roe

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Quotations 1.2.1.2 Synonyms 1.2.1.3 Derived terms 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.2.2 See also 1.3 References 1.4 Etymology 2 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Scientific names 1.4.1.2 Synonyms 1.4.1.3 Derived terms 1.4.1.4 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Spanish 3.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: rō, IPA: /rəʊ/, SAMPA: /r@U/
• (US) enPR: rō, IPA: /roʊ/, SAMPA: /roU/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• 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’”).

[edit] Noun

roe (uncountable)

1. The eggs of fish.
2. The sperm of certain fish.
3. 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)

[edit] Synonyms

• (sperm): milt

[edit] Derived terms

• hard roe
• soft roe

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• caviar
• egg

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ “roe” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

[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’”)

[edit] Noun

roe (plural roe or roes)

1. A Eurasian deer with brownish coat.

[edit] Scientific names

• Capreolus capreolus

[edit] Synonyms

• roe deer

[edit] Derived terms

• roebuck

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of eor
• o'er
• ore, Ore., öre, øre

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

roe

1. Alternate, shortened form of roede.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Verb

roe (infinitive: roer)

1. informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of roer.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of roer.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of roer.