Petro

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• Petwo

Petro (uncountable)

1. In Haitian voodoo, a class of loa of uncertain origin, chiefly associated with fierceness or aggression.
   • 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 49:

     Whereas the Rada drumming and dancing are on beat, the Petro are offbeat, sharp, and unforgiving, like the crack of a rawhide whip.

Ultimately from Koine Greek Πέτρος (Pétros).

Petro (plural Petros)

1. a transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Петро́ (Petró), equivalent to Peter.
2. A surname.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Petro”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears

• -trope, ptero-, Porte, Perot, trope, retop, repot, tepor, toper, opter

Petro m (definite Petroja)

1. a male given name

• IPA^(key): /ˈpetro/

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• Rhymes: -etro
• Hyphenation: Pe‧tro

Petro (accusative Petron)

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Peter

• Peĉjo

Petrō

1. dative/ablative singular of Petrus

• “Petro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Petro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Pẽtro m

1. genitive singular of Pẽtras (“Peter”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈpetrɔ]

Petro m pers (female equivalent Petrová)

1. a male surname

• “Petro”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈpetɾo/ [ˈpe.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -etɾo
• Syllabification: Pe‧tro

Petro m or f by sense

1. a surname

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Petro

1. (biblical) Peter (either of the two books in the New Testament)