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Petro

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See also: petro and petro-

English

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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Petro (uncountable)

  1. In Haitian voodoo, a class of loa of uncertain origin, chiefly associated with fierceness or aggression.
    • 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 49:
      Whereas the Rada drumming and dancing are on beat, the Petro are offbeat, sharp, and unforgiving, like the crack of a rawhide whip.

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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Petro (plural Petros)

  1. A surname.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpetro]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -etro
  • Hyphenation: Pe‧tro

Proper noun

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Petro (accusative Petron)

  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Peter

Derived terms

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Latin

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Proper noun

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Petrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of Petrus

References

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

Lithuanian

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Proper noun

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Pẽtro m

  1. genitive singular of Pẽtras (Peter)

Slovak

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Petro m pers (female equivalent Petrová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Petro”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpetɾo/ [ˈpe.t̪ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -etɾo
  • Syllabification: Pe‧tro

Proper noun

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Petro m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Petro

  1. (biblical) Peter (either of the two books in the New Testament)

See also

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