aro
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Clipping of aromantic. Coined on the Internet in the 2010s.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (AU) (file)
Adjective[edit]
aro (comparative more aro, superlative most aro)
- (slang, neologism) Aromantic (not experiencing romantic attraction).
- 2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope", Dalhousie Gazette (Dalhousie University), 12 February - 18 February 2016, page 16:
- For ace and aro people, the possibilities for diverse relationships are endless, despite how pop culture often brands our identity as restrictive and confined.
- 2017, Melissa Reph, "You might not like hearing this, but I don't like 'Riverdale'", The Muhlenberg Weekly (Muhlenberg College), 26 October 2017, page 3:
- For the show to completely and utterly ignore this is huge since there are very few representations of aro and ace-spec people in media of any kind.
- 2018, Alexis Stark, "A-spectrum student experiences on MSU's campus", The State News (Michigan State University), 29 November 2018, page 5:
- This provides a home base for people looking to learn more about ace and aro identities.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aro.
- 2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope", Dalhousie Gazette (Dalhousie University), 12 February - 18 February 2016, page 16:
Noun[edit]
aro (plural aros)
- (slang, neologism) A person who is aromantic.
- 2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope", Dalhousie Gazette (Dalhousie University), 12 February - 18 February 2016, page 16:
- While aces and aros can often be a misunderstood demographic in the queer community and outside of it, information about our identities is making its way into more conversations.
- 2018, Isabel Nathan, "Asexuals, you are not alone", Washington Blade, 19 October 2018, page 20:
- Now most of my social circle is made up of other aces and aros.
- 2019, Chelaine Kirsh, "Let's talk about aces, baby", The Sheaf (University of Saskatchewan), 24 October 2019, page 11:
- Building off from this calling card, aros have a more obscure variation of this where they don white rings.
- 2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope", Dalhousie Gazette (Dalhousie University), 12 February - 18 February 2016, page 16:
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Afar[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aró f
- bite (act of biting)
References[edit]
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Basque[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
aro inan
Declension[edit]
Declension of aro (inanimate, ending in vowel) | |||
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indefinite | singular | plural | |
absolutive | aro | aroa | aroak |
ergative | arok | aroak | aroek |
dative | arori | aroari | aroei |
genitive | aroren | aroaren | aroen |
comitative | arorekin | aroarekin | aroekin |
causative | arorengatik | aroarengatik | aroengatik |
benefactive | arorentzat | aroarentzat | aroentzat |
instrumental | aroz | aroaz | aroez |
inessive | arotan | aroan | aroetan |
locative | arotako | aroko | aroetako |
allative | arotara | arora | aroetara |
terminative | arotaraino | aroraino | aroetaraino |
directive | arotarantz | arorantz | aroetarantz |
destinative | arotarako | arorako | aroetarako |
ablative | arotatik | arotik | aroetatik |
partitive | arorik | — | — |
prolative | arotzat | — | — |
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
aro inan
Declension[edit]
Declension of aro (inanimate, ending in vowel) | |||
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indefinite | singular | plural | |
absolutive | aro | aroa | aroak |
ergative | arok | aroak | aroek |
dative | arori | aroari | aroei |
genitive | aroren | aroaren | aroen |
comitative | arorekin | aroarekin | aroekin |
causative | arorengatik | aroarengatik | aroengatik |
benefactive | arorentzat | aroarentzat | aroentzat |
instrumental | aroz | aroaz | aroez |
inessive | arotan | aroan | aroetan |
locative | arotako | aroko | aroetako |
allative | arotara | arora | aroetara |
terminative | arotaraino | aroraino | aroetaraino |
directive | arotarantz | arorantz | aroetarantz |
destinative | arotarako | arorako | aroetarako |
ablative | arotatik | arotik | aroetatik |
partitive | arorik | — | — |
prolative | arotzat | — | — |
References[edit]
- ^ “aro” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading[edit]
- “aro” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
- “aro” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from -aro (“collection”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aro (accusative singular aron, plural aroj, accusative plural arojn)
- bunch
- aro da kliŝaĵoj pri kaj Eŭropo kaj la nova traktato ― a bunch of clichés about both Europe and the new treaty
Related terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *aro (compare Estonian aru), probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *arɜ (compare Erzya аразь (arazʹ, “lack”), Khanty [script needed] (urι, urə), Mansi [script needed] (orāj, orəj)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aro
Declension[edit]
Inflection of aro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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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 |
Possessive forms of aro (type valo) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | aroni | aromme |
2nd person | arosi | aronne |
3rd person | aronsa |
Compoundss[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
References[edit]
- aro in Suomen murteiden sanakirja (Dictionary of Finnish Dialects)[2]
Garo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably borrowed from Bengali আর (ar).
Conjunction[edit]
aro
References[edit]
- Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon[3], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 337
Hiligaynon[edit]
Noun[edit]
arô
Italian[edit]
Verb[edit]
aro
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Verb[edit]
arō (present infinitive arāre, perfect active arāvī, supine arātum); first conjugation
- I plough, till; I cultivate land, farm; I acquire by tillage
- (of age) I draw furrows over the body, wrinkle
Conjugation[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “aro”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Malagasy[edit]
Noun[edit]
aro
Adjective[edit]
aro
Mansaka[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu.
Noun[edit]
aro
Etymology 2[edit]
Unknown.
Noun[edit]
arò
Maori[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp (“front, facing part”).
Noun[edit]
aro
- front (facing side)
- Kua maringi i a koe ki runga i to aro.
- You've spilt it down your front.
- Kua maringi i a koe ki runga i to aro.
- front (weather)
- Ko te paenga e tūtaki ai ētahi hau whakapipi e rua, ka kīia he aro.
- The boundary where two air masses meet is called a front.
- Ko te paenga e tūtaki ai ētahi hau whakapipi e rua, ka kīia he aro.
Verb[edit]
aro (passive arohia or arongia or arotia)
- (transitive) to turn toward something or someone
- Me aro te kaikōrero ki te hunga turi, kia kite ai rātou i tōna waha e kōrero na.
- The speaker should face toward the deaf people so that they can see her mouth when she is talking.
- Me aro te kaikōrero ki te hunga turi, kia kite ai rātou i tōna waha e kōrero na.
References[edit]
- “aro” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Nauruan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Pre-Nauruan *rua-ua, from Proto-Micronesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
Numeral[edit]
aro
Old High German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Same as arn.
Noun[edit]
aro m
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aɾu
- Hyphenation: a‧ro
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Portuguese aro of uncertain origin. Cognate with Spanish aro.
Noun[edit]
aro m (plural aros)
- any large circular band of material
- the region surrounding a city
- Synonym: periferia
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
aro m (plural aros)
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
aro
Romani[edit]
Noun[edit]
aro m
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Unknown origin.
Noun[edit]
aro m (plural aros)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
aro m (plural aros)
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
aro
Further reading[edit]
- “aro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Yami[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hadu, from Proto-Austronesian *Sadu. Cognate with Puyuma sadru and Limos Kalinga adu.
Adjective[edit]
aro
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