rou

See also: Rou, ROU, róu, ròu, rǒu, ro'u, and Appendix:Variations of "rou"

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rœu/

Etymology 1

From Dutch rauw.

Adjective

rou (attributive roue, comparative rouer, superlative rouste)

1. raw

Etymology 2

From Dutch rouwen.

Verb

rou (present rou, present participle rouende, past participle gerou)

1. to mourn, grieve

Catalan

Etymology

Back-formation from rouada, variant form of rosada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈrow]

Noun

rou m (plural rous)

1. (Mallorca) dew

   Synonym: rosada

Further reading

• “rou” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rou”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “rou” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French roue.

Noun

rou

1. wheel

Japanese

Romanization

rou

1. Rōmaji transcription of ろう
2. Rōmaji transcription of ロウ

Mandarin

Romanization

rou

1. Nonstandard spelling of róu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of rǒu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of ròu.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Masimasi

Noun

rou

1. leaf

References

• George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)

Middle English

Noun

rou

1. Alternative form of ro (“roe deer”)

Palauan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /row/

Noun

rou

1. reflected light of the moon

Derived terms

• berorou (“yellow; color of the twilight”)
• merorou

References

• rou in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• rou in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• rou in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 294.

Sahu

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *ḋohu (“foot, leg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈro.u/

Noun

rou

1. foot
2. leg

References

• Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill

Wolio

Etymology

Cognate with Balantak ro'up.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rou/

Noun

rou

1. face

References

• Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris