rovere

See also: Rovere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rōbur (“hard oak”, “hardness”), from ruber (“red”) (for its reddish hardwood), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈro.ve.re/
  • Rhymes: -overe
  • Hyphenation: ró‧ve‧re

Noun

rovere m or f (plural roveri)

  1. sessile oak, durmast oak (Quercus petraea)

Noun

rovere m (plural roveri)

  1. the wood of this tree

Derived terms
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