acro

acro

See also: ACRO and acro-

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of acrobatic.

Adjective

acro (not comparable)

  1. Combining acrobatic elements with something else.
Derived terms

Noun

acro (uncountable)

  1. Acrobatic gymnastics.
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

acro

  1. Misspelling of acrow.

Etymology 3

Noun

acro (plural acros)

  1. (informal) A warbler of the genus Acrocephalus.

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.kro/
  • Rhymes: -akro
  • Hyphenation: à‧cro

Noun

acro m (plural acri)

  1. acre (unit of measure)

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Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ἄκρων (ákrōn)bor.
Latin acrō

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄκρων (ákrōn).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    acrō m (genitive acrōnis); third declension

    1. The extremity of a thing
    2. The stem of a plant

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative acrō acrōnēs
    genitive acrōnis acrōnum
    dative acrōnī acrōnibus
    accusative acrōnem acrōnēs
    ablative acrōne acrōnibus
    vocative acrō acrōnēs

    References

    • “acro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “acro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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