aro

See also: aró, arò, äro, -aro, and Appendix:Variations of "ar"

English

Etymology

A shortening of aromantic. Coined on the Internet in the 2010s.

Adjective

aro (comparative more aro, superlative most aro)

1. (slang, neologism) Aromantic. (not experiencing romantic attraction)

Noun

aro (plural aros)

1. (slang, neologism) A person who is aromantic.

See also

• (aromantic): ace

Anagrams

• AOR, AoR, Ora, ROA, Rao, Roa, oar, ora

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Basque

Noun

aro

1. age

   Erdi Aro ― Middles Ages, medieval era

   Harri Aro ― Stone Age

References

• Gorka Aulestia, Linda White, Basque-English, English-Basque Dictionary

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Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from -aro (“collection”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaro/
• Hyphenation: a‧ro
• Rhymes: -aro

Noun

aro (accusative singular aron, plural aroj, accusative plural arojn)

1. bunch

   aro da kliŝaĵoj pri kaj Eŭropo kaj la nova traktato

   a bunch of clichés about both Europe and the new treaty

Related terms

• ariĝi

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Finnish

Noun

aro

1. steppe
2. a watery, marshy place; lowland covered by grass, see references.

Declension

Inflection of aro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		aro	arot
genitive		aron	arojen
partitive		aroa	aroja
illative		aroon	aroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		aro	arot
accusative	nom.	aro	arot
	gen.	aron
genitive		aron	arojen
partitive		aroa	aroja
inessive		arossa	aroissa
elative		arosta	aroista
illative		aroon	aroihin
adessive		arolla	aroilla
ablative		arolta	aroilta
allative		arolle	aroille
essive		arona	aroina
translative		aroksi	aroiksi
instructive		—	aroin
abessive		arotta	aroitta
comitative		—	aroineen

Derived terms

Derived terms

• aroeläin
• arojänis

• arokasvi
• arosusi

• arovuokko
• arovyöhyke

• heinäaro

References

Entry 27

Anagrams

• ora

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Hiligaynon

Noun

arô

1. leprosy

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Italian

Verb

aro

1. first-person singular present indicative of arare

Anagrams

• ora

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *araō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti (“to plough”), from the root *h₂erh₃-. The root-final laryngeal was lost in the Proto-Indo-European verb, but was restored in Proto-Italic.

Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀρόω (aróō), Old Church Slavonic орати (orati), Lithuanian arti, and Old English erian (archaic English ear).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.roː/

Verb

arō (present infinitive arāre, perfect active arāvī, supine arātum); first conjugation

1. I plough, till; cultivate land, farm; acquire by tillage.
2. (of age) I draw furrows over the body, wrinkle.

Inflection

Conjugation of aro (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	arō	arās	arat	arāmus	arātis	arant
	imperfect	arābam	arābās	arābat	arābāmus	arābātis	arābant
	future	arābō	arābis	arābit	arābimus	arābitis	arābunt
	perfect	arāvī	arāvistī	arāvit	arāvimus	arāvistis	arāvērunt, arāvēre
	pluperfect	arāveram	arāverās	arāverat	arāverāmus	arāverātis	arāverant
	future perfect	arāverō	arāveris	arāverit	arāverimus	arāveritis	arāverint
passive	present	aror	arāris, arāre	arātur	arāmur	arāminī	arantur
	imperfect	arābar	arābāris, arābāre	arābātur	arābāmur	arābāminī	arābantur
	future	arābor	arāberis, arābere	arābitur	arābimur	arābiminī	arābuntur
	perfect	arātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	arātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	arātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	arem	arēs	aret	arēmus	arētis	arent
	imperfect	arārem	arārēs	arāret	arārēmus	arārētis	arārent
	perfect	arāverim	arāverīs	arāverit	arāverīmus	arāverītis	arāverint
	pluperfect	arāvissem	arāvissēs	arāvisset	arāvissēmus	arāvissētis	arāvissent
passive	present	arer	arēris, arēre	arētur	arēmur	arēminī	arentur
	imperfect	arārer	arārēris, arārēre	arārētur	arārēmur	arārēminī	arārentur
	perfect	arātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	arātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	arā	—	—	arāte	—
	future	—	arātō	arātō	—	arātōte	arantō
passive	present	—	arāre	—	—	arāminī	—
	future	—	arātor	arātor	—	—	arantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		arāre	arāvisse	arātūrus esse	arārī	arātus esse	arātum īrī
participles		arāns	—	arātūrus	—	arātus	arandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		arāre	arandī	arandō	arandum	arātum	arātū

Derived terms

Terms derived from aro

• adarō
• arābilis
• arātiō
• arātor

• arātrum
• arātus
• arvus
• circumarō

• exarō
• inarō
• obarō
• perarō

Related terms

Terms related to aro

• arātiuncula
• arātōrius

• arātrō
• arva

• arvālis

Descendants

• Aromanian: ar, arari
• Franco-Provençal: arar
• Friulian: arâ
• Galician: arar
• Italian: arare
• Occitan: arar
• Old Catalan: arar
• Old French: arer
• Portuguese: arar
• Romanian: ara, arare
• Sardinian: arai, arare
• Sicilian: arari
• Spanish: arar
• Venetian: arar

References

• aro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• aro in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp (compare Indonesian hadap, Malay hadap).

Noun

aro

1. front (facing side)

Verb

aro

1. to turn toward something or someone

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Nauruan

Numeral

aro

1. two

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Old High German

Etymology

Same as arn.

Noun

aro m

1. eagle

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɾu/
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese aro of uncertain origin. Cognate with Spanish aro.

Noun

aro m (plural aros)

1. any large circular band of material
   1. hoop (circular band of metal used to bind a barrel)
   2. rim (outer edge of a wheel)
   3. the frame of eyeglasses

      Synonym: armação

   4. juggling ring

      Synonym: argola

2. the region surrounding a city

   Synonym: periferia

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• arão, arum, árum, jarro, jaro

Noun

aro m (plural aros)

1. arum (any plant in the genus Arum)

Etymology 3

Verb

aro

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of arar

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Romani

Noun

aro m

1. flour

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾo/

Etymology 1

Unknown origin.

Noun

aro m (plural aros)

1. hoop
2. large ring
3. (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay) earring

See also

• anillo
• argolla
• sortija

Etymology 2

From Latin arum.

Noun

aro m (plural aros)

1. arum lily

Alternative forms

• jaro, yaro

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

aro

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

External links

• “aro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.