baro

See also: Baro, barò, baró, báró, baro-, and båro

Angloromani

Etymology 1

Inherited from Romani baro.

Alternative forms

• barri, bawla, bawro, bora, bori, borri, borro, bowro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaːrəʊ], [ˈbaɹəʊ]

Adjective

baro

1. big
2. great

Descendants

• → English: barry

Etymology 2

Inherited from Romani bero.

Noun

baro

1. boat

References

• “baro”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎^[1], The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 17
• “baro”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎^[2], The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 20

Asi

Noun

barò

1. clothes

Balkan Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Romani baro.

Adjective

baro

1. (Bugurdži, Crimea, Kosovo Arli, Macedonian Arli, Sepečides, Sofia Erli, Ursari) big
2. (Bugurdži, Kosovo Arli, Sofia Erli, Ursari) great
3. (Bugurdži, Kosovo Arli, Sofia Erli, Ursari) large
4. (Bugurdži, Kosovo Arli) huge
5. (Crimea) eldest
6. (Macedonian Arli) mature
7. (Sepečides, Sofia Erli) mighty
8. (Sofia Erli) swollen
9. (Sofia Erli) grown-up
10. (Ursari) numerous
11. (Ursari) solid
12. (Ursari) full-bosomed

Noun

baro m

1. (Bugurdži, Macedonian Arli) adult, grown-up
2. (Crimea) chief
3. (Crimea) policeman
4. (Sofia Erli) director

Derived terms

• barebrekengiri
• barenakeskoro
• bares
• barečangengoro
• bari roj
• barilo
• baripe
• baro biršim
• baro crevo
• baro dand
• baro kurmuso
• baro masek
• baro muj
• baro naj
• baro pani
• baro papus
• baro čer
• baro-baro
• o pobaro delo
• škembari

 

References

• “baro” in Bugurdži Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Crimean Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Kosovo Arli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Macedonian Arli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Sepečides Romani-English dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Sofia Erli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Ursari Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Baltic Romani

Alternative forms

• baarò (Latvia)

Etymology

Inherited from Romani baro.

Adjective

baro

1. (Lithuania, North Russia) big, great
2. (Lithuania) large

Noun

baro m

1. (North Russia) adult

Derived terms

• barimo
• barino
• baro khêr
• baro paľco
• baronakheskiro
• baropêrêskro
• izbit baro
• nabaro

 

References

• “baro” in Lithuanian Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in North Russian Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Carpathian Romani

Alternative forms

• bauro (Prekmurski)
• báro (Veršend)

Etymology

Inherited from Romani baro.

Adjective

baro

1. (Burgenland, East Slovakia, Gurvari, Hungarian Vend, Romungro) big
2. (Burgenland) large
3. (Burgenland) huge
4. (Burgenland) mighty
5. (Burgenland, Gurvari, Hungarian Vend, Romungro) great
6. (East Slovakia) high
7. (East Slovakia) elevated, noble
8. (East Slovakia) important

Adverb

baro

1. (East Slovakia) very, many
2. (East Slovakia) long

Noun

baro m

1. (Burgenland) adult
2. (East Slovakia) commander
3. (East Slovakia) important/serious business

References

• “baro” in Burgenland Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in East Slovak Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Gurvari Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Hungarian Vend Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Romungro Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ro

Noun

baro

1. a cylindrical container with a capacity of about 5 to 6 gallons

Erromintxela

Alternative forms

• baru

Etymology

Inherited from Romani baro.

Adjective

baro

1. large, big

References

• “baro” in Alexandre Baudrimont, Vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens habitant les pays basques français, Bordeaux: G. Gounouilhou, 1862, →OCLC, page 38.

Esperanto

Etymology

bari +‎ -o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaro]
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: ba‧ro

Noun

baro (accusative singular baron, plural baroj, accusative plural barojn)

1. obstruction, barrier ("that which obstructs or impedes")

   E. forigas la lingvajn barojn inter la popoloj. ― Esperanto removes the language barriers between peoples.

   Pro multaj ĝenoj k baroj la laboro haltis. ― Work has halted due to many annoyances and barriers.

2. (mathematics) bound

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto baro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaro/

Noun

baro (plural bari)

1. obstruction (barrier)

Derived terms

• barar
• barilo

 

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾo/, [bɐˈɾo]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ro

Adjective

baró (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜎᜓ)

1. new (most senses)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ro/
• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: bà‧ro

Etymology 1

Probably from Latin bārō (“simpleton”). Or, from Late Latin baraliāre (“dispute, quarrel”), probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Cognate with Spanish barajar and Catalan baralla (“deck of cards”), Portuguese baralhar (“to shuffle cards”).

Noun

baro m (plural bari)

1. cardsharp
2. cheat

Derived terms

• barare

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

baro

1. first-person singular present indicative of barare

Further reading

• baro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “baro”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

Anagrams

• Orba, bora, orba, roba

Jamaican Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːrʌ/, /ˈbɑːra/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ro

Verb

baro

1. Alternative form of borrow
   • 2020, Carolyn Cooper, “Govament a hide up di truth bout di virus?”, in The Jamaica Gleaner‎^[3]:

     “Mad smadi a baro maask! […] ”

     Crazy people are borrowing masks! […]

Kalo Finnish Romani

Alternative forms

• baaro

Etymology

Inherited from Romani baro.

Adjective

baro (feminine bari, comparative baaride)

1. big, great
2. grown-up

Derived terms

• baariba
• bari hisba
• bari siila
• baro aavakiiro
• baro daad
• baro diklo
• Baro fooros
• baro kardiini
• baro liin
• baro mujjeskiero
• baro phaal
• baro praatiboskero
• baro raj
• baro raxxal
• baro tijaxxeskiero

 

References

• “baro” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Karao

Noun

baro

1. clothes; dress

Kashubian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbarɔ/
• Syllabification: ba‧ro

Adverb

baro (comparative barżi, superlative nôbarżi)

1. very; very much

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “bardzo”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “bardzo”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[4]
• “baro”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latin

Etymology 1

Unknown, likely a loanword. Cf. bardus (“stupid”).

Alternative forms

• vārō, varrō, barrō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.roː/, [ˈbäːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ro/, [ˈbäːro]

Noun

bārō m (genitive bārōnis); third declension

1. simpleton, dunce, lout (a boorish and uneducated person)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo stultus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bārō	bārōnēs
Genitive	bārōnis	bārōnum
Dative	bārōnī	bārōnibus
Accusative	bārōnem	bārōnēs
Ablative	bārōne	bārōnibus
Vocative	bārō	bārōnēs

Related terms

• bārōsus

Descendants

• Italian: barone

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *barō, although a Celtic origin has also been proposed. See baron for more. Possibly attested as early as AD 97–105.

Alternative forms

• varō, parō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.roː/, [ˈbäroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ro/, [ˈbäːro]
• The length of the first vowel is uncertain. Scholars generally give it as short per the Germanic and to distinguish from etymology 1. Nevertheless it does appear with a long vowel in medieval verse (e.g. in De triumphis ecclesie).

Noun

barō m (genitive barōnis); third declension

1. (Classical Latin) man
   • AD 150–275, Curse-tablet from Britain Brit. 23.5:

     ut ei qui mihi fraudem fecerit sanitatem ei non permittas nec iacere nec sedere nec bibere nec manducare si baro si mulier si puer si puella si servus si liber

     ...[I ask] that you not allow the one who has committed a crime against me to have good health, nor to lie, sit, drink, or eat, whether [they be] a man or woman, boy or girl, slave or freeman...

   • Ca. AD 500, Lex Salica 31.1–2:

     si quis baronem ingenuum de via sua ostaverit aut inpinxerit [...] dc dinarios qui faciunt solidos xv culpabilis iudicetur si quis mulierem ingenuam de via ostaveritaut inpinxerit mdccc dinarios qui faciunt solidos xlv culpabilis iudicetur

     Should anyone shove a freeborn man out of their way [...] they shall be fined 600 denarii, which amounts to 15 solidi. Should anyone shove a freeborn woman out of their way, they shall be fined 1800 denarii, which amounts to 45 solidi.

2. (Late Latin) mercenary
   • AD 600–625, Isidore's Etymologiae 9.4.31:

     mercennarii sunt qui serviunt accepta mercede idem et barones graeco nomine quod sint fortes in laboribus βαρύς enim dicitur gravis quod est fortis cui contrarius est levis id est infirmus

     Mercenaries are those who serve for money. They are also known by the Greek name barones since they are powerful in their exertions. After all, βαρύς means 'heavy' i.e. 'strong', the opposite of which is 'light' i.e. 'weak'.

3. (Late Latin, Early Medieval Latin)^? soldier's servant
   • Probably 4th–9th c. AD, Commentum Cornuti 5.138:

     lingua gallorum barones vel varones dicuntur servi militum

     In the parlance of the Gauls, the servants of soldiers are called barones or varones.

4. (Early Medieval Latin) freeman^?
   • AD 643, Edictum Rothari 1.17:

     si quis ex baronibus nostris ad nos voluerit venire securus veniat

     Should any of our barones[?] wish to come to us, let him do so safely...

5. (Early Medieval Latin) serf
   • AD 741, Deed of donation in St. Gallen :

     et in insola ipsa mancipios tres et parones quattuor ista omnia ad ipsum monasterium superius nominatum tradimus

     ...as well as three slaves and four serfs on the island. We donate all this to the aforementioned monastery...

6. (Medieval Latin, in the plural) the notables (of a kingdom, country, or city)
7. (Medieval Latin) vassal
8. (Medieval Latin) baron
9. (Medieval Latin) famous man

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	barō	barōnēs
Genitive	barōnis	barōnum
Dative	barōnī	barōnibus
Accusative	barōnem	barōnēs
Ablative	barōne	barōnibus
Vocative	barō	barōnēs

Derived terms

• barō rēgnī
• combarō

 

Descendants

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: baró
  • Occitan: baron
  • Old French: baron (see there for further descendants)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: baron, varon
    • Galician: varón
    • Portuguese: varão
  • Old Spanish: baron, varon
    • Spanish: varón, barón
• Borrowings:
  • → Hungarian: báró (directly?)

References

• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “baro”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, pages 85–86
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “baro”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[5], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

• “baro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “baro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• baro 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)
• baro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• baro in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
• Liberman, Anatoly (2014 June 18) “A globalized history of “baron,” part 2”, in OUPblog, retrieved 2021-03-29

Latvian

Verb

baro

1. inflection of barot:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of barot
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of barot

Lithuanian

Noun

baro m

1. genitive singular of baras

Mansaka

Noun

baro

1. widowed person

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *baru, from Proto-Germanic *barwaz.

Noun

baro m

1. sanctuary
2. place of sacrifice

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *barō, from Proto-Germanic *barô.

Noun

baro m

1. human being
2. man
3. freeman

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟 (vaḍḍa), from Sanskrit वड्र (vaḍra), from वृद्ध (vṛddha, “large, old, eminent”).

Adjective

baro (feminine bari, plural bare)

1. big

   Antonym: tikno

Derived terms

• baro pani

 

Descendants

• Angloromani: baro, barri, bawla, bawro, bora, bori, borri, borro, bowro
• Balkan Romani: baro
• Baltic Romani: baro, baarò
• Caló: baró
• Carpathian Romani: baro, bauro; báro
• Erromintxela: baro
• Kalo Finnish Romani: baro, baaro
• Sinte Romani: baro, bro, bur
• Traveller Norwegian: baro
• Welsh Romani: båro

References

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “baro”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 134
• “baro” in Dolenjski Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

baro (Cyrillic spelling баро)

1. vocative singular of bȁra

Sinte Romani

Alternative forms

• bro, bur

Etymology

Inherited from Romani baro.

Adjective

baro (feminine bari)

1. big
2. wide
3. long
4. tall
5. important

Derived terms

• baremoskero
• barepen
• barevel
• bari bibi
• bari gaja
• bari gusteri
• bari jak
• bari phup
• bari šereskeri
• barikambaňakero foro
• barilel pre
• baro ciro
• baro devel
• baro foro
• baro hox
• baro kova
• baro likêlo
• baro lil
• baro pani
• baro raj
• baro rašaj
• baro sap
• baro saster
• baro čiro
• baro šereskero
• devel baro

 

References

• “baro” in Sinte Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Somali

Verb

baro

1. learn

   Synonym: bar

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay baju (cf. Ilocano bado, Remontado Agta badu), ultimately from Classical Persian بازو (bāzū, “upper arm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾoʔ/, [ˈba.ɾoʔ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ro

Noun

barò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜓ)

1. clothing; wearing apparel
2. upper garment

Derived terms

• baro't saya
• baro-baruan
• barong-bakal
• barong-intsik
• barong-pilipino
• barong-tagalog
• baruan
• baruin
• kabaro
• magbaro
• pabaruan
• papagbaruin
• polo-barong

 

Related terms

• barong

Further reading

• Zorc, David Paul (1977) The Bisayan Dialects of the Philippines: Subgrouping and Reconstruction (Pacific Linguistics, Series C, No. 44)‎^[6], Canberra: Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, page 213.
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 60

Ternate

Etymology

From N- (nominalizer) +‎ paro (“to cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.ɾo]

Noun

baro

1. a bandage

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Traveller Norwegian

Etymology

Inherited from Romani baro.

Adjective

baro

1. large, big

References

• “baro” in Norwegian Romani Dictionary.
• “baro” in Tavringens Rakripa: Romanifolkets Ordbok, Landsorganisasjonen for Romanifolket.

Vlax Romani

Etymology 1

Inherited from Romani baro.

Adjective

baro (feminine bari)

1. (Banatiski Gurbet, Gurbet, Kalderaš, Lovara, Macedonian Džambazi, Sremski Gurbet) big, large
2. (Banatiski Gurbet, Lovara, Macedonian Džambazi, Sremski Gurbet) great
3. (Banatiski Gurbet, Gurbet, Sremski Gurbet) long
4. (Banatiski Gurbet, Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi, Sremski Gurbet) high
5. (Banatiski Gurbet, Sremski Gurbet) huge
6. (Banatiski Gurbet, Gurbet, Lovara, Macedonian Džambazi, Sremski Gurbet) tall
7. (Gurbet) fat
8. (Gurbet, Sremski Gurbet) wide
9. (Gurbet) grown-up, adult
10. (Gurbet, figuratively) important
11. (Gurbet) prominent
12. (Gurbet) main
13. (Gurbet, Kalderaš) respectable
14. (Gurbet) esteemed
15. (Gurbet, Kalderaš, Lovara) powerful
16. (Gurbet, Kalderaš) mighty
17. (Kalderaš) elder
18. (Lovara) noble
19. (Sremski Gurbet) broad

Derived terms

• ande bari mera
• bare bogiňe
• bare buľasa
• bare gijesa
• bare najenca
• bare nakhesa
• bare papur
• bare pungenca
• bare zejanca
• bare škole
• barebalengo
• barebuľako
• barebuľengo
• baredandengo
• baregoďako
• barekanengo
• barel
• barepelengo
• barepojraći
• barezorako
• barečangengo
• barečučengo
• barešoresko
• bari komuna
• bari paraštuj
• bari vrama
• bari čirikli
• barikanengo
• barikanipe
• barikano
• barilo
• barimango
• barimasko
• barimata
• barimos
• baripe
• barivel
• baro bar
• baro beng
• baro drab
• baro drom
• baro kher
• baro manuš
• baro nasvalo
• baro paj
• baro paj
• baro phurimos
• baro raj
• baro rašaj
• baro rom
• baro slovo
• baro taxtaj
• baro ďive
• Baroforo
• barol
• barořo
• dandbaro
• kanbaro
• komuna bari
• kořbaro
• majbaro
• najbaro

 

Adverb

baro

1. (Gurbet) very, very much

Noun

baro m

1. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) lord
2. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) any important, respectable person: landlord, master, chief, director, manager, commander, employer
3. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) householder
4. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) rich man
5. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) sovereign
6. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) prince
7. (Kalderaš) chief
8. (Kalderaš) general
9. (Macedonian Džambazi) Mr.

Etymology 2

Noun

baro m

1. (Lovara) bar

Derived terms

• bareski pincerkiňa
• baresko pinceri

 

References

• “baro” in Banatiski Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Kalderaš Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Lovara Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Macedonian Džambazi Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Sremski Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.