row

See also rów

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

• 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’) Bosnian: red (bs) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 排 (zh) (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: ڕیز Polish: rząd (pl) m. Portuguese: fileira (pt) f. Russian: ряд (ru) (rjad) m. Serbian: 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 (varusa) Uzbek: qator (uz)

in a table

Armenian: շարք (hy) (šark’) Bosnian: red (bs) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 行 (zh) (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. Russian: ряд (ru) (rjad) m., строка (ru) (stroká) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: ред m., редац m. Roman: red m., redac m. Slovak: riadok (sk) m. Swahili: safu (sw) Swedish: rad (sv) c. Telugu: అడ్డు వరుస (aDDu varusa)

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Catalan: fila f. (1), filera f. (1)

Etymology 2

Middle English rowen (“to row”), from Old English rōwan (“to row”), from Proto-Germanic *rōanan (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *ere-, *rē- (“to row”). 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. and f. pl.

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.

Translations

transitive:to propel over water using oars

Chinese: Mandarin: 划 (zh) (huá), 划船 (zh) (huáchuán) Danish: ro (da) Dutch: roeien (nl) Finnish: soutaa (fi) French: ramer (fr) German: rudern (de) Italian: remare (it)

Japanese: 漕ぐ (ja) (こぐ, kogu) Portuguese: remar (pt) Russian: грести (ru) (grestí) impf. Spanish: remar (es) Swedish: ro (sv) Telugu: తెడ్డు వేయుట (teDDu vaeyuTa) 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.

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: rou, IPA: /raʊ/, SAMPA: /raU/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aʊ

Noun

row (plural rows)

1. A noisy argument
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 f., Prügelei f., Radau m., Schlägerei f., Stunk m. Swedish: gräl (sv), bråk (sv), tumult (sv)

continual loud noise

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

German: Aufruhr m., Donnerwetter n., Klamauk m., Krach m., Krakeel m., Krawall m., Lärm m., Rabatz m., Radau m., Spektakel m., Tumult 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) Swedish: gräla (sv), bråka (sv)

Anagrams

• wor

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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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Vilamovian

Noun

row

1. raven