Catalan edit

Etymology edit

From gerra, a borrowing of Arabic جَرَّة (jarra, earthern receptacle).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gerro m (plural gerros)

  1. pitcher, vase

Further reading edit

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كارو (gārru), itself derived from Spanish cigarro.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛroː/
  • Hyphenation: ger‧ro

Noun edit

gerro m (plural gerro's, diminutive gerrotje n)

  1. (colloquial, slang) cigarette
    Wollah, vandaag is m'n hoofd hayek heet beste heeft iemand gerro.
    Yo, give me that cigarette. Today, I am very stressed, it would be the best if someone has a cigarette.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From gerrae (trifles, nonsense) +‎ .

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gerrō m (genitive gerrōnis); third declension

  1. A trifler, an idle fellow

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gerrō gerrōnēs
Genitive gerrōnis gerrōnum
Dative gerrōnī gerrōnibus
Accusative gerrōnem gerrōnēs
Ablative gerrōne gerrōnibus
Vocative gerrō gerrōnēs

References edit

  • gerro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gerro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gerro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • gerro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.