каро

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from French carreau, from Latin quadrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈrɔ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -rɔ
• Syllabification^(key): ка‧ро

Noun

каро́ • (karó) n

1. (card games) ♦, the suit of diamonds
   1. a card of that suit

Declension

Declension of каро́

	singular	plural
indefinite	каро́ karó	кари́ karí
definite	каро́то karóto	кари́те karíte

Coordinate terms

Suits in Bulgarian · бои́ (boí) (layout · text)
ку́па (kúpa)	каро́ (karó)	пи́ка (píka)	спати́я (spatíja) тре́фа (tréfa)

References

• “каро”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “каро”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “каро́”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 251

Anagrams

• кора (kora), рока (roka)

Ket

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *k-doː (“to look”, verb configuration).

Also related to Ket дө (dō, “wakeful, alert, quick to hear, light(-sleeper)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka…do/, [ɣa…ɾo]

Verb

каро ~ -гаро (k⁵-a⁴-[l²]-do⁰) (conjugation class I, II, III or IV)

1. (intransitive, atelic) subject watches, looks around [Conjugation class I]
2. (transitive, atelic) subject looks at something; subject watches, looks after something [Conjugation class II]
3. (intransitive, reflexive, reciprocal, atelic) subject looks at oneself, subjects look to each other [Conjugation class III]
4. (intransitive, reflexive, atelic) subject looks back, turns back [Conjugation class IV]

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *k-doː (“to clear a road”, verb configuration), further etymology unlisted.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka…do/, [ɣa…ɾo]

Verb

каро ~ -гаро (k⁵-a⁴-[l²]-do⁰) (conjugation class I)

1. (transitive, atelic) subject clears a way, opens up a road

Further reading

• Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 194, 399, 400
• Vajda, Edward J.; Zinn, Marina (2004), Kotorova, Elizaveta G., editor, Морфологический словарь кетского глагола (in Russian), Tomsk: Томского государственного педагогического университет (TGPU), page 151
• Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 540-541

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Karo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈrɔ]

Noun

каро • (karo) n

1. diamonds (in card games)

Declension

Declension of каро

	singular	plural
indefinite	каро (karo)	кароа (karoa)
definite unspecified	карото (karoto)	кароата (karoata)
definite proximal	карово (karovo)	кароава (karoava)
definite distal	кароно (karono)	кароана (karoana)
vocative	каро (karo)	кароа (karoa)

See also

Suits in Macedonian · бо́и (bói) (layout · text)
херц (herc), ср́це (sŕce)	ка́ро (káro), ба́клава (báklava), ло́кум (lókum)	пик (pik), лист (list)	треф (tref), дете́лина (detélina)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ка̀ро̄н

Etymology

Borrowed from German Karo.

Noun

ка̏ро m inan (Latin spelling kȁro)

1. ♦, diamonds in card- and boardgames

Declension

Declension of каро

	singular
nominative	ка̏ро
genitive	ка̏ра
dative	ка̏ру
accusative	ка̏ро
vocative	[Term?]
locative	ка̏ру
instrumental	ка̏ром