different between rarf vs raro

English

Etymology

Diminutive of ralphie, rafie.

Noun

rarf (plural rarfs)

1. (North Yorkshire) An idiot

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• Farr, farr

'Are'are

Noun

raro

1. sky

Synonyms

• rararaa

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. Probably borrowed from Latin r?rus, rather than inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?o?/

Adjective

raro m (feminine singular rara, masculine plural raros, feminine plural raras)

1. rare
2. thin, sparse
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 105:

     Outra enfirmidade se faz enno ventre do Cauallo que faz rrugyr as tripas, et faz a miude estercar o Cauallo cruu et rraro como agooa

     another sickness happens in the belly of the horse that make the guts rumble, and frequently it makes the horse defecate raw and sparse as water

   • 1455, María del Carmen Sánchez Carrera (ed.), El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV. El espacio y los hombres. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 336:

     primeiramente que lle roçasen toda enderredor o silvar e mato hua braça que sobra sobre a dita vinna e mays en fondo dela apo quanto que estava muyto rara e em outros lugares que a ontrechatasem ou encasasem e que aestes chantamentos ou encasamentos que lle deytasen tres carros desterco e por quanto non fora arrendada que a cavasen toda en este mes de ianeiro primeiro que ven, sendo primeiramente rosado todo enderredor e o silvar e mato que sae por cima da dita vinna e de mays que daqui endeante desen cada vinna em cada hun anno duas cavas en sua sazon

3. scarce
   • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana, Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 150:

     son tã poucas et tã rraras [...]

     they are so few and so scarce [...]

Derived terms

• raramente
• rarear
• rareza

References

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin r?rus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra.ro/
• Rhymes: -aro

Adjective

raro (feminine rara, masculine plural rari, feminine plural rare)

1. rare

Related terms

• raramente
• rarità

Latin

Adjective

r?r?

1. dative masculine singular of r?rus
2. dative neuter singular of r?rus
3. ablative masculine singular of r?rus
4. ablative neuter singular of r?rus

Adverb

r?r? (comparative r?rius, superlative r?rissim?)

1. rarely, seldom.

References

• raro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• raro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• raro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lalo, from Proto-Oceanic *ralom, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dal?m, from Proto-Austronesian *dal?m.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ra?ro

Noun

raro

1. the underworld

   Ka tae t? wairua ki raro.

   Your spirit will go to the underworld.

2. bottom
3. north

Preposition

raro

1. below
2. under

Derived terms

• marangai-m?-raro

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin r?rus. Compare ralo, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /??a.?u/
• Hyphenation: ra?ro

Adjective

raro m (feminine singular rara, masculine plural raros, feminine plural raras, comparable)

2. rare (very uncommon)
4. exceptional; extraordinary (much better than average)

   Synonyms: excepcional, extraordinário, notável, inusitado

6. sparse (few and far apart)

   Synonyms: ralo, esparso

Conjugation

Antonyms

• (rare): comum
• (sparse): denso

Related terms

• ralo
• rarear

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lalo, from Proto-Oceanic *ralom, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dal?m, from Proto-Austronesian *dal?m.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ra?ro

Noun

raro

1. bottom (lower part)

   Ki ea-mai mai raro mai te rano.

   When coming up from the bottom of the crater.

   Ku toka ana te vai i raro i te puna.

   There is little water left at the bottom of the lake.

Preposition

raro

1. below

   i raro i te pakoga

   below the deep place

2. under

   I te ahiahi-ata he garo te raá ki raro ki te vai kava.

   In the evening the sun disappears under the sea.

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin r?rus. Doublet of the inherited ralo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?o/, [?ra.?o]

Adjective

raro (feminine rara, masculine plural raros, feminine plural raras) (superlative rarísimo)

1. strange or odd
2. rare

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

• orar

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lalo, from Proto-Oceanic *ralom, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dal?m, from Proto-Austronesian *dal?m.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ra?ro

Noun

raro

1. west

Synonyms

• tooa

Preposition

raro

1. below
2. under

   Teie râ, te vai noa ra te tahi mau tuhaa o te oire i raro a‘e i te mau haapueraa pehu.

   Yet all the while part of the city lay buried under mounds of apparent rubbish.

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tát??.

Numeral

raro

1. three