roo

See also: 'roo and ro'o

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹuː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹu/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: rue, roux

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Etymology 1

From Middle English roo, ro, from Old English rō, rōw (“quietness, quiet, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *rōō (“quiet, rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ere(w)-, *rē(w)- (“quiet”). Cognate with Scots ro, ruve (“peace, repose”), German Ruhe (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ro (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Icelandic ró (“tranquility, quietness”).

Noun

roo (uncountable)

1. (UK dialectal or obsolete) Peace; quietness.
2. (UK dialectal) Rest; stillness.

Derived terms

• roolie
• unruly

Etymology 2

Aphetic form of kangaroo.

Alternative forms

• 'roo

Noun

roo (plural roos)

1. (Australia, slang) Clipping of kangaroo.

Derived terms

• a roo loose in the top paddock
• roo bar

Anagrams

• Oro, oro-

Galician

Verb

roo

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of roer

Gooniyandi

Noun

roo

1. excrement, faeces, shit

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɺoʔo/

Noun

roo m (masc. plural roobii, fem. rooko, fem. plural roobee) (Note: the form after a determiner is roo)

1. a horn, barb (mpl vowel may rise to ruubii. fem. = a short/stout horn)

Manx

Pronoun

roo

1. third-person plural of rish

   to them

   • Cha row eh ny s'lheah er loayrt roo. No sooner had he spoken to them.
   • Ta mee çheughey roo. I side with them.

Derived terms

• roosyn (emphatic)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

roo

1. Alternative form of ro (“roe deer”)

Etymology 2

Noun

roo

1. Alternative form of ro (“serenity”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.u/ [ˈho.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.u/ [ˈho.u]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.u/ [ˈχo.u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.o/ [ˈho.o]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.u/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.u/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).u/

• Rhymes: -ou
• Hyphenation: ro‧o

Verb

roo

1. first-person singular present indicative of roer

Spanish

Verb

roo

1. first-person singular present indicative of roer

   Synonyms: roigo, royo

Tetum

Etymology

From *doo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun, compare Malay daun.

Noun

roo

1. leaf