roan

See also: Roan

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: rōn, IPA^(key): /ɹəʊn/
• enPR: rōn, IPA^(key): /ɹoʊn/
• Rhymes: -əʊn

Etymology 1

From Middle French roan, probably from Spanish roano, from Old Spanish raudano, itself probably of (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  origin (compare Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (raudan), accusative of 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (rauþs, “red”).

Adjective

roan (not comparable)

1. Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
2. Made of the leather called roan.

   roan binding

Translations

having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in

• Catalan: ruà (ca)
• Estonian: kimmel
• Finnish: päistärikkö (fi)
• Italian: rabicano, roano (it), rovano
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: salns
• Portuguese: ruão (pt)
• Russian: чалый (ru) (čalyj)
• Spanish: roano

Noun

roan (plural roans)

1. An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
2. The color of such an animal.
3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
   • 1882, Leo de Colange, The American Encyclopaedia of Commerce, Manufactures, Commercial Law, and Finance (volume 2)

     Roan, a kind of leather used for shoes, slippers, and common bookbinding; prepared from sheep skins by tanning with sumach.

Translations

animal

• Czech: tisák m (horse)
• Estonian: kimmel
• Finnish: päistärikkö (fi)
• Italian: roano (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: salnis m
• Navajo: łį́į́łbáhí
• Spanish: roano m, rosillo (es) m, sabino m

color

• Estonian: kimmel
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: roano (it) m

Etymology 2

Noun

roan (plural roans)

1. Archaic form of rowan (“kind of tree”).

Anagrams

• Arno, Aron, NRAO, Nora, Oran

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈro.an/

Verb

roan

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of roer.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of roer.
3. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of roer.