oro

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin aurum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾo/
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: o‧ro

Noun

oro f

1. gold

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “oro”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾo/ [o.ɾo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oɾo, -o
• Hyphenation: o‧ro

Adjective

oro (indeclinable)

1. all

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish oro.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “oros” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oro, from Latin aurum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: o‧ro

Noun

oro

1. (archaic) gold
   1. a heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au
   2. a coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish oro (“gold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾo/, [ˈo.ɾo]
• Hyphenation: o‧ro

Noun

oro

1. gold

Noun

oro

1. (anatomy) head

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian oro and French or, both from Latin aurum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoro]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oro
• Hyphenation: o‧ro

Noun

oro (uncountable, accusative oron)

1. gold

Etymology

Alternative of ori. Cognate to Livvi oro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoro/, [ˈo̞ro̞]
• Rhymes: -oro
• Hyphenation^(key): oro

Noun

oro (rare, poetic)

1. stallion

Verb

oro

1. first-person singular present indicative of orar

Noun

oro (plural ori)

1. gold

Etymology

From ori (“stallion”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈoro/, [ˈo̞ro̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈoroi̯/, [ˈo̞ro̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -oro, -oroi̯
• Hyphenation: o‧ro

Noun

oro

1. (folk poetic) Synonym of ori
   • 1915, Volmari Porkka, quoting Kati-akka, “1139. Soikkola, Väärnoja, III1”, in Väinö Salminen, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot‎, volume III1, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 23-24:

     Otti tuuloisen oroin, // Ahavaisen sälköväisen,

     He took the wind's stallion, // The chapping wind's foal,

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ro/

• Audio (l'oro):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔro
• Hyphenation: ò‧ro

Etymology 1

From Latin aurum, from earlier ausum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éh₂usom (“glow”), derived from the root *h₂ews-.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology

From Portuguese ouro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ó.ɾò/

Noun

órò

1. gold

Romanization

oro

1. Rōmaji transcription of おろ

Conjunction

oro

1. because

References

• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “oro”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 75