ero

See also: Ero, erő, -ero, -erò, and e-rờ

Contents

Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from -ero (“element”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈero/
• Hyphenation: e‧ro
• Rhymes: -ero

Noun

ero (accusative singular eron, plural eroj, accusative plural erojn)

1. A bit, a single element, piece, or component of a large mass or collection

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Finnish

Etymology

Derived from erä (“apart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈero/, [ˈe̞ro̞]
• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: e‧ro

Noun

ero

1. difference, distinction

   Tiedätkö mitä eroa on netbookilla ja notebookilla?

   Do you know what the difference is between a netbook and a notebook?

   Ainoa ero äitiin oli hieman tummempi ihonväri.

   The only difference from his mother was a slightly darker skin tone.

2. Short for avioero (“divorce”).
3. resignation
4. discharge, dismissal
5. separation, parting
6. rid (in the expression päästä eroon (jostakin) or hankkiutua eroon (jostakin) for "to get rid of (something)")

Declension

Inflection of ero (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		ero	erot
genitive		eron	erojen
partitive		eroa	eroja
illative		eroon	eroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		ero	erot
accusative	nom.	ero	erot
	gen.	eron
genitive		eron	erojen
partitive		eroa	eroja
inessive		erossa	eroissa
elative		erosta	eroista
illative		eroon	eroihin
adessive		erolla	eroilla
ablative		erolta	eroilta
allative		erolle	eroille
essive		erona	eroina
translative		eroksi	eroiksi
instructive		—	eroin
abessive		erotta	eroitta
comitative		—	eroineen

Derived terms

• avioero
• erokirje
• eropaperi
• eropäätös
• erota
• erotin
• erottaa
• erotus
• mielipide-ero
• näkemysero

 

Related terms

• erä

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Ido

Noun

ero (plural eri)

1. era

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ro/, [ˈɛːr̺o]
• Hyphenation: è‧ro
• Rhymes: -ɛro

Etymology 1

Verb

ero

1. first-person singular imperfect indicative of essere; (I) was

Etymology 2

Clipping of eroina.

Noun

ero f

1. (slang) heroin

Anagrams

• ore, reo

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Japanese

Romanization

ero

1. Rōmaji transcription of エロ

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Jarawa

Adjective

ero

1. angry

References

• Pramod Kumar, Descriptive and Typological Study of Jarawa (2012)

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.roː/, [ˈɛ.roː]

Verb

erō

1. first-person singular future active indicative of sum

Noun

erō

1. dative singular of erus
2. ablative singular of erus

References

• ero in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ero in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• era
• er

Verb

ero

1. (archaic)(nonstandard) Present tense plural form of vera

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Old High German

Noun

ero n

1. earth

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.rɔ/

Noun

ero f

1. vocative singular of era

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Teanu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /erɔ/

Noun

ero

1. water

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish ero.

Noun

ero

1. difference
2. distinction
3. disagreement

Inflection

Inflection of ero
nominative sing.	ero
genitive sing.	eron
partitive sing.	erod
partitive plur.	eroid
	singular	plural
nominative	ero	erod
accusative	eron	erod
genitive	eron	eroiden
partitive	erod	eroid
essive-instructive	eron	eroin
translative	eroks	eroikš
inessive	eros	eroiš
elative	erospäi	eroišpäi
illative	?	eroihe
adessive	erol	eroil
ablative	erolpäi	eroilpäi
allative	erole	eroile
abessive	erota	eroita
comitative	eronke	eroidenke
prolative	erodme	eroidme
approximative I	eronno	eroidenno
approximative II	eronnoks	eroidennoks
egressive	eronnopäi	eroidennopäi
terminative I	?	eroihesai
terminative II	erolesai	eroilesai
terminative III	erossai	—
additive I	?	eroihepäi
additive II	erolepäi	eroilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “отличие, различие, разница, разногласие”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika