haro

See also: Härö, härö, Haro, háro, and hāro

English

Etymology

From Old French haro, harou, from two words, "Ha" and "Rollo", referring to the Duke Rollo of Normandy; his name became well known as a cry for justice and was later shortened to "Haro." -"The Little Duke", Charlotte Young, 1955

Interjection

haro

1. (obsolete) An exclamation of distress; alas.
2. (Channel Islands) A call for help, a demand for protection against harm, or for assistance to arrest an adversary.

Derived terms

• clameur de haro

Anagrams

• Hoar, Hora, ROAH, haor, hoar, hora, oh ar

Esperanto

homa haro, 200-obla grandiĝo

Etymology

From English hair, German Haar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈharo]

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• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: ha‧ro

Noun

haro (accusative singular haron, plural haroj, accusative plural harojn)

1. (an individual) hair

   Holonyms: barbo, hararo, lipharoj, liphararo

   Mi trovis haron en mia salado do mi resendis ĝin. ― I found a hair in my salad, so I sent it back.

Derived terms

• hararo
• senhara (“hairless, bald”)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑro

Verb

haro

1. inflection of haroa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• Arho, arho, hora, ohra

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French haro, from Old French haro, harou, from Frankish *harot, *hara (“here; hither”), akin to Old High German herot (“here; hither”), Old Saxon herod (“here; hither”), Middle Dutch hare (“here”) and English harrow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʁo/

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Interjection

haro

1. cry for help
2. cry of a huntsman to excite the hounds

Noun

haro m (uncountable)

1. hue (cry)
2. outcry

   Synonym: tollé

Derived terms

• clameur de haro
• crier haro sur le baudet

Further reading

• “haro”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto haro, English hair, German Haar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈharo/

Noun

haro (plural hari)

1. a hair (of a person's head)

Derived terms

• hararacho (“mop, shock of hair;”)
• hararo (“hair”, collective)
• haropelo (“scalp”)
• harotreso (“hair-plait, pigtail, queue”)
• haroza (“hairy”)
• longhara (“long haired”)

 

See also

• pilo

Rapa Nui

Verb

haro

1. to pull

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji haaraya, Hadiyya haareechcho and Oromo haaraa.

Adjective

haro

1. new

References

• Manuale di Sidamo by M. M. Moreno (Mondadori Milano 1940)

Tagalog

Isang haro para pangbuhos ng likido (An earthen pitcher jug for pouring liquids).

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish jarro. Compare English jar. Doublet of saro.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɾo/ [ˈha.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: ha‧ro

Noun

haro (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜇᜓ)

1. earthen jug; earthen pitcher

   Synonyms: saro, pitsel

See also

• galong
• gulgurita
• kalalang

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /haˈɾo/ [hɐˈɾo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ha‧ro

Adjective

haró (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜇᜓ)

1. frisky of body

   Synonyms: gaso, gaslaw, karos, haros, harot, likot

Derived terms

• maharo

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Western Oceanic *karo, from Proto-Oceanic *karut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *karut, from Proto-Austronesian *karut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaro/

Verb

haro

1. to scratch

Further reading

• Ross, Malcolm D. (1998) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 1, Material culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)