atro

See also: Atro and ātro

Franco-Provençal

Adjective

atro (Valdôtain, Graphie BREL)

1. Alternative form of ôtro (“other”)

References

• atro in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
• autre in Patois VdA: Le site du Francoprovençal en Vallée d'Aoste – on patoisvda.org

Italian

Alternative forms

• adro (poetic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ātrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.tro/
• Rhymes: -atro
• Hyphenation: à‧tro

Adjective

atro (feminine atra, masculine plural atri, feminine plural atre)

1. dark, black
2. bleak, brooding

Further reading

• atro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Rota, Taro, Torà, arto, rato, rota, taro, tarò, torà

Latin

Adjective

ātrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of āter

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ātrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.tɾu/

Adjective

atro (feminine atra, masculine plural atros, feminine plural atras)

1. atrous, jet-black (of the darkest colour)

   Synonyms: negro, preto

2. (figurative) bad; evil; sinister

   Synonyms: sinistro, sombrio

Further reading

• “atro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024