miro

See also: Miro, miró, mirò, míro, Miró, and миро

English

Etymology

From Māori miro.

Noun

miro (plural miros)

1. (New Zealand) A large conifer of New Zealand, Pectinopitys ferruginea (syn. Prumnopitys ferruginea), with narrow leaves and reddish fruit; the wood of this tree. [from 19th c.]
   • 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 349:

     “The only thing I don't bloody know is where you'd find a miro tree round here.”

2. A portia tree (Thespesia populnea), of dark, durable, attractive wood.

Translations

Pectinopitys ferruginea

• Hausa: please add this translation if you can
• Māori: please add this translation if you can

wood of Thespesia populnea

• Hausa: please add this translation if you can
• Māori: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Irmo, IMRO, Moir, Mori

Asturian

Verb

miro

1. first-person singular present indicative of mirar

Baltic Romani

Pronoun

miro

1. (Litovska) masculine genitive of mē

Declension

Litovska/Lithuanian Romani personal pronouns

		singular				plural			reflexive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
				m	f
Nominative		mē	tu	jou	joj	amē	tumē	jonē	-
Accusative/ Independent Oblique		man	tut	lēs	la	amēn	tumēn	lēn	pes
Dative		mange	tuke	lēske	lake	amēnge	tumēnge	lēnge	pēske
Ablative1		mandyr	tutyr	lēstyr	latyr	amēndyr	tumēndyr	lēndyr	pēstyr
Genitive	m	miro	tyro	lēskiro	lakiro	amaro	tumaro	lēngiro	pēskiro
	f	miri	tyri	lēskiri	lakiri	amari	tumari	lēngiri	pēskiri
	pl	mirē	tyrē	lēskirē	lakirē	amarē	tumarē	lēngirē	pēskirē
Locative		mandē	tutē	lēstē	latē	amēndē	tumēndē	lēndē	pēstē
Instrumental		mansa	tusa	lēsa	lasa	amēnca	tumēnca	lēnsa	pēsa
Enclitic Reflexive		man	pe			amēn	pe		-

¹ The ablative is in decline in Lithuanian Romani.

Catalan

Verb

miro

1. first-person singular present indicative of mirar

Esperanto

Etymology

From miri (“to wonder”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiro/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iro
• Syllabification: mi‧ro

Noun

miro (uncountable, accusative miron)

1. sense of wonder

Derived terms

• mirige

Further reading

• “miro”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “miro”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

French

Alternative forms

• miraud

Etymology

From mirer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ʁo/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

miro (invariable)

1. (colloquial) myopic, short-sighted

   Synonym: myope

   • 1995, “Qu’est-ce qu’on attend ?”, in Paris sous les bombes, performed by Suprême NTM:

     Quoi t'es miro, tu vois pas, tu fais semblant, tu ne m'entends pas / Je crois plutôt que tu ne t'accordes pas vraiment le choix

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References

• “miro”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

Verb

miro

1. first-person singular present indicative of mirar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ro/
• Rhymes: -iro
• Hyphenation: mì‧ro

Verb

miro

1. first-person singular present indicative of mirare

Anagrams

• Mori, OMRI, mori, morì, ormi, rimo, rimò

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.ro]

Etymology 1

Verb

mīrō (present infinitive mīrāre, perfect active mīrāvī, supine mīrātum); first conjugation

1. alternative form of mīror (“to wonder, to gaze at”) (ante– and post-Classical)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of mīrō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	mīrō		mīrās		mīrat		mīrāmus		mīrātis		mīrant
	imperfect	mīrābam		mīrābās		mīrābat		mīrābāmus		mīrābātis		mīrābant
	future	mīrābō		mīrābis		mīrābit		mīrābimus		mīrābitis		mīrābunt
	perfect	mīrāvī		mīrāvistī		mīrāvit		mīrāvimus		mīrāvistis		mīrāvērunt, mīrāvēre
	pluperfect	mīrāveram		mīrāverās		mīrāverat		mīrāverāmus		mīrāverātis		mīrāverant
	future perfect	mīrāverō		mīrāveris		mīrāverit		mīrāverimus		mīrāveritis		mīrāverint
passive	present	mīror		mīrāris, mīrāre		mīrātur		mīrāmur		mīrāminī		mīrantur
	imperfect	mīrābar		mīrābāris, mīrābāre		mīrābātur		mīrābāmur		mīrābāminī		mīrābantur
	future	mīrābor		mīrāberis, mīrābere		mīrābitur		mīrābimur		mīrābiminī		mīrābuntur
	perfect	mīrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	mīrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	mīrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	mīrem		mīrēs		mīret		mīrēmus		mīrētis		mīrent
	imperfect	mīrārem		mīrārēs		mīrāret		mīrārēmus		mīrārētis		mīrārent
	perfect	mīrāverim		mīrāverīs		mīrāverit		mīrāverīmus		mīrāverītis		mīrāverint
	pluperfect	mīrāvissem		mīrāvissēs		mīrāvisset		mīrāvissēmus		mīrāvissētis		mīrāvissent
passive	present	mīrer		mīrēris, mīrēre		mīrētur		mīrēmur		mīrēminī		mīrentur
	imperfect	mīrārer		mīrārēris, mīrārēre		mīrārētur		mīrārēmur		mīrārēminī		mīrārentur
	perfect	mīrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	mīrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		mīrā		—		—		mīrāte		—
	future	—		mīrātō		mīrātō		—		mīrātōte		mīrantō
passive	present	—		mīrāre		—		—		mīrāminī		—
	future	—		mīrātor		mīrātor		—		—		mīrantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		mīrāre			mīrārī			mīrāns			—
future		mīrātūrum esse			mīrātum īrī			mīrātūrus			mīrandus
perfect		mīrāvisse			mīrātum esse			—			mīrātus
future perfect		—			mīrātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		mīrātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		mīrandī		mīrandō		mīrandum		mīrandō		mīrātum		mīrātū

Etymology 2

Adjective

mīrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mīrus

References

• miro in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “miro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "miro", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “miro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

miro

1. first-person singular present indicative of mirar

Rapa Nui

Noun

miro

1. boat
2. tree
3. part of a tree; a stick

Derived terms

• reimiro

Romani

Alternative forms

• mirro, mïrno, mlo, mo, mor, moro, mro, munro, muro

Determiner

miro m sg (feminine singular miri, plural mire)

1. my

See also

Romani personal pronouns

number	person		nominative	accusative	dative	locative	ablative	instrumental	possessive
singular	first		me	man	manqe	manθe	manθar	mança	miro, -i, -e
	second		tu	tut	tuqe	tuθe	tuθar	tuça	tiro, -i, -e
	reflexive third		—	pes	pesqe	pesθe	pesθar	peça	pesqero, -i, -e
	third	m	ov	les	lesqe	lesθe	lesθar	leça	lesqero, -i, -e
		f	oj	la	laqe	laθe	laθar	laça	laqero, -i, -e
plural	first		amen		amenqe	amenθe	amenθar	amença	amaro, -i, -e
	second		tumen		tumenqe	tumenθe	tumenθar	tumença	tumaro, -i, -e
	reflexive third		—	pen	penqe	penθe	penθar	pença	penqero, -i, -e
	third		on	len	lenqe	lenθe	lenθar	lença	lenqero, -i, -e

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Kalderash Romani personal pronouns

number	person		nominative	accusative (long and short forms)	dative	locative	ablative	instrumental	possessive
singular	first		me	man, ma	mánge	mánde	mándar	mánsa	múrro, -i, -e
	second		tu	tut, tu	túke	túte	tútar	túsa	tíro, -i, -e
	reflexive third		—	pês, pe	pêske	pêste	pêstar	pêsa	pêsko, -i, -e
	third	m	wo	lês, le	lêske	lêste	lêstar	lêsa	lêsko, -i, -e
		f	woi	la, la	láke	láte	látar	lása	láko, -i, -e
plural	first		ame	amên, ame	amênge	amênde	amêndar	amênsa	amáro, -i, -e
	second		tume	tumên, tume	tumênge	tumênde	tumêndar	tumênsa	tumáro, -i, -e
	reflexive third		—	pên, pe	pênge	pênde	pêndar	pênsa	pêngo, -i, -e
	third		won	lên, le	lênge	lênde	lêndar	lênsa	lêngo, -i, -e

References

• Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “munřó”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 189
• Marcel Courthiade (2009), “mir/o, -i pl. -e = munro, mïrno, mro, moro, muro, mor, mo, mlo”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 242
• Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “mirr/o, -i, -e, -e”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 152

Somali

Noun

miro ?

1. nut

Spanish

Etymology 1

Verb

miro

1. first-person singular present indicative of mirar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Eastern Polynesian immigrants.

Noun

miro m (plural miros)

1. portia tree (Thespesia populnea)