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roer

roer

See also: rör

Afrikaans

Noun

roer (plural [please provide])

  1. A whip

Asturian

Alternative forms

Verb

roer

  1. to gnaw (to bite something persistently)

Conjugation

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Danish

Etymology 1

From ro (to row) + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roːər/, [ˈʁoːˀɐ]

Noun

roer c (singular definite roeren, plural indefinite roere)

  1. rower
  2. oarsman, oarswoman
Inflection

Etymology 2

See roe (beet, rutabaga, turnip).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roːər/, [ˈʁoːɐ]

Noun

roer c

  1. plural indefinite of roe

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -uːr
  • IPA(key): /ruːr/

Etymology

From a contraction of earlier roeder, from Middle Dutch roeder, from Old Dutch *ruother, from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą.

Cognate with West Frisian roer, German Ruder, English rudder.

Noun

roer n (plural roeren, diminutive roertje n)

  1. A rudder, device to steer a vessel
  2. (figuratively) (used absolutely, with the definite article: het roer) control
    aan het roer staan — to have (situation, etc.) under control, to be in charge

Descendants

Verb

roer

  1. first-person singular present indicative of roeren
  2. imperative of roeren

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

roer

  1. An oarsman

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese roer, from Latin rōdere, present active infinitive of rōdō, from Proto-Indo-European *razd, extended form of *red (to gnaw, scrape, scratch).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁweɾ/, /ʁuˈeɾ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁu'eʁ/, /ʁo'eʁ/
    • (Carioca) IPA(key): /χu'eχ/, /χo'eχ/
  • Hyphenation: ro‧er

Verb

roer (first-person singular present indicative roo, past participle roído)

  1. to gnaw
    • 1917, Raul Brandão, Húmus, 2ª edição
      Ouço sempre o mesmo ruido de morte que devagar roe e persiste...
      I always hear the same slowly gnawing and persistent noise of death...
    O rato está roendo. ― The mouse is gnawing.

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rōdere, present active infinitive of rōdō.

Verb

roer (first-person singular present roo, first-person singular preterite roí, past participle roído)

  1. to gnaw
  2. to pick at
  3. to wear down

Conjugation

Derived terms