roe

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [roh]
- /roʊ/
- /rəʊ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [roh]
- /roʊ/

Definitions of roe word

noun roe the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish. 1
noun roe the milt or sperm of the male fish. 1
noun roe the eggs of any of various crustaceans, as the coral of the lobster. 1
noun plural roe roe deer. 1
noun roe fish eggs 1
noun roe type of deer 1

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Origin of roe

First appearance:

before 1400

One of the 24% oldest English words

1400-50; late Middle English rowe; cognate with Old High German rogo

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Parts of speech for Roe

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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roe popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for roe

noun roe

cackleberry — a hen's egg used for food.
caviar — Caviar is the salted eggs of a fish called a sturgeon.
egg — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
oospore — a fertilized egg within an oogonium.
oospores — Plural form of oospore.

All 6 Synonyms of roe

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