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rå

Pronunciation: /roː/

“rå” is a Swedish word. Its 12 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. raw (uncooked; untreated; rough or uneven)
  2. crude (being in a natural state; statistics: in an unanalyzed form)
  3. rough (crude; unrefined)
  4. coarse (not refined)
  5. brutal (crude or unfeeling in manner or speech)
  6. tough (rowdy or rough)
  7. harsh (severe or cruel)
  8. moist and cold

noun

  1. a yard, a stick, a beam
  2. a fairy (mythical being)
  3. a roe, a female deer
  4. a border (between two land properties)

Etymology

From Old Swedish rar, from Old Norse hrár, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.

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