ramo

See also: ramò and Ramo

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈramo]
• Rhymes: -amo
• Hyphenation: ra‧mo

Noun

ramo (accusative singular ramon, plural ramoj, accusative plural ramojn)

1. (historical) battering ram

Ingrian

Noun

ramo

1. power

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.mo/
• Rhymes: -amo
• Syllabification: rà‧mo

Etymology 1

From Latin rāmus, from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).

Noun

ramo m (plural rami)

1. (botany, figurative) branch
2. (anatomy) ramus, branch
3. fork

Derived terms

• diramare
• ramaccio
• ramello
• rametto (> ramettino)
• ramicello
• ramificare
• ramingo
• ramone
• ramoscello
• ramoso
• ramuccio
• ramulo

 

Etymology 2

Verb

ramo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ramare

Anagrams

• Roma, amor, armo, armò, maro, marò, mora, orma, roma

Latin

Noun

rāmō

1. dative/ablative singular of rāmus

Mbyá Guaraní

Conjunction

ramo

1. when, if

Usage notes

This word is used if the subjects of the independent and dependent clauses differ. If they are the same, use vy instead.

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rāmum, accusative of rāmus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈramo/

Noun

ramo m (plural ramos)

1. branch
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 37r. col. 2.:

     […] de pues enbio el palomo ¬ ueno a ora de uieſperas aduxo ramo de olẏua có ſus fojas uerdes en su boca

     […] and then he sent out the dove, and it came in the evening with an olive branch with green leaves in its beak.

Descendants

• Spanish: ramo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ramo, from Latin rāmus (“branch”), from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.mu/ [ˈhɐ̃.mu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.mu/ [ˈhɐ̃.mu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.mu/ [ˈχɐ̃.mu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ.mo/ [ˈhɐ.mo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ.mu/

• Hyphenation: ra‧mo

Noun

ramo m (plural ramos)

1. bouquet, bunch (of flowers etc.)
2. bough; branch (part of a tree)
3. (by extension) subject, field, discipline; branch (area in business or of knowledge, research)

Related terms

• derramar

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish ramo, from Latin rāmus, from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈramo/ [ˈra.mo]
• Rhymes: -amo
• Syllabification: ra‧mo

Noun

ramo m (plural ramos)

1. bouquet (a bunch of cut flowers)
2. bough, branch (woody part of a tree)
3. branch, subject (an area in business or knowledge)

   Synonym: asignatura

Derived terms

• Domingo de Ramos

Related terms

• rama
• ramada
• ramificar
• ramoso
• derramar

Further reading

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