Faroese

Proper noun

Ró f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Ró: Róarson
• daughter of Ró: Róardóttir

Declension

Czech

Noun

ró n

1. rho (Greek letter)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ró

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɹɔuːw]

Noun

ró f (genitive singular róar, uncountable)

1. peace, quiet, rest

Synonyms

• rógv

Declension

Related terms

• Ró

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈroː]
• Hyphenation: ró

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *rokɜ- ‎(“to cut, chop up”) ^[1][2]

Verb

ró

1. to notch

Conjugation

Derived terms

• rovás
• rovott

(With verbal prefixes):

• felró
• kiró
• leró
• megró
• ráró

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ῥῶ ‎(rhô)

Noun

ró ‎(plural rók)

1. rho (Greek letter)

Declension

References

1. ↑ Entry #862 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
2. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rouː/

  Rhymes: -ouː

Etymology 1

From the Old Norse ró (whence also Danish ro).

Noun

ró f ‎(genitive singular róar, no plural)

1. calm, rest, stillness, tranquility ^syn.
2. peace, quiet ^syn.

Declension

Derived terms

Synonyms

• (tranquility ^def.): kyrrð
• (quiet ^def.): friður, næði

Etymology 2

Noun

ró f ‎(genitive singular róar, nominative plural rær)

1. nut (fastener with a hole through it, intended to be screwed onto a bolt)

Declension

See also

• bolti

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɾˠoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɾˠɔː/

Etymology 1

See ró-.

Noun

ró m ‎(genitive singular ró)

1. abundance, excess (literary)

Declension

Synonyms

• barraíocht
• flúirse

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English row.

Noun

ró m ‎(genitive singular ró, nominative plural rónna)

1. row, line

Declension

Synonyms

• líne
• sraith

Tetum

Noun

ró

1. boat