aero

Back-formation from aero- (prefix), from Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹəʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛəɹəʊ

aero (comparative more aero, superlative most aero)

1. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to aviation.

   We've seen a lot of growth in the aero sector.

   • 1918, Illustrated World, volume 29, number 3, page 406:

     According to aero experts these planes will be capable of carrying six passengers, five machine guns, a special rapid fire aerogun and about fifty bombs, and will be practically immune from injury due to attacks by the light battleplanes […]

2. Aerodynamic; having an aerodynamic appearance.

   It's a very aero design, with smooth lines.

• aero bar
• aero club
• aero engine
• frutiger aero

aero (countable and uncountable, plural aeros)

1. (slang, uncountable, motor racing) Aerodynamics.
   • 2009 February 12, Paul Gover, “Australian Grand Prix sleep-in suits Robert Kubica,”, in Herald Sun‎:

     "The biggest difference is aero, which is a really big cut."

2. (informal, countable, dated) An airplane or airship.
3. (uncountable) Aerospace. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• Eora, OAer, areo-

From Latin āēr.

• IPA^(key): [aˈero]
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• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: a‧e‧ro

aero (accusative singular aeron, plural aeroj, accusative plural aerojn)

1. air

From Esperanto aero, from Latin āēr.

• IPA^(key): /aˈero/

aero (plural aeri)

1. air

• aerizar (“to air, aerate”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.e.ro/
• Rhymes: -aero
• Hyphenation: à‧e‧ro

aero

1. first-person singular present indicative of aerare

• areo-

• ērō

From Ancient Greek αἴρω (aírō).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯.roː/, [ˈäe̯roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ro/, [ˈɛːro]

aerō m (genitive aerōnis); third declension

1. a wicker basket, a hamper

Third-declension noun.

• “aero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

aero

1. first-person singular present indicative of aerar

• IPA^(key): /aˈeɾo/ [aˈe.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: a‧e‧ro

aero

1. first-person singular present indicative of aerar