1. (chemistry) gold
2. (sports) gold, gold medal
3. gold (colour)
4. (heraldry) or
5. (in the plural) gold jewels
6. (figuratively) gold, money, wealth

Synonyms

• (gold medal): medaglia d'oro

Related terms

Adjective

oro ‎(invariable)

1. gold (in colour)

Japanese

Romanization

oro

1. rōmaji reading of おろ

Latin

Etymology

From ōs, ōris ‎(“mouth”)^[1].
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‎(“to pronounce a ritual”); see also Hittite 𒅈𒌋𒉿𒄿 ‎(“to worship, revere”), 𒅈𒄿𒄿𒀀𒄿 ‎(“to consult an oracle”), Attic Greek ἀρά ‎(ará, “prayer”), and Sanskrit आर्यन्ति ‎(āryanti, “praise”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.roː/

Verb

ōrō ‎(present infinitive ōrāre, perfect active ōrāvī, supine ōrātum); first conjugation

1. I orate, deliver a speech
2. I plead, beg
3. I pray, entreat

Inflection

Synonyms

• (speak): loquor

Derived terms

• adōrō
• perōrō
• praeōrō

Related terms

Descendants

References

• oro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• oro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “oro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to entreat earnestly; to make urgent requests: orare et obsecrare aliquem
    
  • to crave humbly; to supplicate: supplicibus verbis orare
    
  • to address the court (of the advocate): causam dicere, orare (Brut. 12. 47)
    
  • (ambiguous) to draw every one's eyes upon one: omnium oculos (et ora) ad se convertere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be in every one's mouth: per omnium ora ferri
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a subject for gossip: in ora vulgi abire
    
  • (ambiguous) the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
    

1. ↑ oro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Lithuanian

Noun

oro m

1. genitive of oras

Northern Sami

Verb

oro

1. inflection of orrut:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

Portuguese

Verb

oro

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of orar

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

oro n

1. hora

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ɾo/

Etymology 1

From Latin aurum (compare Catalan or, Dalmatian jaur, French or, Galician ouro, Italian oro, Occitan aur, Portuguese ouro, Romanian aur), from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- ‎(“glow”).

Noun

oro m ‎(plural oros)

1. gold

Adjective

oro m, f ‎(plural oros)

1. (heraldry) or

Related terms

• áureo
• dorar
• orfebre
• orfebrería
• oribe/orebce

Etymology 2

Verb

oro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of orar.

Swedish

Etymology

o- +‎ ro, the negation of ro ‎(“rest, peace”), from Old Swedish. Definition 3 is likely a direct loan from German Unruh ‎(“balance wheel”).

Pronunciation

Noun

oro c

1. (archaic, uncountable) unrest
2. (uncountable) worry, fear, anxiety, nervousness
3. a balance wheel, regulating the speed of a clockwork

Declension

Antonyms

• ro

Related terms

• oroa
• orolig
• orolighet

References

• oro in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)