maro

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

Afar

Pronunciation

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

Noun

maró f

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

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: (file)
Rhymes: -aro
Hyphenation: ma‧ro

Noun

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

(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)

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)

cat thyme (Teucrium marum)

Anagrams

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

Japanese

Romanization

maro

Rōmaji transcription of まろ

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

maro f

(non-standard since 1917) definite singular of maru
(dialectal, Sunnhordland, 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

vocative singular of mara

Portuguese

Verb

maro

first-person singular present indicative of marar

Romanian

Alternative forms

maron

Etymology

Borrowed from French marron.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [maˈɾo]
Audio: (file)

Adjective

maro m or f or n (indeclinable)

brown

Declension

Declension of *maro* (invariable)
		masculine	feminine	masculine	neuter
		singular		plural
nominative- accusative	indefinite	maro	maro	maro	maro
nominative- accusative	definite	—	—	—	—
genitive- dative	indefinite	maro	maro	maro	maro
genitive- dative	definite	—	—	—	—

Noun

maro n (plural marouri)

(shade of) brown

Declension

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

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English English marrow.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmarɔ/
Rhymes: -arɔ

Noun

maro m (plural maros)

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

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