different between dro vs fro

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of hydroponic.

Noun

dro (uncountable)

1. (slang) Marijuana grown hydroponically.
   • 2005, Chamillionaire (featuring Krayzie Bone), "Ridin'", The Sound of Revenge:

     They upset for sho', cause they think they know / That they catching me with plenty of the drank and dro

Anagrams

• D. Or., Dor, Dor., ODR, Ord, RDO, Rod, d'or, dor, ord, rod

Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o/

Noun

dro

1. earth, soil

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "?De’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Ligurian

Etymology

de (“of”) +? ro (“the”, masculine singular determinative article)

Contraction

dro

1. Obsolete form of do: of the (masculine singular)

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?o/, [d?o?]

Verb

dro

1. second-person singular imperative of droen

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• drog

Verb

dro

1. simple past of dra

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dro?/

Noun

dro

1. Soft mutation of tro.

Verb

dro

1. Soft mutation of tro.

Mutation

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [f???]
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: froe

Etymology 1

From Middle English fro, fra, from Old English fra (“from”), from Old Norse frá (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *fram (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“forth, forward”). Cognate with Scots frae (“fro, from”), Icelandic frá (“from”). More at from.

Adverb

fro (not comparable)

1. (archaic) From; away; back or backward.

Usage notes

In modern English, used only in the set phrase to and fro (“back and forth”).

Derived terms

• froward
• to and fro
• enfroward

Etymology 2

Clipping of afro.

Alternative forms

• 'fro

Noun

fro (plural fros)

1. (slang) Clipping of afro (hairstyle).

Anagrams

• FOR, ORF, for, for-, orf

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fro??/, [?f??o?]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German vr? (“happy”), from Proto-Germanic *frawaz (“energetic”), cognate with German froh, Old Norse frár (“swift”).

Adjective

fro

1. happy, carefree

Derived terms

• skadefro

References

• “fro” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “fro,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German vr? (“early”, adverb), from Proto-Germanic *fr?waz (“early”), cognate with German früh, Dutch vroeg.

Adverb

fro

1. (obsolete) early

   Synonyms: tidligt, årle

   • 1747, Speculum vitæ aulicæ, eller den fordanskede Reynike Fosz, p.234

Derived terms

• frokost
• fromesse
• froprædiken

References

• “fro,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Luxembourgish

Verb

fro

1. second-person singular imperative of froen

Middle English

Adverb

fro

1. from
   • 14^th Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale

     That if I might skapen fro prisoun

     That if I can escape from prison

Norman

Alternative forms

• froc (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French froc (“frock, a monk's gown or habit”), from Frankish *hrokk (“robe, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, garment, cowl”), variant of *rukkaz (“upper garment, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *rug(')- (“upper clothes, shirt”).

Pronunciation

• (Jersey)

Noun

fro m (plural frocs)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) dress

Synonyms

• robe

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• fra

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frawaz, whence also Old Norse frár (“swift”).

Adjective

fr? (comparative fr?woro, superlative fr?wost)

1. glad

Declension

Welsh

Noun

fro

1. Soft mutation of bro.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vro?/

Mutation