different between gro vs agro

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Shortening of gross (adjective), perhaps via grody.

Adjective

gro (comparative more gro, superlative most gro)

1. (US, slang) Disgusting, unpleasant; gross.

   Wash your hair! It's totally gro.

See also

• grody

Etymology 2

Shortening of gross (noun).

Numeral

gro

1. The cardinal number occurring after el do el (??) and before gro one (101) in a duodecimal system. Written 100, decimal value 144.

See also

• mo

Etymology 3

Shortening of grove.

Noun

gro

1. (Britain, in street addresses) Abbreviation of grove.

Anagrams

• Org., Rog, org, org., rog

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German gr?o, from Proto-Germanic *gr?waz. Cognate with German grau, English grey, Dutch grijs, Icelandic grár.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??o/, [??o?]
  • Rhymes: -o?

Adjective

gro (masculine groen, neuter grot, comparative méi gro, superlative am groosten)

1. grey

Declension

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gróa

Verb

gro (imperative gro, present tense gror, passive -, simple past grodde, past participle grodd, present participle groende)

1. to grow
2. to sprout, germinate

Derived terms

• inngrodd
• mosegrodd

References

• “gro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ru?/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gróa. Akin to English grow.

Verb

gro (present tense gror, past tense grodde, past participle grodd or grott, passive infinitive groast, present participle groande, imperative gro)

1. (of plants and body hair): to grow

   Graset gror godt i denne varmen.

   The grass is growing well in this heat.

2. to sprout, germinate
3. (of cuts and sores): to heal

   Ta plaster på såret til det gror.

   Put a band-aid on the sore until it heals.

Derived terms

• inngrodd
• mosegrodd

Etymology 2

Noun

gro f (definite singular groa, indefinite plural grør, definite plural grørne)

1. a toad

   Synonym: padde

References

• “gro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German grao, from Proto-Germanic *gr?waz. Compare German grau, Dutch grauw, English gray, Icelandic grár, Swedish grå.

Adjective

gro

1. gray, grey

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?/

Noun

gro

1. vocative singular of gra

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French gros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rô?/
• Hyphenation: gro

Adverb

gr? (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. much, a lot

Synonyms

• p?no, mn?go, d?sta

References

• “gro” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English grow.

Verb

gro

1. To grow.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gr?w, from Proto-Celtic *gr?w?.

Noun

gro m pl (singulative gröyn)

1. gravel, pebbles

Mutation

English

Alternative forms

• aggro

Etymology

From aggro, by shortening

Pronunciation

Adjective

agro (comparative more agro, superlative most agro)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, slang) angry

Anagrams

• Argo, Garo, Goar, Gora, Rago, goar, gora

Esperanto

Noun

agro (accusative singular agron, plural agroj, accusative plural agrojn)

1. field, piece of arable land

Derived terms

• agrara (“agrarian”)
• agraro (“agricultural land (of a region)”)

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Latin ager, agrum, from Proto-Italic *agros, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?é?ros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a??o?/

Noun

agro m (plural agros)

1. enclosed farmland usually comprising a single property
   • 1259, Andrés Martínez Salazar (ed.), Documentos gallegos de los siglos XIII al XVI. A Coruña: Casa de la Misericordia, page 44:

     nos damos a isse Pedro Pedrez un agro que jaz sobrela egreia de Uillanoua en Seloure a chantar de pereyros et de mazeyras

     we give this Pedro Pérez a field that is over the church of Vilanova in Sillobre, for planting there pear and apple trees

2. countryside
3. primary sector

Derived terms

Related terms

• agra

References

• “agro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “agro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “agro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “agro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “agro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French ager, Italian agro and Spanish agro. In length from English agriculture and Russian ????????????? (agrikul?túra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?ro/
• Hyphenation: ag?ro

Noun

agro (plural agri)

1. field: piece of ground

Derived terms

See also

• feldo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.?ro/

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *acrus, *acrum, from Latin acer, acrem, from Proto-Italic *akris, from Proto-Indo-European *h??rós (“sharp”). See also the doublet acre.

Adjective

agro (feminine agra, masculine plural agri, feminine plural agre)

1. sour, vinegary

Derived terms

• agramente
• agrodolce
• all'agro

Further reading

• agro¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

From Latin ager, agrum, from Proto-Italic *agros, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?é?ros.

Noun

agro m (plural agri)

1. countryside around a town

Further reading

• agro² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• argo, Argo
• roga

Ladino

Adjective

agro (Latin spelling, feminine agra, masculine plural agros, feminine plural agras)

1. sour

Noun

agro m (Latin spelling)

1. vinegar

Latin

Noun

agr?

1. dative singular of ager
2. ablative singular of ager

References

• agro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Adjective

agro

1. vocative singular masculine form of agrais
2. accusative singular masculine form of agrais
3. instrumental singular masculine form of agrais
4. genitive plural masculine form of agrais
5. vocative singular feminine form of agrais
6. accusative singular feminine form of agrais
7. instrumental singular feminine form of agrais
8. genitive plural feminine form of agrais

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin acrus, acra, acrum, from Latin acer, acris.

Adjective

agro

1. sour

Descendants

• Spanish: agro, agrio

Further reading

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1984) , “agrio”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume A-Ca, Madrid: Gredos, ?ISBN, page 77

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a??o/, [?a.???o]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ager, agrum, with first attestation in 1645. However, some dialects may have preserved it as an inherited term.

Noun

agro m (plural agros)

1. field (area of agriculture)

See also

• gleba

Etymology 2

From Old Spanish agro, in use until the 17th century.

Adjective

agro (feminine agra, masculine plural agros, feminine plural agras)

1. Obsolete form of agrio.

Derived terms

• agriar
• agrura

References

Venetian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin root *acrus, *acrum, from Latin ?cer, acrem.

Adjective

agro m (feminine singular agra, masculine plural agri, feminine plural agre)

1. sharp, sour
2. acid