oro

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

Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Latin aurum.

Noun[edit]

oro f

  1. gold

References[edit]

Basque[edit]

Adjective[edit]

oro

  1. all

Catalan[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Spanish oro.

Noun[edit]

oro m (plural oros)

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

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

oro

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of orar

Further reading[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: o‧ro

Noun[edit]

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.

Chavacano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish oro (“gold”).

Noun[edit]

oro

  1. gold

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish oro

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈoro]
  • Audio:
    		(file)
  • Rhymes: -oro
  • Hyphenation: o‧ro

Noun[edit]

oro (uncountable, accusative oron)

  1. gold

Related terms[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Alternative of ori. Cognate to Livvi oro.

Noun[edit]

oro

  1. (rare, poetic) stallion

Declension[edit]

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
Possessive forms of oro (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person oroni oromme
2nd person orosi oronne
3rd person oronsa

Synonyms[edit]

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

oro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of orar

Ido[edit]

Noun[edit]

oro (plural ori)

  1. gold

Italian[edit]

Chemical element
Au
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Next: mercurio (Hg)

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

oro m (plural ori)

  1. (chemistry) gold
  2. (sports) gold, gold medal
    Synonym: medaglia d'oro
  3. gold (colour)
  4. (heraldry) or (the gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms)
  5. (in the plural) gold jewels
  6. (figuratively) gold, money, wealth
Related terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

oro (invariable)

  1. gold (in colour)

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

oro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of orare

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

oro

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おろ

Laboya[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

oro

  1. because

References[edit]

  • Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “oro”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 75

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ōs, ōris (“mouth”)[1].
Or 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[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. I orate, deliver a speech publicly.
    Synonyms: aio, alloquor, loquor, inquam, for, dico
  2. I plead, beg.
    Synonyms: expeto, efflagito, flagito, rogo, exigo
  3. I pray, entreat.
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate 1 Thessalonicenses 5:25:
      Frātrēs, ōrāte prō nōbīs.
      Brothers, pray for us.

Conjugation[edit]

   Conjugation of ōrō (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, ōrāstī1 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, ōrāssēs1 ōrāvisset, ōrāsset1 ōrāvissēmus, ōrāssēmus1 ōrāvissētis, ōrāssētis1 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 ōrātūrum esse ōrārī ōrātum esse ōrātum īrī
participles ōrāns — ōrātūrus — ōrātus ōrandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ōrandī ōrandō ōrandum ōrandō ōrātum ōrātū

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

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Albanian: uroj
  • Aromanian: or, urari
  • Catalan: orar
  • Galician: orar
  • Italian: orare
  • Occitan: orar
  • Old French: orer
  • Portuguese: orar
  • Romanian: ura, urare
  • Spanish: orar

References[edit]

  • 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
  1. ^ oro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Lithuanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

oro m

  1. genitive of oras

Mansaka[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ulo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu.

Noun[edit]

oro

  1. head

Northern Sami[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈoro/

Verb[edit]

oro

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

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

oro

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

Sardinian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈoro/, [ˈɔːɾɔ]

Noun[edit]

oro m (uncountable)

  1. gold (metal)

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

oro n (Cyrillic spelling оро)

  1. hora

Spanish[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈoɾo/, [ˈo.ɾo]
  • Audio (Spain)
    		(file)
  • Hyphenation: o‧ro

Etymology 1[edit]

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”). Cognate with English aurum.

Noun[edit]

oro m (plural oros)

  1. gold
  2. (in the plural) a suit in a Spanish deck of cards
  3. a card from this suit
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Adjective[edit]

oro (plural oros)

  1. (heraldry) or
Related terms[edit]
Spanish suits in Spanish · palos (layout · text)
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espadas copas oros bastos

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

oro

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

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

oro c

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

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Yoruba[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

oró

  1. venom, poison, sting
    Synonyms: májèlé, iwọ
  2. agony, pain
  3. wickedness
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

orò

  1. tradition, ritual
    Synonym: ìṣe
    Synonym: ìṣesí
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ró (“to be up, to be independently straight”)

Noun[edit]

òró

  1. length, vertical, stance

Etymology 4[edit]

Noun[edit]

òro

  1. African mango (Irvingia gabonensis)

Etymology 5[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

oro

  1. fierceness

Etymology 6[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

òrò

  1. sweet juice or fluid
Derived terms[edit]

Zoogocho Zapotec[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish oro.

Noun[edit]

oro

  1. gold

References[edit]

  • Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 265
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