roo
UK/ˈɹuː//ˈɹu/
roo noun: peace; quietness. Also the clipping of kangaroo.
Noun
roo (uncountable)
Also used as
roo is also the clipping of kangaroo.
roo meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Odia
roo in Urdu
- رو, روو
roo in Bengali
- রুও
roo in Odia
- ରୁଓ
Forms of roo
| plural | roos |
|---|---|
| alternative form | 'roo |
Origin of roo
From Middle English roo, ro, from Old English rō, rōw (“quietness, quiet, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *rōō (“quiet, rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to rest; quiet”). Cognate with Scots ro, ruve (“peace, repose”), German Ruhe (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ro (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Icelandic ró (“tranquility, quietness”).
Apheretic form of kangaroo.
Words formed from roo
Phrases with roo
Words that rhyme with roo
Questions about roo
- What does roo mean?
- Roo means peace; quietness.
- What is roo in Urdu?
- Roo in Urdu is رو, روو. See Roo meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is roo?
- Roo is a noun.
- How do you pronounce roo?
- Roo is pronounced /ˈɹuː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of roo?
- The plural of roo is roos.
Words near roo in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: roo (page history and authors); roo (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roo (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roo (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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