roo
/ˈɹu/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹu/
- British English: /ˈɹuː/
Usage
- British usage
- Obsolete
- Uncountable
- Australian usage
- Slang