acro

See also: ACRO and acro-

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

acro (not comparable)

Combining acrobatic elements with something else.

Derived terms

Noun

acro (uncountable)

acrobatic gymnastics

Translations

acrobatic gymnastics — see acrobatic gymnastics

Etymology 2

Noun

acro

Misspelling of acrow.

Etymology 3

Noun

acro (plural acros)

(informal) A warbler of the genus Acrocephalus.

Anagrams

ocra, arco, Caro, AOCR, orca, CRAO, Roca, RAOC, Cora, Arco

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.kro/
Rhymes: -akro
Hyphenation: à‧cro

Noun

acro m (plural acri)

acre (unit of measure)

Anagrams

arco, arcò, caro, ocra, orca, roca

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄκρων (ákrōn).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.kroː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.kro]

Noun

acrō m (genitive acrōnis); third declension

The extremity of a thing
The stem of a plant

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	acrō	acrōnēs
genitive	acrōnis	acrōnum
dative	acrōnī	acrōnibus
accusative	acrōnem	acrōnēs
ablative	acrōne	acrōnibus
vocative	acrō	acrōnēs

References

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