rôe

See also: Appendix:Variations of "roe"

Ligurian

Alternative forms

• rôve

Etymology

From Latin rōbur (“hard oak”; “hardness”), from ruber (“red”) (for its reddish hardwood), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈruːe/

Noun

rôe f (invariable)

1. oak (tree)

   Hypernym: èrbo

2. (uncountable) oak (wood)

   Hypernym: légno