roe
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: rō, IPA: /rəʊ/, SAMPA: /r@U/
- (US) enPR: rō, IPA: /roʊ/, SAMPA: /roU/
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- Rhymes: -əʊ
- Homophones: row (in some senses only)
[edit] Etymology 1
15th century, from Middle Dutch roge or Middle Low German roge, from Old High German roga; related to Old Norse hrogn, Flemish rog; from Proto-Germanic *khrugna; from Proto-Indo-European *qreq- (“‘spawn’”) or Proto-Indo-European *krek-, from which also Lithuanian kurkle, Russian krjak “frog’s eggs”.[1] Compare this latter PIE root to Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“‘fish egg’”), from which Russian икра (ikrá), “‘roe, fish eggs’”).
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roe (uncountable)
- The eggs of fish.
- The sperm of certain fish.
- The ovaries of certain crustaceans.
[edit] Quotations
- 1988 : It was quite flavourless, except that, where its innards had been imperfectly removed, silver traces of roe gave it an unpleasant bitterness. - Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, (Penguin Books, paperback edition, 40)
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- (sperm): milt
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eggs of fish
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[edit] Etymology 2
Middle English ro, from Old English rā, from Proto-Germanic *raikhon. Compare Old Norse rá (Danish rå), Dutch ree, Old High German reho, German Reh (“‘doe’”)
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roe (plural roe or roes)
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roe deer — see roe deer
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roe
- Alternate, shortened form of roede.
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[edit] Verb
roe (infinitive: roer)
- informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of roer.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of roer.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of roer.
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