See also: 'roo and ro'o

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English roo, ro, from Old English , 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 (tranquility, quietness).

Noun

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roo (uncountable)

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

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Aphetic form of kangaroo.

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roo (plural roos)

  1. (Australia, slang) Clipping of kangaroo.
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Galician

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roo

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

Gooniyandi

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roo

  1. excrement, faeces, shit

Hadza

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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

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roo (emphatic roosyn)

  1. third-person plural of rish
    to them

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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roo

  1. Alternative form of ro (roe deer)

Etymology 2

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roo

  1. Alternative form of ro (serenity)

Portuguese

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  • Rhymes: -ou
  • Hyphenation: ro‧o

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roo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of roer

Spanish

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Verb

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roo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of roer
    Synonyms: roigo, royo

Tetum

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

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roo

  1. leaf