râu

See also: rau, Rau, rãu, rău, and ra'u

Romanian

Inherited from Vulgar Latin rius (“river”), from Latin rīvus (“brook, small stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rih₂wós, from *h₃reyh₂- (“to flow; to move, set in motion”) + *-wós.

râu n (plural râuri)

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	râu	râul	râuri	râurile
genitive-dative	râu	râului	râuri	râurilor
vocative	râule		râurilor

From Proto-Vietic *-soː, from Old Chinese 鬚 (OC *C-[s.n]o) (B-S) (SV: tu). Cognate with Muong thô. Doublet of tua.

(classifier bộ) râu • (𫘼, 𩭶, 𩅺, 𩯁, 鬍)

(of a man or a goat) a beard
cạo râu ― to shave one's facial hair
(by extension, of another mammal) whiskers
vuốt râu hùm ― to mess around with someone powerful or dangerous (literally, “to rub a tiger's whiskers”)
(by extension, of a fish) barbels
(by extension, of an arthropod) antennae
Râu tôm nấu với ruột bầu.
Chồng chan vợ húp gật đầu khen ngon.
A broth of shrimp antennae and gourd core.
The man scoops it, the woman slurps it, both nod in satisfaction.
(by extension, of corn/maize) silk

(classifier sợi, cọng) râu • (𫘼, 𩭶, 𩅺, 𩯁, 鬍)