ankro

From English anchor, French ancre, German Anker, Italian ancora, and Latin ancora.

• IPA^(key): /ˈankro/

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• Rhymes: -ankro
• Hyphenation: an‧kro

ankro (accusative singular ankron, plural ankroj, accusative plural ankrojn)

1. anchor

   ĵeti la ankron

   to drop / cast anchor

   levi la ankron

   to weigh anchor

• ankrejo (“anchorage”)
• ankri (“to anchor”)

Borrowed from Esperanto ankro, English anchor, French ancre, German Anker, Italian ancora, Russian я́корь (jákorʹ), Spanish ancla, ultimately from Latin ancora, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura).

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.kro/

ankro (plural ankri)

1. (nautical) anchor

• ankro-agar (“to anchor”)
• desankragar (“to weigh anchor”)