aero

See also: aeró, aerò, äro, aero-, .aero, and aéro-

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

aero (comparative more aero, superlative most aero)

1. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to aviation.

   We've seen a lot of growth in the aero sector.

   • 1918, Illustrated World (volume 29, issue 3, page 406)

     According to aero experts these planes will be capable of carrying six passengers, five machine guns, a special rapid fire aerogun and about fifty bombs, and will be practically immune from injury due to attacks by the light battleplanes […]

2. Aerodynamic; having an aerodynamic appearance.

   It's a very aero design, with smooth lines.

Derived terms

• aero bar
• aero club
• aero engine

Noun

aero (countable and uncountable, plural aeros)

1. (slang, uncountable, motor racing) Aerodynamics.
   • 2009 February 12, Paul Gover, “Australian Grand Prix sleep-in suits Robert Kubica,”, in Herald Sun‎^[1]:

     "The biggest difference is aero, which is a really big cut."

2. (informal, countable, dated) An airplane or airship.
3. aerospace

Anagrams

• Eora, OAer, areo-

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin āēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈero]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: a‧e‧ro

Noun

aero (accusative singular aeron, plural aeroj, accusative plural aerojn)

1. air

Derived terms

• aera (“aerial; airy”)
• aerarmeo (“air force”)
• aerfluo (“draft of air; air current”)
• aeri (“to fill (a tire) with air”)
• aerkluzo (“airlock”)
• aerpirato (“hijacker”)
• aerpoŝto (“airmail”)
• aerpremo (“air pressure”)
• aerŝtono (“aerolite”)
• aertubo (“inner tube”)
• aerujo (“air canister”)
• aerumi (“to air out”)
• aerveturado (“aeronautics; aviation; air travel”)
• aerveturilo (“aircraft”)
• Bonaero (“Buenos Aires”)

 

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto aero, from Latin āēr.

Noun

aero (plural aeri)

1. air

Derived terms

• aerizar (“to air, aerate”)

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Italian

Verb

aero

1. first-person singular present indicative of aerare

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Latin

Alternative forms

• ērō

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αἴρω (aírō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯.roː/, [ˈäe̯roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ro/, [ˈɛːro]

Noun

aerō m (genitive aerōnis); third declension

1. a wicker basket, a hamper

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aerō	aerōnēs
Genitive	aerōnis	aerōnum
Dative	aerōnī	aerōnibus
Accusative	aerōnem	aerōnēs
Ablative	aerōne	aerōnibus
Vocative	aerō	aerōnēs

References

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

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Portuguese

Verb

aero

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈeɾo/ [aˈe.ɾo]

Verb

aero

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of aerar.