aro

Clipping of aromantic. Coined on the Internet in the 2010s.

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aro (comparative more aro, superlative most aro)

1. (slang, neologism) Aromantic (not experiencing romantic attraction).
   • 2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope", Dalhousie Gazette (Dalhousie University), 12 February - 18 February 2016, page 16:

     For ace and aro people, the possibilities for diverse relationships are endless, despite how pop culture often brands our identity as restrictive and confined.

   • 2017, Melissa Reph, "You might not like hearing this, but I don't like 'Riverdale'", The Muhlenberg Weekly (Muhlenberg College), 26 October 2017, page 3:

     For the show to completely and utterly ignore this is huge since there are very few representations of aro and ace-spec people in media of any kind.

   • 2018, Alexis Stark, "A-spectrum student experiences on MSU's campus", The State News (Michigan State University), 29 November 2018, page 5:

     This provides a home base for people looking to learn more about ace and aro identities.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aro.

aro (plural aros)

1. (slang, neologism) A person who is aromantic.
   • 2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope", Dalhousie Gazette (Dalhousie University), 12 February - 18 February 2016, page 16:

     While aces and aros can often be a misunderstood demographic in the queer community and outside of it, information about our identities is making its way into more conversations.

   • 2018, Isabel Nathan, "Asexuals, you are not alone", Washington Blade, 19 October 2018, page 20:

     Now most of my social circle is made up of other aces and aros.

   • 2019, Chelaine Kirsh, "Let's talk about aces, baby", The Sheaf (University of Saskatchewan), 24 October 2019, page 11:

     Building off from this calling card, aros have a more obscure variation of this where they don white rings.

• ace

• AOR, AoR, OAR, Ora, ROA, Rao, Roa, oar, ora

• IPA^(key): /ʌˈɾo/
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

aró f 

1. bite (act of biting)

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

• IPA^(key): /aɾo/, [a.ɾo̞]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

aro inan

1. time, season
2. age, era

   Erdi Aroa ― Middles Ages

3. (Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin) weather

From Spanish aro (“ring”).[1]

aro inan

1. wreath, garland
2. ring, circle

• "aro" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “aro” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Back-formation from -aro (“collection”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈaro]
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• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

aro (accusative singular aron, plural aroj, accusative plural arojn)

1. bunch

   aro da kliŝaĵoj pri kaj Eŭropo kaj la nova traktato ― a bunch of clichés about both Europe and the new treaty

• ariĝi

From Proto-Finnic *aro (compare Estonian aru), probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *arɜ (compare Erzya аразь (arazʹ, “lack”), Khanty [script needed] (urι, urə), Mansi [script needed] (orāj, orəj)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑro/, [ˈɑro̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑro
• Syllabification^(key): a‧ro

aro

1. steppe
2. (dialectal) humid or swampy meadow or plain

• “aro”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎ (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022.

• ora

ayo

From Proto-Tani *rjo, Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-laj ~ s-lej. Cognate with Tibetan ལྕེ (lce), Garo sre and Chinese 舌 (shé).

aro

1. tongue

Probably borrowed from Bengali আর (ar).

aro

1. and, in addition to

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 337

arô

1. leprosy

aro

1. first-person singular present indicative of arare

• Ora, ora

From Proto-Italic *araō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti (“to plough”), from the root *h₂erh₃-. The root-final laryngeal was lost in the Proto-Indo-European verb, but was restored in Proto-Italic.

Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀρόω (aróō), Old Church Slavonic орати (orati), Lithuanian arti, and Old English erian (archaic English ear).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.roː/, [ˈäroː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ro/, [ˈäːro]

arō (present infinitive arāre, perfect active arāvī, supine arātum); first conjugation

1. I plough, till; I cultivate land, farm; I acquire by tillage
2. (of age) I draw furrows over the body, wrinkle

• “aro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• aro in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

aro

1. defense; protection

aro

1. (dialectal, Betsimisaraka) Synonym of roa

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu.

aro

1. pestle
2. pole for pounding rice

Unknown.

arò

1. fog

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp (“front, facing part”).

aro

1. front (facing side)

   Kua maringi i a koe ki runga i to aro.

   You've spilt it down your front.

2. front (weather)

   Ko te paenga e tūtaki ai ētahi hau whakapipi e rua, ka kīia he aro.

   The boundary where two air masses meet is called a front.

aro (passive arohia or arongia or arotia)

1. (transitive) to turn toward something or someone

   Me aro te kaikōrero ki te hunga turi, kia kite ai rātou i tōna waha e kōrero na.

   The speaker should face toward the deaf people so that they can see her mouth when she is talking.

• “aro” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

From Pre-Nauruan *rua-ua, from Proto-Micronesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

aro

1. two

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈɾoː/

aro m (Arabic spelling ئارۆ‎)

1. Alternative form of arû (“cucumber”)

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “aro”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 12

Same as arn.

aro m

1. eagle

• Rhymes: -aɾu
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

From Old Portuguese aro of uncertain origin. Cognate with Spanish aro.

aro m (plural aros)

1. any large circular band of material
   1. hoop (circular band of metal used to bind a barrel)
   2. rim (outer edge of a wheel)

• (wheelchairs) pushrim: aro de propulsão

1. 1. the frame of eyeglasses

      Synonym: armação

   2. juggling ring

      Synonym: argola

2. the region surrounding a city

   Synonym: periferia

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• arão, arum, árum, jarro, jaro

aro m (plural aros)

1. arum (any plant in the genus Arum)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

aro

1. first-person singular present indicative of arar

aro m

1. Alternative form of arro (“flour”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾo/ [ˈa.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: a‧ro

Unknown origin.

aro m (plural aros)

1. hoop
2. large ring
3. (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay) earring

   Synonyms: arete, pendiente

• arete

• anillo
• argolla
• sortija

From Latin arum.

aro m (plural aros)

1. arum lily

• jaro, yaro

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

aro

1. first-person singular present indicative of arar

• “aro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hadu, from Proto-Austronesian *Sadu. Cognate with Puyuma sadru and Limos Kalinga adu.

aro

1. many; a lot