aero

See also: aeró, aerò, äro, aero-, .aero, and aéro-

English

Etymology

Back-formation from aero- (prefix), from Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹəʊ/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Rhymes: -ɛəɹəʊ

Adjective

aero (comparative more aero, superlative most aero)

(not comparable) Of or pertaining to aviation.
We've seen a lot of growth in the aero sector.
- 1918, Illustrated World, volume 29, number 3, page 406:
  According to aero experts these planes will be capable of carrying six passengers, five machine guns, a special rapid fire aerogun and about fifty bombs, and will be practically immune from injury due to attacks by the light battleplanes […]
Aerodynamic; having an aerodynamic appearance.
It's a very aero design, with smooth lines.

Derived terms

aero bar
aero club
aero engine
frutiger aero

Noun

aero (countable and uncountable, plural aeros)

(slang, uncountable, motor racing) Aerodynamics.
- 2009 February 12, Paul Gover, “Australian Grand Prix sleep-in suits Robert Kubica,”, in Herald Sun‎^[1]:
  "The biggest difference is aero, which is a really big cut."
(informal, countable, dated) An airplane or airship.
(uncountable) Aerospace. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Anagrams

areo-, Eora, OAer, oare

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér

Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor.

Latin āērder.

Esperanto aero

From Latin āēr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈero/
Audio 1: (file)
Audio 2: (file)
Audio 3: (file)
Rhymes: -ero
Syllabification: a‧e‧ro

Noun

aero (accusative singular aeron, plural aeroj, accusative plural aerojn)

air

Derived terms

aera (“aerial; airy”)
aerarmeo (“air force”)
aerfluo (“draft of air; air current”)
aeri (“to fill (a tire) with air”)
aerkluzo (“airlock”)
aerpirato (“hijacker”)
aerpoŝto (“airmail”)
aerpremo (“air pressure”)
aerŝtono (“aerolite”)
aertubo (“inner tube”)
aerujo (“air canister”)
aerumi (“to air out”)
aerveturado (“aeronautics; aviation; air travel”)
aerveturilo (“aircraft”)
Bonaero (“Buenos Aires”)

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto aero, from Latin āēr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈero/

Noun

aero (plural aeri)

air

Derived terms

aerizar (“to air, aerate”)

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.e.ro/
Rhymes: -aero
Hyphenation: à‧e‧ro

Verb

aero

first-person singular present indicative of aerare

Anagrams

areo-

Latin

Alternative forms

ērō, hērō

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αἴρω (aírō).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈae̯.roː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.ro]

Noun

aerō m (genitive aerōnis); third declension

a wicker basket; a hamper

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	aerō	aerōnēs
genitive	aerōnis	aerōnum
dative	aerōnī	aerōnibus
accusative	aerōnem	aerōnēs
ablative	aerōne	aerōnibus
vocative	aerō	aerōnēs

References

“aero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

aero

first-person singular present indicative of aerar

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈeɾo/ [aˈe.ɾo]
Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: a‧e‧ro

Verb

aero

first-person singular present indicative of aerar