row

See also rów, and rōw

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Old English rāw. Cognate with Dutch rij and German Reihe (“row”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: rō, IPA: /ɹəʊ/, X-SAMPA: /r@U/
• (US) enPR: rō, IPA: /ɹoʊ/, X-SAMPA: /roU/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophones: rho, roe
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun

row (plural rows)

1. A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc.
2. A line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom

Synonyms

• (line of objects): line, sequence, series, succession, tier (of seats)
• (in a table): line

Antonyms

• column

Translations

line of objects

• Arabic: صف (ar) (ʂaff) m
• Armenian: շարք (hy) (šark’) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 排 (cmn) (pái)

• Czech: řada (cs) f
• Danish: række (da) c, rad (da) c
• Dutch: rij (nl) f
• Esperanto: vico (eo)
• Estonian: rivi (et)
• Finnish: rivi (fi)
• French: ligne (fr) f, rang (fr) m, rangée (fr) f
• German: Reihe (de) f
• Hungarian: sor (hu)
• Irish: líne (ga) f
• Italian: fila (it) f
• Japanese: 列 (ja) (れつ, retsu)
• Korean: 줄 (ko) (jul)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ڕیز

• Latvian: rinda (lv) f
• Polish: rząd (pl) m
• Portuguese: fileira (pt) f
• Russian: ряд (ru) (rjad) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ред m

  Roman: red m

• Slovak: rad (sk) m
• Spanish: fila (es) f, línea (es) f, pista (es) f
• Swahili: safu (sw)
• Swedish: rad (sv) c
• Telugu: వరుస (te) (varusa)
• Turkish: sıra (tr)
• Uzbek: qator (uz)

in a table

• Armenian: շարք (hy) (šark’) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 行 (cmn) (háng)

• Czech: řádek (cs) m
• Danish: række (da) c
• Dutch: rij (nl) f
• Estonian: rida (et)
• Finnish: rivi (fi)
• French: ligne (fr) f
• German: Zeile (de) f
• Italian: riga (it) f
• Japanese: 行 (ja) (ぎょう, gyō)

• Polish: wiersz (pl) m
• Portuguese: linha (pt) f
• Russian: ряд (ru) (rjad) m , строка (ru) (stroká) f 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ред m, редац m

  Roman: red m, redac m

• Slovak: riadok (sk) m
• Swahili: safu (sw)
• Swedish: rad (sv) c
• Telugu: అడ్డు వరుస (te) (aḍḍu varusa)
• Turkish: satır (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Catalan: fila f (1), filera f (1)

Etymology 2

From Middle English rowen (“to row”), from Old English rōwan (“to row”), from Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *ere-, *h₁reh₁- (“to row”). Compare West Frisian roeie, Dutch roeien, Danish ro. More at rudder.

Noun

row (plural rows)

1. (weightlifting) An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.

Translations

exercise

• Portuguese: remo (pt) m

• Spanish: remo (es), remado (es)

Verb

row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)

1. (transitive or intransitive, nautical) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
2. (transitive) To transport in a boat propelled with oars.

   to row the captain ashore in his barge

3. (intransitive) To be moved by oars.

   The boat rows easily.

Translations

transitive:to propel over water using oars

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 划 (cmn) (huá), 划船 (cmn) (huáchuán)

• Czech: veslovat (cs)
• Danish: ro (da)
• Dutch: roeien (nl)
• Finnish: soutaa (fi)
• French: ramer (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: rudern (de)
• Icelandic: róa (is), (informal) paddla (is)

• Italian: remare (it)
• Japanese: 漕ぐ (ja) (こぐ, kogu)
• Portuguese: remar (pt)
• Russian: грести (ru) (grestí)  impf.
• Scottish Gaelic: iomair (gd)
• Spanish: remar (es)
• Swedish: ro (sv)
• Telugu: తెడ్డు వేయుట (teḍḍu vaeyuṭa)
• Uzbek: eshmoq (uz)

intransitive: to propel a boat or other craft over water using oars

• Czech: veslovat (cs)
• Danish: ro (da)
• Portuguese: remar (pt)

• Russian: грести (ru) (grestí)  impf.
• Spanish: remar (es)

Etymology 3

Unclear; some suggest it is a back-formation from rouse, verb.

Pronunciation

• enPR: rou, IPA: /raʊ/, X-SAMPA: /raU/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aʊ

Noun

row (plural rows)

1. A noisy argument.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Byron to this entry?)

2. A continual loud noise.

   Who's making that row?

Synonyms

• (noisy argument): argument, disturbance, fight, fracas, quarrel, shouting match, slanging match
• (continual loud noise): din, racket

Translations

noisy argument

• Danish: spektakel (da) n, tumult (da) c, optøjer (da) pl, ballade (da) c, strid (da) c, skænderi (da) n, slagsmål (da) n
• Dutch: ruzie (nl) f
• Finnish: riita (fi), rähinä (fi)

• German: Auseinandersetzung (de) f, Prügelei (de) f, Radau (de) m, Schlägerei (de) f, Stunk (de) m
• Scottish Gaelic: trod (gd) m
• Swedish: gräl (sv), bråk (sv), tumult (sv)

continual loud noise

• Bulgarian: дандания (bg) (dandaníja) f 
• Danish: spektakel (da) n, ballade (da) c
• Finnish: meteli (fi), rähinä (fi)

• German: Aufruhr (de) m, Donnerwetter (de) n, Klamauk (de) m, Krach (de) m, Krakeel (de) m, Krawall (de) m, Lärm (de) m, Rabatz (de) m, Radau (de) m, Spektakel (de) m, Tumult (de) m
• Swedish: oväsen (sv)

Verb

row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)

1. (intransitive) to argue noisily

Synonyms

• (argue noisily): argue, fight

Translations

intransitive: to argue noisily

• Danish: skændes (da), skælde ud (da)
• Finnish: riidellä (fi)
• German: any of the translations above for "noisy argument" followed by machen or by veranstalten or by verursachen

• Portuguese: discutir (pt)
• Romanian: certa (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: troid (gd)
• Swedish: gräla (sv), bråka (sv)

Anagrams

• wor

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Lower Sorbian

Noun

row m (diminutive rowk)

1. grave

Declension

declension of row

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	row	rowa	rowy
Genitive	rowa	rowowu	rowow
Dative	rowoju	rowoma	rowam
Accusative	row	rowa	rowy
Instrumental	rowom	rowoma	rowami
Locative	rowje	rowoma	rowach

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Manx

Etymology

From an old perfective particle ro- + va.

Verb

row

1. was, were (dependent form)

Usage notes

Part of the substantive verb bee. This is the dependent form of the past tense va used after negative and interrogative particles:

1. • Cha row aggle erbee er.
     • He was not in the least afraid.
   • Dooyrt eh dy row eh mac y ree.
     • He claimed that he was the son of the king.

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Upper Sorbian

Noun

row m

1. grave