acro

See also: ACRO and acro-

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of acrobatic.

Adjective

acro (not comparable)

1. Combining acrobatic elements with something else.

Derived terms

• acro dance
• acro yoga
• acrobalance

Noun

acro (uncountable)

1. Acrobatic gymnastics.

Translations

acrobatic gymnastics — see acrobatic gymnastics

Etymology 2

Noun

acro

1. Misspelling of acrow.

Etymology 3

Noun

acro (plural acros)

1. (informal) A warbler of the genus Acrocephalus.

Anagrams

• ocra, arco, Caro, AOCR, orca, CRAO, Roca, RAOC, Cora, Arco

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.kro/
• Rhymes: -akro
• Hyphenation: à‧cro

Noun

acro m (plural acri)

1. acre (unit of measure)

Anagrams

• arco, arcò, caro, ocra, orca, roca

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄκρων (ákrōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.kroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.kro]

Noun

acrō m (genitive acrōnis); third declension

1. The extremity of a thing
2. The stem of a plant

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	acrō	acrōnēs
genitive	acrōnis	acrōnum
dative	acrōnī	acrōnibus
accusative	acrōnem	acrōnēs
ablative	acrōne	acrōnibus
vocative	acrō	acrōnēs

References

• “acro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “acro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.