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/, [ˈr̺oːver̺e]
  • Stress: róvere
  • Hyphenation: ro‧ve‧re

Noun 1

rovere m or f (plural roveri)

  1. sessile oak, durmast oak (Quercus petraea)

Noun 2

rovere m (plural roveri)

  1. The wood of this tree

Derived terms
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