rando

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹændoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹændəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ændəʊ
• Hyphenation: ran‧do

random +‎ -o (“(colloquial); person with characteristic”); compare sicko, weirdo. From early 2000s.

rando (comparative more rando, superlative most rando)

1. (colloquial) Random; arbitrary.

rando (plural randos)

1. (colloquial, mildly derogatory) An arbitrary person with whom one has no shared social connection.

   I accidentally took some rando's luggage from the airport carousel.

   • 2018 August 7, Alexis C. Madrigal, “Wikipedia, the Last Bastion of Shared Reality”, in The Atlantic‎:

     The very idea that a bunch of randos on the internet could create a better encyclopedia than a team of professionals was mildly ludicrous, and yet the project went on, […] .

   • 2022, Game Freak, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, spoken by Nemona:

     You don't have to go finding randos to battle!

2. (colloquial, mildly derogatory) A person going to a party without being invited.
3. (colloquial) Anything selected at random.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:rando.

• sicko
• weirdo

Clipping of randonnée, from French randonnée (“hiking”).

rando

1. Pertaining to randonnée or uphill skiing.

• Ardon, Daron, Doran, Drona, NORAD, Nador, Nardo, Ronda, adorn, and/or, andro, andro-, norad, radon

• IPA^(key): [ˈrando]
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• Rhymes: -ando
• Hyphenation: ran‧do

From German Rand.

rando (accusative singular randon, plural randoj, accusative plural randojn)

1. edge

• eĝo

From Afrikaans rand, ultimately from the same Germanic root as above.

rando (accusative singular randon, plural randoj, accusative plural randojn)

1. rand (currency of South Africa)

Clipping of randonnée.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ̃.do/

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rando f (plural randos)

1. (informal) walk, trek (for pleasure)

• radon

rando

1. first-person singular present indicative of randar