Rollo
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latinization of the Old French equivalent of the English Rolf.
Proper noun[edit]
Rollo (countable and uncountable, plural Rollos)
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- 1950, Graham Greene, The Third Man, Heinemann, published 1964, page 15:
- There was always a conflict in Rollo Martins ― between the absurd Christian name and the sturdy Dutch (four generations back) surname.
- A surname transferred from the given name.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Rollo is the 11829th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2646 individuals. Rollo is most common among White (89.68%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rollo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
An irregular clipping of Rovaniemi, possibly associated with the rare name Rollo (of ultimately Germanic origin).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Rollo (colloquial)
- Synonym of Rovaniemi.
Declension[edit]
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Rollo" is Rollossa.
Inflection of Rollo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Rollo | Rollot | ||
genitive | Rollon | Rollojen | ||
partitive | Rolloa | Rolloja | ||
illative | Rolloon | Rolloihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Rollo | Rollot | ||
accusative | nom. | Rollo | Rollot | |
gen. | Rollon | |||
genitive | Rollon | Rollojen | ||
partitive | Rolloa | Rolloja | ||
inessive | Rollossa | Rolloissa | ||
elative | Rollosta | Rolloista | ||
illative | Rolloon | Rolloihin | ||
adessive | Rollolla | Rolloilla | ||
ablative | Rollolta | Rolloilta | ||
allative | Rollolle | Rolloille | ||
essive | Rollona | Rolloina | ||
translative | Rolloksi | Rolloiksi | ||
abessive | Rollotta | Rolloitta | ||
instructive | — | Rolloin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Rouleau n
Etymology[edit]
Alteration (based on rollen, Rollladen) of older Rouleau, from French rouleau.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Rollo n (strong, genitive Rollos, plural Rollos)
- roller blind
- roller shutter
- Synonym: Rollladen
Declension[edit]
Declension of Rollo [neuter, strong]
Further reading[edit]
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