oro

See also: óro, orò, oró, oro-, and óró

Basque

Adjective

oro

1. all

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Spanish oro.

Noun

oro m (plural oros)

1. (in the plural) a suit in the Spanish deck of cards
2. a card from this suit

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

oro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of orar

Further reading

• “oros” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oro, from Latin aurum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: o‧ro

Noun

oro

1. (archaic) gold
   1. a heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au
   2. a coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish oro (“gold”).

Noun

oro

1. gold

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oro

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈoro/
• Hyphenation: o‧ro

Noun

oro (uncountable, accusative oron)

1. gold

Related terms

• ora

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Finnish

Etymology

Alternative of ori. Cognate to Livvi oro.

Noun

oro

1. (rare, poetic) stallion

Declension

Inflection of oro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		oro	orot
genitive		oron	orojen
partitive		oroa	oroja
illative		oroon	oroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		oro	orot
accusative	nom.	oro	orot
	gen.	oron
genitive		oron	orojen
partitive		oroa	oroja
inessive		orossa	oroissa
elative		orosta	oroista
illative		oroon	oroihin
adessive		orolla	oroilla
ablative		orolta	oroilta
allative		orolle	oroille
essive		orona	oroina
translative		oroksi	oroiksi
instructive		—	oroin
abessive		orotta	oroitta
comitative		—	oroineen

Synonyms

• ori

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Galician

Verb

oro

1. first-person singular present indicative of orar

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Ido

Noun

oro (plural ori)

1. gold

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Italian

Chemical element
Au	Previous: platino (Pt)
	Next: mercurio (Hg)

Etymology 1

From Latin aurum, from earlier ausum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éh₂usom (“glow”), derived from the root *h₂ews-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ro/, [ˈɔːr̺o]

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• Rhymes: -ɔro
• Stress: òro
• Hyphenation: o‧ro

Noun

oro m (plural ori)

1. (chemistry) gold
2. (sports) gold, gold medal

   Synonym: medaglia d'oro

3. gold (colour)
4. (heraldry) or
5. (in the plural) gold jewels
6. (figuratively) gold, money, wealth

Related terms

Terms related to oro

• cercatore d'oro
• corsa all'oro
• cuore d'oro
• dorare
• dorato
• d’oro
• febbre dell'oro
• foglia d'oro, foglia oro

• indorare
• medaglia d'oro
• miniera d'oro
• orefice
• oreficeria
• oro bianco
• oro colato
• oro giallo

• oro nero
• oro rosso
• oro zecchino
• orpello
• pandoro
• placcato oro
• pomodoro
• similoro

Adjective

oro (invariable)

1. gold (in colour)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

oro

1. first-person singular present indicative of orare

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Japanese

Romanization

oro

1. Rōmaji transcription of おろ

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Latin

Etymology

From ōs, ōris (“mouth”).
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to pronounce a ritual”); see also Hittite 𒅈𒌋𒉿𒄿 (“to worship, revere”), 𒅈𒄿𒄿𒀀𒄿 (“to consult an oracle”), Attic Greek ἀρά (ará, “prayer”), and Sanskrit आर्यन्ति (āryanti, “praise”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.roː/

Verb

ōrō (present infinitive ōrāre, perfect active ōrāvī, supine ōrātum); first conjugation

1. I orate, deliver a speech
2. I plead, beg
3. I pray, entreat

Inflection

Conjugation of oro (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ōrō	ōrās	ōrat	ōrāmus	ōrātis	ōrant
	imperfect	ōrābam	ōrābās	ōrābat	ōrābāmus	ōrābātis	ōrābant
	future	ōrābō	ōrābis	ōrābit	ōrābimus	ōrābitis	ōrābunt
	perfect	ōrāvī	ōrāvistī, ōrāsti1	ōrāvit	ōrāvimus	ōrāvistis, ōrāstis1	ōrāvērunt, ōrāvēre
	pluperfect	ōrāveram	ōrāverās	ōrāverat	ōrāverāmus	ōrāverātis	ōrāverant
	future perfect	ōrāverō	ōrāveris	ōrāverit	ōrāverimus	ōrāveritis	ōrāverint
passive	present	ōror	ōrāris, ōrāre	ōrātur	ōrāmur	ōrāminī	ōrantur
	imperfect	ōrābar	ōrābāris, ōrābāre	ōrābātur	ōrābāmur	ōrābāminī	ōrābantur
	future	ōrābor	ōrāberis, ōrābere	ōrābitur	ōrābimur	ōrābiminī	ōrābuntur
	perfect	ōrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ōrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ōrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ōrem	ōrēs	ōret	ōrēmus	ōrētis	ōrent
	imperfect	ōrārem	ōrārēs	ōrāret	ōrārēmus	ōrārētis	ōrārent
	perfect	ōrāverim	ōrāverīs	ōrāverit	ōrāverīmus	ōrāverītis	ōrāverint
	pluperfect	ōrāvissem, ōrāssem1	ōrāvissēs, ōrāsses1	ōrāvisset, ōrāsset1	ōrāvissēmus, ōrāssemus1	ōrāvissētis, ōrāssetis1	ōrāvissent, ōrāssent1
passive	present	ōrer	ōrēris, ōrēre	ōrētur	ōrēmur	ōrēminī	ōrentur
	imperfect	ōrārer	ōrārēris, ōrārēre	ōrārētur	ōrārēmur	ōrārēminī	ōrārentur
	perfect	ōrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ōrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ōrā	—	—	ōrāte	—
	future	—	ōrātō	ōrātō	—	ōrātōte	ōrantō
passive	present	—	ōrāre	—	—	ōrāminī	—
	future	—	ōrātor	ōrātor	—	—	ōrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ōrāre	ōrāvisse, ōrāsse1	ōrātūrus esse	ōrārī	ōrātus esse	ōrātum īrī
participles		ōrāns	—	ōrātūrus	—	ōrātus	ōrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		ōrāre	ōrandī	ōrandō	ōrandum	ōrātum	ōrātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Synonyms

• (speak): loquor

Derived terms

• adōrō
• perōrō
• praeōrō

Related terms

• ōrāculum
• ōrātiō
• ōrātor

• ōrātōriē
• ōrātōrius
• ōrātum

Descendants

• Albanian: uroj
• Aromanian: or, urari
• Catalan: orar
• English: oration
• Galician: orar
• Italian: orare

• Occitan: orar
• Old French: orer
• Portuguese: orar
• Romanian: ura, urare
• Spanish: orar

References

• oro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• oro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• oro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to entreat earnestly; to make urgent requests: orare et obsecrare aliquem
    
  • to crave humbly; to supplicate: supplicibus verbis orare
    
  • to address the court (of the advocate): causam dicere, orare (Brut. 12. 47)
    
  • (ambiguous) to draw every one's eyes upon one: omnium oculos (et ora) ad se convertere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be in every one's mouth: per omnium ora ferri
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a subject for gossip: in ora vulgi abire
    
  • (ambiguous) the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
    

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Lithuanian

Noun

oro m

1. genitive of oras

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈoro/

Verb

oro

1. inflection of orrut:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

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Portuguese

Verb

oro

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

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Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin aurum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éh₂uso- (“glow”), from *h₂ews- (“to dawn, become light, become red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾo/

Noun

oro m (uncountable)

1. gold (metal)

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

oro n (Cyrillic spelling оро)

1. hora

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Spanish

Chemical element
Au	Previous: platino (Pt)
	Next: mercurio (Hg)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾo/
• Hyphenation: o‧ro

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish oro, from Latin aurum (compare Catalan or, Dalmatian jaur, French or, Galician ouro, Italian oro, Occitan aur, Portuguese ouro, Romanian aur), from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”).

Noun

oro m (plural oros)

1. gold
2. (in the plural) a suit in the Spanish deck of cards
3. a card from this suit

Adjective

oro (plural oros)

1. (heraldry) or

Derived terms

• como oro en paño
• como un oro
• de oro y azul
• el oro y el moro
• medalla de oro
• oro negro
• oro potable
• poner el broche de oro

Descendants

• Chavacano: oro
• → Basque: urre
• → Cebuano: oro
• → Navajo: óola
• → Taos: ùruʼúna

Related terms

• áureo
• dorar
• orfebre
• orfebrería
• oribe/orebce

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

oro

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

Further reading

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

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Swedish

Etymology

o- +‎ ro, the negation of ro (“rest, peace”), from Old Swedish. Definition 3 is likely a direct loan from German Unruh (“balance wheel”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

oro c

1. (archaic, uncountable) unrest
2. (uncountable) worry, fear, anxiety, nervousness
3. a balance wheel, regulating the speed of a clockwork

Declension

Declension of oro
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	oro	oron	—	—
Genitive	oros	orons	—	—

Declension of oro
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	oro	oron	oror	ororna
Genitive	oros	orons	orors	orornas

Declension of oro
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	oro	oron	oroar	oroarna
Genitive	oros	orons	oroars	oroarnas

Antonyms

• ro

Related terms

• oroa
• orolig
• orolighet

References

• oro in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)