Standard Lemma guide

Võro

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈvɜːɹəʊ/
  • /ˈvɔːɹəʊ/
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  • rhymes with -ɔːɹəʊ

1

name

Meaning 1

A language belonging to the Finnic branch of the Uralic languages, and sometimes considered a dialect of Estonian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A native or inhabitant of historical Võrumaa, a region in southeastern Estonia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Võro Võro.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ቮሮኛ (voroña) — language
  • Breton: Voroeg — language
  • Bulgarian: въ́ро (vǎ́ro) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 佛羅語 /佛罗语 (Fóluóyǔ) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 維魯語 /维鲁语 (Wéilǔyǔ) — language
  • Czech: võruština — language
  • Estonian: võru keel — language
  • Finnish: võro — language
  • Finnish: võron kieli — language
  • French: võro — language
  • Galician: võro — language
  • German: Võro — language
  • Greek: Βόρο (Vóro) — language
  • Hungarian: võro — language
  • Japanese: ヴォロ語 (voro-go) — language
  • Korean: 버로어 (beoro'eo) — language
  • Macedonian: виру (viru) — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sørestisk — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Sørestisk — language
  • Persian: زبان وورو (zabân vuro) — language
  • Polish: język võro — language
  • Russian: вы́ро (výro) — language
  • Russian: вы́руский (výruskij) — language
  • Tamil: வோரோ மொழி (vōrō moḻi) — language
  • Uzbek: vorocha — language
  • Võro: võro — language
  • Võro: võro kiil — language
  • Eastern Mari: выру (vyru) — nationality
  • Polish: Võro — nationality