English
Pronunciation
Audio (AU): (file)
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of kerosene.
Noun
kero (uncountable)
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Kerosene.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 293:
- The hessian hut glowed yellow with the light of a kero lamp.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 293:
Etymology 2
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Alternative forms
Noun
kero (plural keros)
- A type of wooden drinking vessel produced by the Incas.
Translations
Inca wooden drinking vessel
Anagrams
Amis
Verb
kero
- to dance
References
- “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis][1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021
Esperanto
Etymology
From French cœur. Doublet of koro.
Pronunciation
Noun
kero (accusative singular keron, plural keroj, accusative plural kerojn)
- (card games) the suit of hearts, marked with the symbol ♥
Derived terms
See also
Suits in Esperanto · emblemoj (layout · text) | |||
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kero | karoo, rombo | piko | trefo |
Finnish
Noun
kero
- (archaic) A round, treeless top of a fell; now mostly in place names and compounds.
- (dialectal, archaic) throat
- Synonym: kurkku
Declension
Inflection of kero (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kero | kerot | |
genitive | keron | kerojen | |
partitive | keroa | keroja | |
illative | keroon | keroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kero | kerot | |
accusative | nom. | kero | kerot |
gen. | keron | ||
genitive | keron | kerojen | |
partitive | keroa | keroja | |
inessive | kerossa | keroissa | |
elative | kerosta | keroista | |
illative | keroon | keroihin | |
adessive | kerolla | keroilla | |
ablative | kerolta | keroilta | |
allative | kerolle | keroille | |
essive | kerona | keroina | |
translative | keroksi | keroiksi | |
abessive | kerotta | keroitta | |
instructive | — | keroin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Compounds
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
kero
Ladino
Verb
kero (Latin spelling)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Noun
kero m (plural keros)
- kero (Inca wooden drinking vessel)
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
kero (n class, plural kero)
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