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roo¹

  • /ˈɹuː/ UK
  • /ˈɹu/ US

Sounds like rue, roux · Rhymes with -uː

Where it comes from

From Middle English roo, ro, from Old English rō, rōw (“quietness, quiet, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *rōō (“quiet, rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to rest; quiet”). Cognate with Scots ro, ruve (“peace, repose”), German Ruhe (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ro (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Icelandic ró (“tranquility, quietness”).

noun

  1. UK, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable Peace; quietness.
  2. UK, dialectal, uncountable Rest; stillness.

roo²

  • /ˈɹuː/ UK
  • /ˈɹu/ US

Sounds like rue, roux · Rhymes with -uː

Where it comes from

Apheretic form of kangaroo.

noun roos · 'roo

  1. Australia, abbreviation, clipping, slang Clipping of kangaroo

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: number, roh, rho, roux, joey, coo, roe, rowe, rau, roos, rooke, rossel, rookery, rook, roke, r.o.c.

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"roo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/roo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

roo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/roo

Chicago

"roo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/roo.

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@misc{roo_2026,
  title = {roo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/roo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}