maro

See also: Appendix:Variations of "maro"

Afar

Pronunciation

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

Noun

maró f

1. 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

1. dead

Mutation

Mutation of maro

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
maro	varo	unchanged	unchanged	varo

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italiander.

Proto-Indo-European *mer-?

Proto-Indo-European *móri

Proto-Italic *mari

Latin mareder.

Esperanto maro

Derived from Italian and Latin mare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaro/

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• Rhymes: -aro
• Syllabification: ma‧ro

Noun

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

1. (geography) sea
   • 1927, L. L. Zamenhof, transl., La Sankta Biblio [The Holy Bible]‎^[2] (hardcover), London; Edinburgh: British and Foreign Bible Society; Scottish Bible Society, →ISBN, page 5:

     Kaj Dio nomis la sekaĵon Tero, kaj la kolektiĝojn de la akvo Li nomis Maroj.

     And God called the land Earth, and He called the collections of water Seas.

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

Further reading

• “maro”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “maro”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto maro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaro/

Noun

maro (plural mari)

1. 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)

1. cat thyme (Teucrium marum)

Anagrams

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

Japanese

Romanization

maro

1. Rōmaji transcription of まろ

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

marō

1. dative/ablative singular of marum

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

maro f

1. (non-standard since 1917) definite singular of maru
2. (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

1. vocative singular of mara

Portuguese

Verb

maro

1. first-person singular present indicative of marar

Romanian

Alternative forms

• maron

Etymology

Borrowed from French marron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈɾo]

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Adjective

maro m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. brown

Declension

Declension of maro (invariable)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	maro		maro	maro	maro
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive- dative	indefinite	maro		maro	maro	maro
	definite	—		—	—	—

Noun

maro n (plural marouri)

1. (shade of) brown

Declension

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

See also

Colors in Romanian · culori (layout · text)

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

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English English marrow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmarɔ/
• Rhymes: -arɔ

Noun

maro m (plural maros)

1. 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