aro

aro

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Araona.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Araona terms

Clipping of aromantic. Coined on the Internet in the 2010s.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.ɹəʊ/
• (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹ.oʊ/
• (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.ɹoʊ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Homophone: arrow
• Rhymes: -æɹəʊ

aro (comparative more aro, superlative most aro)

1. (slang, neologism) Aromantic (not experiencing romantic attraction).

   I love being aro; dating is so stressful.

   • 2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope", Dalhousie Gazette (Dalhousie University), 12 February - 18 February 2016, page 16:

     For ace and aro people, the possibilities for diverse relationships are endless, despite how pop culture often brands our identity as restrictive and confined.

   • 2017 October 26, Melissa Reph, “You might not like hearing this, but I don't like 'Riverdale'”, in The Muhlenberg Weekly, Muhlenberg College, page 3:

     For the show to completely and utterly ignore this is huge since there are very few representations of aro and ace-spec people in media of any kind.

   • 2018 November 29, Alexis Stark, “A-spectrum student experiences on MSU's campus”, in The State News, Michigan State University, page 5:

     This provides a home base for people looking to learn more about ace and aro identities.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aro.

aro (plural aros)

1. (slang, neologism) A person who is aromantic.
   • 2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope", Dalhousie Gazette (Dalhousie University), 12 February - 18 February 2016, page 16:

     While aces and aros can often be a misunderstood demographic in the queer community and outside of it, information about our identities is making its way into more conversations.

   • 2018 October 19, Isabel Nathan, “Asexuals, you are not alone”, in Washington Blade, page 20:

     Now most of my social circle is made up of other aces and aros.

   • 2019 October 24, Chelaine Kirsh, “Let's talk about aces, baby”, in The Sheaf, University of Saskatchewan, page 11:

     Building off from this calling card, aros have a more obscure variation of this where they don white rings.

• ace

• AOR, AoR, OAR, Ora, ROA, Rao, Roa, oar, ora

• IPA^(key): /aˈro/ [ʔʌˈɾɔ]
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

aró f

1. bite (act of biting)

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[4], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

aro m (plural aro, definite arua)

1. Dogançe form of aeroplan
2. Dogançe form of arixhi

• Haxhihasani, Qemal (1964), “Elemente nga fjalori i dogançes, fragmente bisedash dhe tekste në këtë të folme”, in Studime filologjike‎^[5], number III, page 149

• IPA^(key): /aɾo/ [a.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo, -o
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

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

aro inan

1. time, season
2. age, era

   Erdi Aroa ― Middles Ages

3. (Navarro-Lapurdian, Soule) weather

• urtaro (“season”)

From Spanish aro (“ring”).^[1]

aro inan

1. wreath, garland
2. ring, circle

• “aro”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “aro”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Back-formation from -aro (“collection”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaro/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -aro
• Syllabification: a‧ro

aro (accusative singular aron, plural aroj, accusative plural arojn)

1. bunch

   aro da kliŝaĵoj pri kaj Eŭropo kaj la nova traktato ― a bunch of clichés about both Europe and the new treaty

• ariĝi

• “aro”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “aro”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

From Proto-Finnic *aro (compare Estonian aru), probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *arɜ (compare Erzya аразь (araź, “lack”), Northern Khanty [script needed] (wuri), Northern Mansi [script needed] (ūraj)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑro/, [ˈɑ̝ro̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑro
• Syllabification^(key): a‧ro
• Hyphenation^(key): aro

aro

1. steppe; flat, vast, temperate but relatively dry grassland
2. (dialectal) humid or swampy meadow or plain

• “aro”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎^[6] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.

• “aro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[7] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• ora

Unclear. Perhaps from local Medieval Latin arum (“monastical farmland”), from Latin arvum, from arvus, with posterior semantic evolution "lands of a monastery" > "border" > "ring". Alternatively, from a substrate language.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɾʊ]

aro m (plural aros)

1. hoop, circle, ring

   Synonyms: anel, cerco, círculo

2. handle (round)

   Synonym: anca

3. loon (bird)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

ayo

From Proto-Tani *rjo, Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-laj ~ s-lej. Cognate with Tibetan ལྕེ (lce), Garo sre and Chinese 舌 (shé).

aro

1. tongue

Probably borrowed from Bengali আর (ar).

aro

1. and, in addition to

• Burling, R. (2003), The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[8], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 337

arô

1. leprosy

aro

1. first-person singular present indicative of arare

• Ora, ora

Borrowed from an extinct South Cushitic language. Compare with Proto-Rift *ʔaar- (goat).

aro ? (dual, plural)

1. ram

Ehret, Christopher (1998), An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400‎^[9], United States: University Press of Virginia, →ISBN, page 323

From Proto-Italic *araō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti (“to plough”), from the root *h₂erh₃-.^[1] The root-final laryngeal was lost in the Proto-Indo-European verb, but was restored in Proto-Italic.

Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀρόω (aróō), Old Church Slavonic орати (orati), Lithuanian arti, and Old English erian (archaic English ear).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.ro]

arō (present infinitive arāre, perfect active arāvī, supine arātum); first conjugation

1. to plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage
2. (of age) to draw furrows over the body, wrinkle

• “aro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “aro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• aro in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[10], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

• IPA^(key): /ˈaro/, [ˈa.ro]
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

aro (Lontara spelling ᨕᨑᨚ)

1. the inward-facing, funnel-shaped opening of a fish trap

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

aro

1. defense; protection

aro

1. (dialectal, Betsimisaraka) synonym of roa

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu.

aro

1. pestle
2. pole for pounding rice

Unknown.

arò

1. fog

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro (compare with Rarotongan aro, Tahitian aro and Samoan alo), from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp (“front, facing part” – compare with Javanese ꦲꦉꦥ꧀ (arep) “front, desire”, Malay hadap “to face”, Tagalog harap “front, facade”, Brooke's Point Palawano alep).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈaro/ [ˈɐɾɔ]

aro (passive arohia or arongia or arotia)

1. (transitive) to turn toward something or someone

   Me aro te kaikōrero ki te hunga turi, kia kite ai rātou i tōna waha e kōrero na.

   The speaker should face toward the deaf people so that they can see her mouth when she is talking.

2. to desire
3. to incline towards something, to favour

aro

1. front (facing side)

   Kua maringi i a koe ki runga i to aro.

   You've spilt it down your front.

2. front (weather)

   Ko te paenga e tūtaki ai ētahi hau whakapipi e rua, ka kīia he aro.

   The boundary where two air masses meet is called a front.

3. desire
4. inclination
5. heart, seat of feelings

   Synonyms: ate, manawa

Of spatial sense

• aroaro (“front”)
• aronga (“direction”)
• aromaunga (“mountain face”)

Of verb sense

• āro (“to understand, to know”)
• aroarorua (“to vacillate, to be indecisive”)
• whakaaro (“thought, opinion; to plan”)
• whakaaroaro (“to consider”)

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “aro”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 24
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “aro”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index‎^[11], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

From Pre-Nauruan *rua-ua, from Proto-Micronesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑro]

aro

1. two

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈɾoː/

aro m (Arabic spelling ئارۆ)

1. alternative form of arû (“cucumber”)

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “aro”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 12

• earun, earon

aro

1. (contraction) Northumbrian form of earon

From Proto-West Germanic *arō, from Proto-Germanic *arô.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ro/
• Rhymes: -a.ro

aro m

1. eagle

• Old High German: adalaro
  • Middle High German: adelare, adelar
    • German: Adler, (older) Adelaar
    • → Dutch: adelaar
    • → Low German: Aadler, Oodler
    • → Saterland Frisian: Oadler, Oadeler
    • → Plautdietsch: Odla, Oodler

• Middle High German: are, ar
  • German: Aar (poetic)

• Viktor Hugo Suolahti (1909), “Adler”, in Die deutschen Vogelnamen : eine wortgeschichtliche Untersuchung‎^[12] (in German), page 345

From Proto-West Germanic *arō, from Proto-Germanic *arô.

aro m

1. eagle

• Low German: Aar

• Rhymes: -aɾu
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

From Old Galician-Portuguese aro of uncertain origin, probably from Latin arvum (“field”) with the initial meaning of outskirts and later rim, since those where usually circular in shape. First attested in c. 13th century.^[1] Cognate with Spanish aro and Galician aro.

aro m (plural aros)

1. any large circular band of material
   1. hoop (circular band of metal used to bind a barrel)
   2. rim (outer edge of a wheel)

      aro de propulsão ― wheelchair's pushrim

   3. the frame of eyeglasses

      Synonym: armação

   4. juggling ring

      Synonym: argola

   5. cheesevat

      Synonym: cincho

2. (archaic) outskirts (the region surrounding a city)

   Synonym: periferia

Learned borrowing from Latin arum.

• arão, arum, árum, jarro, jaro

aro m (plural aros)

1. arum (any plant in the genus Arum)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

aro

1. first-person singular present indicative of arar

• “aro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “aro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

• “aro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp (“front, facing part”).

aro

1. front (facing side)

   ki te aro o ― to the front of

• “aro”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN

aro m

1. alternative form of arro (“flour”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾo/ [ˈa.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: a‧ro

Unknown origin.

aro m (plural aros)

1. hoop
2. large ring
3. (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay) earring

   Synonyms: arete, pendiente

• anillo
• argolla
• sortija

Borrowed from Latin arum.

aro m (plural aros)

1. arum lily

• jaro, yaro

Clipping of claro.

aro

1. (Andalusia, colloquial, chiefly sarcastic) yeah, suuure

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

aro

1. first-person singular present indicative of arar

• “aro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

From Proto-Finnic *hara +‎ -o. Related to Finnish hara and Estonian haru.

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑro/, [ˈɑro]
• Rhymes: -ɑro
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

aro

1. rake

Declension of aro (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	aro	arod
genitive	aro	arojõ
partitive	arroa	aroit
illative	arosõ, arro	aroisõ
inessive	aroz	aroiz
elative	aross	aroiss
allative	arollõ	aroillõ
adessive	aroll	aroill
ablative	arolt	aroilt
translative	arossi	aroissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects.

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “aro”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[13], 2nd edition, Tallinn

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hadu, from Proto-Austronesian *Sadu. Cognate with Puyuma sadru and Limos Kalinga adu.

aro

1. many; a lot

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɾō/

aro

1. cymbal

   wọ́n ń lu aro

   They are playing the cymbal

From a- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ rò (“to say, to lament”)

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɾò/

arò

1. dirge, lamentation; usually during a funeral

• ìdárò

(types of funeral dirges)

• ògbérè
• òkú-pípè
• ìrèmọ̀jé
• ìgbálá

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɾó/

aró

1. a type of yam; Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata

   Synonym: iṣu aró

• iṣu (“yam”)

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɾó/

aró

1. dye; (in particular) indigo dye

   Synonym: ẹ̀lú

2. (by extension) dark blue; indigo

• aláró (“someone who makes or sells dye”)
• aró dídá (“dyeing”)
• Ilé Aró (“a nickname for the town of Osogbo”)