roe

Other forms of roe

plural

roes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about roe

What does roe mean?

roe means "fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in roe?

roe has 1 syllable: roe. In IPA it is /ˈɹoʊ/.

What is another word for roe?

Close synonyms include hard roe. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is roe a common word?

roe is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with roe?

12 words rhyme with roe. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.