uro

uro

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ura (Papua New Guinea).

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ura (Papua New Guinea) terms

Borrowed from Japanese 洞 (uro).

uro (plural uro)

1. A small, irregularly-shaped wound made in the trunk of a bonsai tree for aesthetic reasons.

• Hyphenation: u‧ro
• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈɾo/ [ʔuˈɾo]

uró

1. moan

Borrowed from Latin urus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈuro/
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: u‧ro

uro (accusative singular uron, plural uroj, accusative plural urojn)

1. aurochs

• IPA^(key): /ˈuro(ˣ)/, [ˈuro̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uro
• Syllabification^(key): u‧ro
• Hyphenation^(key): uro

uro

1. alternative form of urho

From Latin ūrus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.ro/
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: ù‧ro

uro m (plural uri)

1. (zoology) aurochs, urus

• uro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

uro

1. Rōmaji transcription of うろ

From Proto-Italic *ouzō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- (“to burn”), the same source as the second element of Proto-Germanic *aimuzjǭ (“ashes”); see ember. Cognate with Ancient Greek εὕω (heúō, “to singe”), Sanskrit ओषति (óṣati, “to burn”).^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈuː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈuː.ro]

ūrō (present infinitive ūrere, perfect active ussī, supine ustum); third conjugation

1. to burn, consume, inflame

   Synonyms: īnflammō, flammō, cōnflagrō, flagrō, incendō, accendō, ārdeō, cremō, adoleō

   • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 1.77–79:

     Urit enim lini campum seges, urit avenae,
     urunt Lethaeo perfusa papavera somno
     

     The flax burns as the cornfield and so burns the oat
     They burn the Lethe immersed in poppy sleep

2. (figurative) especially of the emotions: to inflame with passion, love or lust; burn, set afire or on fire, excite, worry, disturb
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.68-69:

     Ūritur īnfēlīx Dīdō, tōtāque vagātur / urbe furēns, [...].

     Inflamed [with love] [is] unhappy Dido, and through the whole city she wanders, raving, [...].

3. (figurative) to annoy, to gall, to vex

   Synonyms: fatīgō, turbō, perturbō, sollicitō, agitō, concitō, disturbō, irrītō, lacessō, stimulō, percieō, concieō, cieō, ēvertō, peragō, īnfestō, moveō, agō, angō, versō

   Antonym: cōnsōlor

   • c. 161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, The Eunuch Act 2, Scene 2, line 42:

     Uro hominem.

     I gall the fellow.

4. (figurative) to rage, to ravage
   • Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 10 10.17:

     haec eos in Etruria iactantes molientesque bellum domi Romanum urebat.

     While they were embroiled and struggling in Etruria the war in Roman houses raged

• “uro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “uro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the sun burns, scorches: sol ardet, urit
    

From u- +‎ ro.

uro f or m (definite singular uroa or uroen, indefinite plural uroer, definite plural uroene)

1. (uncountable) restlessness
2. unrest
3. unease, uneasiness, disquiet
4. a mobile (decorative arrangement of small items hung from a frame)

• “uro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From u- +‎ ro.

• IPA^(key): /²ʉːrʊ/, /²ʉːˌruː/

uro f (definite singular uroa, indefinite plural uroer, definite plural uroene)

1. (uncountable) restlessness
2. unrest
3. unease, uneasiness, disquiet
4. a mobile (decorative arrangement of small items hung from a frame)

• “uro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Compare with Yoruba irò, urò

• IPA^(key): /ú.ɾò/

úrò

1. any of the various species of ape or large monkey

uro

1. nominative/vocative/accusative singular of uras (“breast”)

From Latin ūrus (“aurochs”), from Proto-Germanic *ūraz (“aurochs”), from Proto-Indo-European *ūsr- (“aurochs”).

• Hyphenation: u‧ro

uro m (plural uros)

1. aurochs (Bos primigenius, an extinct European species of wild cattle)

   Synonyms: uroque, auroque

From Sanskrit उड्डयते (uḍḍayate).

uro

1. to fly

16th-century borrowing from Latin ūrus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈuɾo/ [ˈu.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: u‧ro

uro m (plural uros)

1. aurochs (Bos primigenius)

• “uro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024