maro

See also: Maro, maró, marò, māro, and 'måro

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈro/ [mʌˈɾɔ]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ro

Noun

maró f 

1. assembly

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *marwos (“dead”) (compare Welsh marw, marb), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥wós (compare *mr̥tós), ultimately from the root *mer- (“to die”).

Adjective

maro

1. dead

Mutation

Mutation of maro

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
maro	varo	unchanged	unchanged	varo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian and Latin mare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaro]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: ma‧ro

Noun

maro (accusative singular maron, plural maroj, accusative plural marojn)

1. (geography) sea

Derived terms

• Araba Maro (“Arabian Sea”)
• Baleara Maro (“Balearic Sea”)
• Balta Maro (“Baltic Sea”)
• Beringa Maro (“Bering Sea”)
• Flava Maro (“Yellow Sea”)
• Irlanda Maro (“Irish Sea”)
• Japana Maro (“Sea of Japan”)
• Kariba Maro (“Caribbean Sea”)
• Kaspia Maro (“Caspian Sea”)
• maranaso (“scoter”)
• mararmeo (“navy”)
• marbirdo (“seabird”)
• marhaveno (“seaport”)
• maristo (“sailor, mariner”)
• markolo (“strait”)
• marnivelo (“sea level”)
• marstelo (“starfish”)
• marvirino (“mermaid”)
• Norvega Maro (“Norwegian Sea”)
• Ruĝa Maro (“Red Sea”)
• Sudĉina Maro (“South China Sea”)

 

Descendants

• Ido: maro

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto maro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaro/

Noun

maro (plural mari)

1. sea

Italian

Etymology

From Latin marum, from Ancient Greek μᾶρον (mâron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ro/
• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: mà‧ro

Noun

maro m (plural mari)

1. cat thyme (Teucrium marum)

Anagrams

• Roma, amor, armo, armò, mora, orma, ramo, ramò, roma

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

maro f

1. (non-standard since 1917) definite singular of maru
2. (dialectal, Southern Hordaland, Sokndal) definite singular of mara

Anagrams

• Omar, Roma, amor, mora, omar, ómar, orma, roma

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.rɔ/
• Rhymes: -arɔ
• Syllabification: ma‧ro

Noun

maro f

1. vocative singular of mara

Portuguese

Verb

maro

1. first-person singular present indicative of marar

Romanian

Alternative forms

• maron

Etymology

Borrowed from French marron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈɾo]

• Audio:

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Adjective

maro m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. brown

Declension

invariable		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	maro		maro		maro	maro
	definite	—		—		—	—
genitive- dative	indefinite	maro		maro		maro	maro
	definite	—		—		—	—

Noun

maro n (plural marouri)

1. (shade of) brown

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	maro	maroul		marouri	marourile
genitive-dative	maro	maroului		marouri	marourilor
vocative	maroule			marourilor

See also

Colors in Romanian · culori (layout · text)

alb	gri	negru
roșu; carmin	portocaliu; maro	galben; crem
	verde	verde mentă
cyan	bleu	albastru
violet; indigo	mov; purpură	roz

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English English marrow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmarɔ/
• Rhymes: -arɔ

Noun

maro m (plural maros)

1. marrow (type of vegetable)

Mutation

Mutated forms of maro

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
maro	faro	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “maro”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies