thô

See also: þos, Thos., and Appendix:Variations of "tho"

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ðəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ðoʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Conjunction

thô

1. (obsolete) Abbreviation of though.
   • 1714, Mr. Asgill, The Succession of the House of Hannover Vindicated, Against the Pretender’s Second Declaration in Folio, intitled, The Hereditary Right of the Crown of England asserted, &c., J. Roberts, page 151:

     For thô he was one of our Authors Hereditary Kings, he claim'd no Power to convey the Crown, either by Cession, Resignation or Will.

   • a. 1721, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, [Letter]; republished as The Complete Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: 1708-1720, Oxford University Press, 1965, page 357:

     The whole shew lasted near 8 hours, to my great sorrow, who was heartily tir’d, thô I was in the House of the Widow of the Capitan Bassa (Admiral), who refresh’d me with Coffée, Sweetmeats, Sherbet, etc., with all possible Civillity.

Anagrams

• toh, Toh, hot, OTH, o'th', oth, -oth, HOT

Acehnese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tho/

Adjective

thô

1. dry

Muong

Etymology

From Chinese 鬚 (MC sju). Cognate with Vietnamese râu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰo¹/

Noun

thô

1. (Mường Bi) beard; whiskers

References

• Nguyễn Văn Khang; Bùi Chỉ; Hoàng Văn Hành (2002), Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎^[1], Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội.

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 粗.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰo˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰow˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰow˧˧]

Adjective

thô

1. coarse, husky
2. crude

See also

• thô bạo
• thô bỉ
• thô kệch
• thô lỗ
• thô mộc
• thô ráp
• thô sơ
• thô thiển