different between roar vs ror

English

Etymology

From Middle English roren, raren, from Old English r?rian (“to roar; wail; lament”), from Proto-Germanic *rair?n? (“to bellow; roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to shout; bellow; yell; bark”), perhaps of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rô, IPA^(key): /???/
• (General American) enPR: rôr, IPA^(key): /???/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: r?r, IPA^(key): /?o(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?o?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophone: raw (in non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Verb

roar (third-person singular simple present roars, present participle roaring, simple past and past participle roared)

1. (intransitive) To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
2. To laugh in a particularly loud manner.

3. Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.
   • {1590 Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene Bk 1, Canto VI, XXIV, lines 6&7}

     Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.

4. Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
   • How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar.

5. (figuratively) To proceed vigorously.
6. (transitive) To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
   • 1639, John Ford, The Lady's Trial

     This last action will roar thy infamy.
7. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
   • 1724, Gilbert Burnet, History of My Own Time

     It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.

8. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.
9. (Britain Yorkshire, North Midlands, informal) to cry

Translations

Noun

roar (plural roars)

1. A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.
2. The cry of the lion.
   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

     The Winkies were not a brave people, but they had to do as they were told. So they marched away until they came near to Dorothy. Then the Lion gave a great roar and sprang towards them, and the poor Winkies were so frightened that they ran back as fast as they could.

3. The deep cry of the bull.
4. A loud resounding noise.

   the roar of a motorbike

   • 1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 107:

     "Those lovely valleys and mountains were filled throughout the day and night with the roar of heavy shooting."

5. A show of strength or character.

Translations

Anagrams

• Raro, orra

Swedish

Verb

roar

1. present tense of roa.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German roder, from Old Saxon *r?thar, from Proto-Germanic *r?þr?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ro?r/, [?o???]
• Rhymes: -o???

Noun

ror n (singular definite roret, plural indefinite ror)

1. rudder

Inflection

Verb

ror

1. present of ro

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German roder, from Old Saxon *r?thar, from Proto-Germanic *r?þr?.

Noun

ror n (definite singular roret, indefinite plural ror, definite plural rora or rorene)

1. (nautical, aviation) a rudder
2. (nautical) the helm

Derived terms

• balanseror

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ror

1. present of ro

References

• “ror” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German roder, from Old Saxon *r?thar, from Proto-Germanic *r?þr?.

Noun

ror n (definite singular roret, indefinite plural ror, definite plural rora)

1. (nautical, aviation) a rudder
2. (nautical) the helm

Derived terms

• balanseror

References

• “ror” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Rohr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rô?r/
• Hyphenation: ror

Noun

r?r m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (regional) oven, stove
2. (regional) stovepipe

Declension

References

• “ror” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Swedish

Verb

ror

1. present tense of ro.

Volapük

Etymology

From English roar

Noun

ror (nominative plural rors)

1. roar

Declension

Related terms

• rorön