roe

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (uncountable, usually) Eggs of fish.
  2. (uncountable, usually) Sperm of certain fish.
  3. (uncountable, usually) Ovaries of certain crustaceans.

Concetti

uova di pesce

uova di pesci

capriolo femmina

cervo andino

Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈɹəʊ/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle English rowe, rowne, roun, rawne, from Old English *hrogn (“spawn, fish eggs, roe”), from Proto-Germanic *hrugnaz, *hrugną (“spawn, roe”), from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“(frog) spawn”). Cognate with Dutch roge (“roe”), German Low German Rögen (“roe”), German Rogen (“roe”), Danish rogn, ravn (“roe”), Swedish rom (“roe”), Icelandic hrogn (“roe”), Lithuanian kurkulai̇̃ (“frog spawn”), Russian кряк (krjak, “frog spawn”).

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