ero

See also: Ero, erő, érő, -ero, -erò, e-rờ, and ẹrọ

Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from -ero (“element”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈero]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: e‧ro

Noun

ero (accusative singular eron, plural eroj, accusative plural erojn)

1. a bit, a single element, piece, or component of a large mass or collection

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Finnish

Etymology

erä (“apart”) +‎ -o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈero/, [ˈe̞ro̞]
• Rhymes: -ero
• Syllabification: e‧ro

Noun

ero

1. difference, distinction

   Tiedätkö mitä eroa on netbookilla ja notebookilla?

   Do you know what the difference is between a netbook and a notebook?

   Ainoa ero äitiin oli hieman tummempi ihonväri.

   The only difference from his mother was a slightly darker skin tone.

2. Short for avioero (“divorce”).
3. resignation

   Synonym: irtisanoutuminen

4. discharge, dismissal

   Synonym: irtisanominen

5. separation, parting
6. rid (in the expression päästä eroon (jostakin) or hankkiutua eroon (jostakin) for "to get rid of (something)")

Declension

Inflection of ero (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		ero	erot
genitive		eron	erojen
partitive		eroa	eroja
illative		eroon	eroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		ero	erot
accusative	nom.	ero	erot
	gen.	eron
genitive		eron	erojen
partitive		eroa	eroja
inessive		erossa	eroissa
elative		erosta	eroista
illative		eroon	eroihin
adessive		erolla	eroilla
ablative		erolta	eroilta
allative		erolle	eroille
essive		erona	eroina
translative		eroksi	eroiksi
instructive		—	eroin
abessive		erotta	eroitta
comitative		—	eroineen

Possessive forms of ero (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	eroni	eromme
2nd person	erosi	eronne
3rd person	eronsa

Derived terms

• avioero
• erokirje
• eropaperi
• eropäätös
• erota
• erotin
• erottaa
• erotus
• mielipide-ero
• näkemysero

 

Related terms

• erä

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Ido

Noun

ero (plural eri)

1. era

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ero. Cognates include Finnish ero and Estonian eru.

Pronunciation

• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈero/
• Hyphenation: e‧ro

Noun

ero

1. difference
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, pages 3-4:

     Neet dialektat ollaa liki toin toista, mut i ero niijen välil kera ono.

     These dialects are close to each other, but there is also a difference between these.

Declension

Declension of ero (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	ero	erot
genitive	eron	erroin, eroloin
partitive	erroa	erroja, eroloja
illative	erroo	erroihe, eroloihe
inessive	eros	erois, erolois
elative	erost	eroist, eroloist
allative	erolle	eroille, eroloille
adessive	erol	eroil, eroloil
ablative	erolt	eroilt, eroloilt
translative	eroks	eroiks, eroloiks
essive	eronna, erroon	eroinna, eroloinna, erroin, eroloin
exessive1)	eront	eroint, eroloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Related terms

• eri, eriksee

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 36

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɛro
• Hyphenation: è‧ro

Etymology 1

Verb

ero

1. first-person singular imperfect indicative of essere; (I) was

Etymology 2

Clipping of eroina.

Noun

ero f

1. (slang) heroin

Anagrams

• -ore, Ore, ore, reo, reo-

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Japanese

Romanization

ero

1. Rōmaji transcription of エロ

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Jarawa

Adjective

ero

1. angry

References

• Pramod Kumar, Descriptive and Typological Study of Jarawa (2012)

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Ladino

Noun

ero m (Latin spelling, plural eros)

1. hero
   • 2019 February 27, Metin DELEVİ, “El Samuray ke salvo a miles de djudios de los nazis”, in Şalom‎^[3]:

     En el pantheon de los eros durante la Shoah se topa Chiune Sugihara, ke era konsul jeneral de la Japonya en la sivdad Kaunas de la Litvanya.

     In the pantheon of heroes during the Shoah you'll find Chiune Sugihara, who was consul general of Japan in the city of Kaunas in Lithuania.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.roː/, [ˈɛroː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ro/, [ˈɛːro]

Verb

erō

1. first-person singular future active indicative of sum

Noun

erō

1. dative/ablative singular of erus

References

• “ero”, 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.
• ero in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• era, er

Verb

ero

1. (archaic) plural present of vera

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Old High German

Noun

ero n

1. earth

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.rɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɛrɔ
• Syllabification: e‧ro

Noun

ero f

1. vocative singular of era

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈero]

Noun

ero f

1. vocative singular of eră

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Teanu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ero/

Noun

ero

1. water, fresh water
2. river, stream

References

• François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry ero.
• François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry ero.
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021), “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

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Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish ero.

Noun

ero

1. difference
2. distinction
3. disagreement

Inflection

Inflection of ero
nominative sing.	ero
genitive sing.	eron
partitive sing.	erod
partitive plur.	eroid
	singular	plural
nominative	ero	erod
accusative	eron	erod
genitive	eron	eroiden
partitive	erod	eroid
essive-instructive	eron	eroin
translative	eroks	eroikš
inessive	eros	eroiš
elative	erospäi	eroišpäi
illative	?	eroihe
adessive	erol	eroil
ablative	erolpäi	eroilpäi
allative	erole	eroile
abessive	erota	eroita
comitative	eronke	eroidenke
prolative	erodme	eroidme
approximative I	eronno	eroidenno
approximative II	eronnoks	eroidennoks
egressive	eronnopäi	eroidennopäi
terminative I	?	eroihesai
terminative II	erolesai	eroilesai
terminative III	erossai	—
additive I	?	eroihepäi
additive II	erolepäi	eroilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “отличие, различие, разница, разногласие”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika