see|ROE
English
Pronunciation
rÅ, /rəʊ/, /r@U/
audio|en-us-roe.ogg|Audio (US)
:Homophones: row (in some senses only)
:Rhymes:English:-əʊ|Rhymes: -əʊ
Etymology 1
15th century, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German roge, from Old High German roga; related to Old Norse hrogn, Flemish rog; from Proto Germanc *khrugna
Noun
roe (uncountable)
- The eggs of fish.
- The sperm of certain fish.
- The ovary|ovaries of certain crustaceans.
Quotations
1988 : It was quite flavourless, except that, where its innards had been imperfectly removed, silver traces of roe gave it an unpleasant bitterness. - w:Alan Hollinghurst|Alan Hollinghurst, w:The Swimming Pool Library|The Swimming Pool Library, (Penguin Books, paperback edition, 40)
Synonyms
milt (2)
Derived terms
hard roe
soft roe
Translations
Bosnian: ikra#Bosnian|ikra f
Chinese: ç鹿
Croatian: ikra#Croatian|ikra f
Czech: jikra f, jikry pl
Danish: rogn
Dutch: kuit m
Finnish: mäti
French: Å“ufs de poisson pl
German: Rogen m
Greek: αυγοτάÏαχα
Hungarian: ikra#Hungarian|ikra
Icelandic: hrogn n
Italian: uova
mid
Japanese: åµ (ãŸã¾ã”, tamago)
Korean: 알 (al)
Maori: hua, koua, tÅhua
Norwegian: rogn f
Polish: ikra#Polish|ikra f
Russian: икра f (ikra)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: икра#Serbian|икра f
:Roman: ikra#Serbian|ikra f
Spanish: huevas f pl
Swedish: rom
Portuguese: ovas f pl
See also
caviar
egg
Etymology 2
Middle English ro, from Old English ra|rÄ, from Proto Germanic *raikhon. Compare Old Norse ra, Dutch ree, Old High German reho, German Reh “doeâ€
Noun
roe (plural: roe or roes)
- a Eurasian deer with brownish coat
Scientific names
Capreolus capreolus
Synonyms
roe deer
Derived terms
roebuck
Translations
Dutch: ree f, n
German: Reh n
Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
Category:English words with multiple etymologies
Dutch
Noun
roe
- alternate, shortened form of roede 'rod'
Spanish
Verb form
roe
- third-person singular indicative present of roer
- second-person singular imperative of roer
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