karo

See also: Karo, karó, and káró

English

Etymology

Maori [Term?]

Noun

karo

1. Pittosporum crassifolium, a shrub of New Zealand.

Balinese

Romanization

karo

1. Romanization of ᬓᬭᭀ

Borôro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːɾʌ/

Noun

karo

1. fish

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish carro (“cart”), from Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-o-, from *k̑ers- (“to run”). Also short for karosa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ro

Noun

karo

1. carriage used to carry images of saints during a procession

Anagrams

• arko, okra, orka

Japanese

Romanization

karo

1. Rōmaji transcription of かろ

Javanese

Romanization

karo

1. Romanization of ꦏꦫꦺꦴ

Latvian

Verb

karo

1. inflection of karot:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of karot
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of karot

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.rɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arɔ
• Syllabification: ka‧ro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French carreau (“square”), from Old French quarel, from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, from Classical Latin quadrus.

Noun

karo n

1. (card games) diamond

Declension

Declension of karo

	singular	plural
nominative	karo	kara
genitive	kara	kar
dative	karowi	karom
accusative	karo	kara
instrumental	karem	karami
locative	karze	karach
vocative	karze	kara

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

karo

1. vocative singular of kara

Further reading

• karo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• karo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rapa Nui

Verb

karo

1. dig

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• kàrōn

Etymology

Borrowed from German Karo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâro/

Noun

kȁro m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ро)

1. ♦, diamonds in card- and boardgames

Declension

Declension of karo

	singular	plural
nominative	kȁro	—
genitive	kȁra	—
dative	kȁru	—
accusative	kȁro	—
vocative	—	—
locative	kȁru	—
instrumental	kȁrom	—

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Noun

karo (n class, plural karo)

1. tuition fee (monetary payment charged for education)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

karo (n class, plural karo)

1. sink, washbasin

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish carro, from Latin carrus. Doublet of kar.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾo/ [ˈka.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: ka‧ro

Noun

karo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜓ)

1. carriage used to carry an image of a saint in a procession
2. hearse

   Synonym: karosa

Related terms

• kareta
• karetela
• kariton
• karosa
• karwahe

 

Further reading

• “karo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018