# aro
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Araona terms

## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈæ.ɹəʊ/
** (US) /ˈɛɹ.oʊ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Homophone: arrow
* Rhymes: -æɹəʊ

### Adjective

aro (comparative more aro, superlative most aro)
* (slang, neologism) Aromantic (not experiencing romantic attraction).
** 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.

#### Derived terms

* ace-aro
* aro-ace
* aro-allo
* aroflux
* aroness
* arophobia
* arospec

### Noun

aro (plural aros)
* (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.

### See also

* ace

### Anagrams

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

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈro/ [ʔʌˈɾɔ]
* Hyphenation: a‧ro

### Noun

aró f
* bite (act of biting)

#### References

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

## Albanian
### Noun

aro m (plural aro, definite arua)
* Dogançe form of aeroplan
* Dogançe form of arixhi

### References

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

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɾo/ [a.ɾo]
* Rhymes: -aɾo, -o
* Hyphenation: a‧ro

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

aro inan
* time, season
* age, era
    Erdi Aroa ― Middles Ages
* (Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin) weather

##### Derived terms

* urtaro (“season”)

### Etymology 2

From Spanish aro (“ring”).

#### Noun

aro inan
* wreath, garland
* ring, circle

##### Declension
### References

* ↑ “aro” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

### Further reading

* “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

## Esperanto
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaro]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aro
* Hyphenation: a‧ro

### Noun

aro (accusative singular aron, plural aroj, accusative plural arojn)
* bunch
    aro da kliŝaĵoj pri kaj Eŭropo kaj la nova traktato ― a bunch of clichés about both Europe and the new treaty

#### Related terms

* ariĝi

## Finnish
### Etymology

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)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑro/, [ˈɑ̝ro̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑro
* Hyphenation: aro

### Noun

aro
* steppe; flat, vast, temperate but relatively dry grassland
* (dialectal) humid or swampy meadow or plain

#### Declension

Possessive forms of aro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aroni
aroni
accusative
nom.
aroni
aroni
gen.
aroni
genitive
aroni
arojeni
partitive
aroani
arojani
inessive
arossani
aroissani
elative
arostani
aroistani
illative
arooni
aroihini
adessive
arollani
aroillani
ablative
aroltani
aroiltani
allative
arolleni
aroilleni
essive
aronani
aroinani
translative
arokseni
aroikseni
abessive
arottani
aroittani
instructive
comitative
—aroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
arosi
arosi
accusative
nom.
arosi
arosi
gen.
arosi
genitive
arosi
arojesi
partitive
aroasi
arojasi
inessive
arossasi
aroissasi
elative
arostasi
aroistasi
illative
aroosi
aroihisi
adessive
arollasi
aroillasi
ablative
aroltasi
aroiltasi
allative
arollesi
aroillesi
essive
aronasi
aroinasi
translative
aroksesi
aroiksesi
abessive
arottasi
aroittasi
instructive
comitative
—aroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aromme
aromme
accusative
nom.
aromme
aromme
gen.
aromme
genitive
aromme
arojemme
partitive
aroamme
arojamme
inessive
arossamme
aroissamme
elative
arostamme
aroistamme
illative
aroomme
aroihimme
adessive
arollamme
aroillamme
ablative
aroltamme
aroiltamme
allative
arollemme
aroillemme
essive
aronamme
aroinamme
translative
aroksemme
aroiksemme
abessive
arottamme
aroittamme
instructive
comitative
—aroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aronne
aronne
accusative
nom.
aronne
aronne
gen.
aronne
genitive
aronne
arojenne
partitive
aroanne
arojanne
inessive
arossanne
aroissanne
elative
arostanne
aroistanne
illative
aroonne
aroihinne
adessive
arollanne
aroillanne
ablative
aroltanne
aroiltanne
allative
arollenne
aroillenne
essive
aronanne
aroinanne
translative
aroksenne
aroiksenne
abessive
arottanne
aroittanne
instructive
comitative
—aroinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aronsa
aronsa
accusative
nom.
aronsa
aronsa
gen.
aronsa
genitive
aronsa
arojensa
partitive
aroaan aroansa
arojaan arojansa
inessive
arossaan arossansa
aroissaan aroissansa
elative
arostaan arostansa
aroistaan aroistansa
illative
aroonsa
aroihinsa
adessive
arollaan arollansa
aroillaan aroillansa
ablative
aroltaan aroltansa
aroiltaan aroiltansa
allative
arolleen arollensa
aroilleen aroillensa
essive
aronaan aronansa
aroinaan aroinansa
translative
arokseen aroksensa
aroikseen aroiksensa
abessive
arottaan arottansa
aroittaan aroittansa
instructive
comitative
—aroineen aroinensa :

#### Derived terms

* arokki
* Arola
* Aronen
* aroeläin
* aroharmaalokki
* arohiirihaukka
* arohilleri
* arohyyppä
* arojerbo
* arojuoksija
* arojänis
* arokakadu
* arokana
* arokasvi
* arokerttu
* arokettu
* arokissa
* arokiuru
* arokoivuhiiri
* arokorppi
* arokotka
* arokyyhky
* arolukki
* Aromaa
* aromerikotka
* aromurmeli
* aromuurahaiskäpy
* Aromäki
* aropääskykahlaaja
* aroseepra
* arosinappiperhonen
* arosopuli
* arosuohaukka
* arosusi
* arotasku
* arotundra
* arovarpunen
* arovarpushaukka
* arovuokko
* arovyöhyke
* heinäaro
* kelta-arosopuli
* mammuttiaro
* maruna-arosopuli
* pensasaro
* Saviaro

### References

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

### Further reading

* “aro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* ora

## Galician
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaɾʊ]

### Noun

aro m (plural aros)
* hoop, circle, ring
    Synonyms: anel, cerco, círculo
* handle (round)
    Synonym: anca
* loon (bird)

### References

* 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
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “aro I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Galo
### Alternative forms

ayo

### Etymology

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

### Noun

aro
* tongue

## Garo
### Etymology

Probably borrowed from Bengali আর (ar).

### Conjunction

aro
* and, in addition to

### References

* Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 337

## Hiligaynon
### Noun

arô
* leprosy

## Italian
### Verb

aro
* first-person singular present indicative of arare

### Anagrams

* Ora, ora

## Latin
### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *araō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti (“to plough”), from the root *h₂erh₃-. 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).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈa.roː/, [ˈäroː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.ro/, [ˈäːro]

### Verb

arō (present infinitive arāre, perfect active arāvī, supine arātum); first conjugation
* to plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage
* (of age) to draw furrows over the body, wrinkle

#### Derived terms

* adarō
* arābilis
* arātiō
* arātor
* arātrum
* arātus
* arvus
* circumarō
* exarō
* inarō
* obarō
* perarō

#### Related terms

* arātiuncula
* arātōrius
* arātrō
* arva
* arvālis

#### Descendants

* Aromanian: ar, arari
* Asturian: arar
* Franco-Provençal: arar
* Friulian: arâ
* Istro-Romanian: oru
* Italian: arare
* Megleno-Romanian: ar, ărari
* Occitan: arar
* Old Catalan: arar
* Old French: arer
* Old Galician-Portuguese: arar
** Galician: arar
** Portuguese: arar
* Romanian: ara, arare
* Sardinian: arai, arare
* Sicilian: arari
* Spanish: arar
* Venetan: arar

### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “arō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 55

### Further reading

* “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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Malagasy
### Noun

aro
* defense; protection

### Adjective

aro
* (dialectal, Betsimisaraka) Synonym of roa

## Mansaka
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu.

#### Noun

aro
* pestle
* pole for pounding rice

### Etymology 2

Unknown.

#### Noun

arò
* fog

## Maori
### Etymology

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

### Noun

aro
* front (facing side)
    Kua maringi i a koe ki runga i to aro.You've spilt it down your front.
* 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.

### Verb

aro (passive arohia or arongia or arotia)
* (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.

### References

* “aro” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Nauruan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɑro]

### Numeral

aro
* two

## Northern Kurdish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑːˈɾoː/

### Noun

aro m (Arabic spelling ئارۆ)
* Alternative form of arû (“cucumber”)

#### Declension
### References

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

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* earun, earon

### Verb

aro
* (contracted) Northumbrian form of earon

## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* arn, arin

### Etymology

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

### Noun

aro m
* eagle

#### Derived terms

* 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

#### Descendants

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

### Further reading

* Viktor Hugo Suolahti (1909) “Adler”, in Die deutschen Vogelnamen : eine wortgeschichtliche Untersuchung‎ (in German), page 345

## Old Saxon
### Alternative forms

* *arn, *aran

### Etymology

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

### Noun

aro m
* eagle

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: ārn, arne, arnt, arndt, aren, ārent
** Low German: Aar, Arend

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ɾu/
* Rhymes: -aɾu
* Hyphenation: a‧ro

### Etymology 1

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. Cognate with Spanish aro and Galician aro.

#### Noun

aro m (plural aros)
* any large circular band of material
** hoop (circular band of metal used to bind a barrel)
** rim (outer edge of a wheel)
    aro de propulsão ― wheelchair's pushrim
** the frame of eyeglasses
    Synonym: armação
** juggling ring
    Synonym: argola
** cheesevat
    Synonym: cincho
* (archaic) outskirts (the region surrounding a city)
    Synonym: periferia

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin arum.

#### Alternative forms

* arão, arum, árum, jarro, jaro

#### Noun

aro m (plural aros)
* arum (any plant in the genus Arum)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

aro
* first-person singular present indicative of arar

### References

* “aro”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “aro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “aro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* ↑ José Pedro Machado (1995) “Aro”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 309

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

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

### Noun

aro
* front (facing side)
    ki te aro o ― to the front of

### References

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

## Romani
### Noun

aro m
* Alternative form of arro (“flour”)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaɾo/ [ˈa.ɾo]
* Rhymes: -aɾo
* Syllabification: a‧ro

### Etymology 1

Unknown origin.

#### Noun

aro m (plural aros)
* hoop
* large ring
* (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay) earring
    Synonyms: arete, pendiente

##### Derived terms

* arete
* aro de cebolla
* aro expansor
* pasar por el aro

##### See also

* anillo
* argolla
* sortija

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin arum.

#### Noun

aro m (plural aros)
* arum lily

##### Alternative forms

* jaro, yaro

##### Derived terms

* aro gigante

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

aro
* first-person singular present indicative of arar

### Further reading

* “aro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Votic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈɑro/, [ˈɑro]
* Rhymes: -ɑro
* Hyphenation: a‧ro

### Noun

aro
* rake

#### Inflection
### References

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

## Yami
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

aro
* many; a lot

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.ɾō/

#### Noun

aro
* cymbal
    wọ́n ń lu aroThey are playing the cymbal

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.ɾò/

#### Noun

arò
* dirge, lamentation; usually during a funeral

##### Derived terms

* ìdárò

##### Related terms

(types of funeral dirges)
* ògbérè
* òkú-pípè
* ìrèmọ̀jé
* ìgbálá

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.ɾó/

#### Noun

aró
* a type of yam; Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata
    Synonym: iṣu aró

##### Related terms

* iṣu (“yam”)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.ɾó/

#### Noun

aró
* dye; (in particular) indigo dye
    Synonym: ẹ̀lú
* (by extension) dark blue; indigo

##### Derived terms

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