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'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

English

Etymology

Clipping of aromantic. Coined on the Internet in the 2010s.

Pronunciation

Adjective

aro (comparative more aro, superlative most aro)

1. (slang, neologism) Aromantic (not experiencing romantic attraction).
   • 2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope", Dalhousie Gazette (Dalhousie University), 12 February - 18 February 2016, page 16:

     For ace and aro people, the possibilities for diverse relationships are endless, despite how pop culture often brands our identity as restrictive and confined.

   • 2017, Melissa Reph, "You might not like hearing this, but I don't like 'Riverdale'", The Muhlenberg Weekly (Muhlenberg College), 26 October 2017, page 3:

     For the show to completely and utterly ignore this is huge since there are very few representations of aro and ace-spec people in media of any kind.

   • 2018, Alexis Stark, "A-spectrum student experiences on MSU's campus", The State News (Michigan State University), 29 November 2018, page 5:

     This provides a home base for people looking to learn more about ace and aro identities.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aro.

Noun

aro (plural aros)

1. (slang, neologism) A person who is aromantic.
   • 2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope", Dalhousie Gazette (Dalhousie University), 12 February - 18 February 2016, page 16:

     While aces and aros can often be a misunderstood demographic in the queer community and outside of it, information about our identities is making its way into more conversations.

   • 2018, Isabel Nathan, "Asexuals, you are not alone", Washington Blade, 19 October 2018, page 20:

     Now most of my social circle is made up of other aces and aros.

   • 2019, Chelaine Kirsh, "Let's talk about aces, baby", The Sheaf (University of Saskatchewan), 24 October 2019, page 11:

     Building off from this calling card, aros have a more obscure variation of this where they don white rings.

See also

• ace

Anagrams

• AOR, AoR, OAR, Ora, ROA, Rao, Roa, oar, ora

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???o/

Noun

aró f 

1. bite (act of biting)

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Basque

Noun

aro inan

1. age

References

• Gorka Aulestia, Linda White, Basque-English, English-Basque Dictionary

Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from -aro (“collection”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?aro/
• Hyphenation: a?ro
• Rhymes: -aro
• Audio:

Noun

aro (accusative singular aron, plural aroj, accusative plural arojn)

1. bunch

Related terms

• ari?i

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aro (compare Estonian aru), probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ar? (compare Khanty [script needed] (ur?, ur?), Mansi [script needed] (or?j, or?j)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ro/, [??ro?]
• Rhymes: -?ro
• Syllabification: a?ro

Noun

aro

1. steppe
2. (dialectal) humid or swampy meadow or plain

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

• ora

Garo

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Bengali ?? (ar).

Conjunction

aro

1. and, in addition to

References

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon?^[2], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 337

Hiligaynon

Noun

arô

1. leprosy

Italian

Verb

aro

1. first-person singular present indicative of arare

Anagrams

• ora

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ara?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?éryeti (“to plough”), from the root *h?erh?-. The root-final laryngeal was lost in the Proto-Indo-European verb, but was restored in Proto-Italic.

Cognates include Ancient Greek ???? (aró?), Old Church Slavonic ????? (orati), Lithuanian arti, and Old English erian (archaic English ear).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.ro?/, [?ä?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.ro/, [?????]

Verb

ar? (present infinitive ar?re, perfect active ar?v?, supine ar?tum); first conjugation

1. I plough, till; I cultivate land, farm; I acquire by tillage
2. (of age) I draw furrows over the body, wrinkle

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• aro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• aro in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Malagasy

Noun

aro

1. defense; protection

Adjective

aro

1. (dialectal, Betsimisaraka) Synonym of roa

Mansaka

Noun

aro

1. pestle
2. pole for pounding rice

Noun

arò

1. fog

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qad?p.

Noun

aro

1. front (facing side)

   Kua maringi i a koe ki runga i to aro.

   You've spilt it down your front.

2. front (weather)

   Ko te paenga e t?taki ai ?tahi hau whakapipi e rua, ka k?ia he aro.

   The boundary where two air masses meet is called a front.

Verb

aro

1. (transitive) to turn toward something or someone

   Me aro te kaik?rero ki te hunga turi, kia kite ai r?tou i t?na waha e k?rero na.

   The speaker should face toward the deaf people so that they can see her mouth when she is talking.

References

• “aro” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, ?ISBN.

Nauruan

Etymology

From Pre-Nauruan *rua-ua, from Proto-Micronesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

aro

1. two

Old High German

Etymology

Same as arn.

Noun

aro m

1. eagle

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese aro of uncertain origin. Cognate with Spanish aro.

Noun

aro m (plural aros)

1. any large circular band of material
   1. hoop (circular band of metal used to bind a barrel)
   2. rim (outer edge of a wheel)
   3. the frame of eyeglasses

      Synonym: armação

   4. juggling ring

      Synonym: argola

2. the region surrounding a city

   Synonym: periferia

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• arão, arum, árum, jarro, jaro

Noun

aro m (plural aros)

1. arum (any plant in the genus Arum)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

aro

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

Romani

Noun

aro m

1. flour

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?o/, [?a.?o]
• Rhymes: -a?o
• Hyphenation: a?ro

Etymology 1

Unknown origin.

Noun

aro m (plural aros)

1. hoop
2. large ring
3. (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay) earring

   Synonyms: arete, pendiente

Derived terms

• arete

See also

• anillo
• argolla
• sortija

Etymology 2

From Latin arum.

Noun

aro m (plural aros)

1. arum lily

Alternative forms

• jaro, yaro

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

aro

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

Further reading

• “aro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hadu, from Proto-Austronesian *Sadu. Cognate with Puyuma sadru and Limos Kalinga adu.

Adjective

aro

1. many; a lot