viro

See also: Viro, viró, víro, virò, and viro-

Aromanian

Noun

viro m (plural viradz)

1. whirlpool, vortex

   Synonym: vãltoari

Catalan

Verb

viro

1. first-person singular present indicative of virar

Esperanto

viro

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós

Proto-Italic *wiros

Latin virlbor.

Esperanto viro

Learned borrowing from Latin vir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviro/

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• Rhymes: -iro
• Syllabification: vi‧ro

Noun

viro (accusative singular viron, plural viroj, accusative plural virojn)

2. man (adult male human)

   Synonym: malino

   Antonyms: femino, homino, virino

   Hypernyms: homo, persono

   Coordinate terms: femino, homino, virino

   • 2025 November 27, Renée Triolle, “La unua eŭropano, kiu vizitis Tibeton Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969)”, in uea.facila‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 December 2025:

     Eblas diri, ke ŝi estas "feministo" en epoko, kiam virinoj ankoraŭ ne esperis havi la samajn rajtojn, kiujn havis viroj.

     It's possible to say she was a "feminist" in an epoch, when women did not yet hope to have the same rights as men did.

Derived terms

adjectives

• vira (“male, masculine”)
• vireca (“manlike”)
• virina (“female, feminine”)

nouns

• ĉevalviro (“centaur; male house”)
• kromvirino (“concubine”)
• vireco (“masculinity”)
• virineco (“femininity”)
• viringo (“slut, whore”) (derogatory)
• virino (“woman”)

miscellaneous

• vir- (“male”, prefix)

Further reading

• “viro”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “viro”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
• Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “vir-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[2], →OL, page 436

Finnish

Etymology

See Viro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋiro/, [ˈʋiro̞]
• Rhymes: -iro
• Syllabification^(key): vi‧ro
• Hyphenation^(key): vi‧ro

Noun

viro

1. Estonian (language)

   Synonyms: eesti, eestin kieli, viron kieli

Declension

Inflection of viro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		viro	—
genitive		viron	—
partitive		viroa	—
illative		viroon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		viro	—
accusative	nom.	viro	—
	gen.	viron
genitive		viron	—
partitive		viroa	—
inessive		virossa	—
elative		virosta	—
illative		viroon	—
adessive		virolla	—
ablative		virolta	—
allative		virolle	—
essive		virona	—
translative		viroksi	—
abessive		virotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of viro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vironi — accusative nom. vironi — gen. vironi genitive vironi — partitive viroani — inessive virossani — elative virostani — illative virooni — adessive virollani — ablative viroltani — allative virolleni — essive vironani — translative virokseni — abessive virottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative virosi — accusative nom. virosi — gen. virosi genitive virosi — partitive viroasi — inessive virossasi — elative virostasi — illative viroosi — adessive virollasi — ablative viroltasi — allative virollesi — essive vironasi — translative viroksesi — abessive virottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative viromme — accusative nom. viromme — gen. viromme genitive viromme — partitive viroamme — inessive virossamme — elative virostamme — illative viroomme — adessive virollamme — ablative viroltamme — allative virollemme — essive vironamme — translative viroksemme — abessive virottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vironne — accusative nom. vironne — gen. vironne genitive vironne — partitive viroanne — inessive virossanne — elative virostanne — illative viroonne — adessive virollanne — ablative viroltanne — allative virollenne — essive vironanne — translative viroksenne — abessive virottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative vironsa — accusative nom. vironsa — gen. vironsa genitive vironsa — partitive viroaan viroansa — inessive virossaan virossansa — elative virostaan virostansa — illative viroonsa — adessive virollaan virollansa — ablative viroltaan viroltansa — allative virolleen virollensa — essive vironaan vironansa — translative virokseen viroksensa — abessive virottaan virottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• virontaa

compounds

• eteläviro
• pohjoisviro
• vironkielinen

Related terms

• virolainen
• Viro

See also

• võro

Further reading

• “viro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Anagrams

• rivo

Galician

Verb

viro

1. first-person singular present indicative of virar

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto viro, from Latin vir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviro/

Noun

viro (plural viri)

1. man

   Synonym: homulo

   Coordinate term: muliero

Derived terms

• virala (“manly, virile”)
• vireso (“manhood, manliness, virility”)

Ingrian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish viro.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋiro/, [ˈʋiro̞ˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋiroi̯/, [ˈʋiro̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -iro, -iroi̯
• Hyphenation: vi‧ro

Noun

viro

1. (in the plural) Estonians
2. (in the singular) Estonian language
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Naapurikeeliin, suomen, viron ja vadjan keeliin kera iƶoran keeli ono siottu oman strukturan, fonettisen, äänisostavan, kautta, mut iƶoran keeleel ono suur yhtehös i karjalan keelen kera.

     The Ingrian language is related to its neighbouring languages, Finnish, Estonian and Votic, through [its] own structure, that of phonetics, the inventory of sounds, but the Ingrian language has a strong connection with the Karelian language, too.

Declension

Declension of viro (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	viro	virot
genitive	viron	virroin, viroloin
partitive	virroa	viroja, viroloja
illative	virroo	virroi, viroloihe
inessive	viros	virois, virolois
elative	virost	viroist, viroloist
allative	virolle	viroille, viroloille
adessive	virol	viroil, viroloil
ablative	virolt	viroilt, viroloilt
translative	viroks	viroiks, viroloiks
essive	vironna, virroon	viroinna, viroloinna, virroin, viroloin
exessive1)	viront	viroint, viroloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• virolain

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 669

Interlingua

Noun

viro (plural viros)

1. man

Synonyms

• homine
• masculo

Antonyms

• femina

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ro/
• Rhymes: -iro
• Hyphenation: vì‧ro

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin virum (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

Noun

viro m (plural viri)

1. (poetic, literary) man (a male adult)

   Synonyms: (archaic, regional) omo, uomo

   • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXIV”, in Paradiso [Heaven], lines 34–36; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Ed ella: «O luce etterna del gran viro
     a cui Nostro Segnor lasciò le chiavi,
     ch’ei portò giù, di questo gaudio miro

     And she: "O eternal light of the great man to whom Our Lord left the keys he carried down of this miraculous joy"

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

viro

1. first-person singular present indicative of virare

Anagrams

• ovri, rivo, rovi, vori

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɪ.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈviː.ro]

Noun

virō

1. dative/ablative singular of vir

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwiː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈviː.ro]

Noun

vīrō

1. dative/ablative singular of vīrus

References

• "viro", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Paumarí

Noun

viro f

1. parrot

Portuguese

Verb

viro

1. first-person singular present indicative of virar; "I turn"

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiɾo/ [ˈbi.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -iɾo
• Syllabification: vi‧ro

Verb

viro

1. first-person singular present indicative of virar

Teanu

Etymology

From Proto-Vanikoro *virə, from Proto-Oceanic *piʀu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /firo/

Noun

viro

1. fan palm

References

• François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry viro.
• François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry viro.
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021), “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

Votic

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from viroo according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:Votic entry guidelines or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From the name of Vironia in northeastern Estonia; compare Finnish Viro, Estonian Viru; see them for more.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈviroː/, [ˈvʲiro]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈviroː/, [ˈvʲiro]
• Rhymes: -iroː
• Hyphenation: vi‧ro

Adjective

viro

1. (not inflected) Estonian

Noun

viro

1. Estonian (language)

Inflection

The following forms exist:

• the genitive singular and partitive singular, both viro (except in dialects without reduction where they are viroo)
• the translative singular virossi

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “viroo”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[5], 2nd edition, Tallinn