Added 7 October 2026
row
/ɹəʊ/ symbol
In Latin: seriēs Wiktionary
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noun
- A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc. Specifically, a line of buildings on a street; also, the street itself
- Specifically, a line of buildings on a street; also, the street itself
- A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
verb
noun
Origin
From Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *rīgǭ (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”). Cognate with Scots raw (“row”), dialectal Norwegian rå (“boundary line”), Saterland Frisian Riege (“row”), West Frisian rige (“row”), Dutch rij (“row, line”), German Low German Reeg, Riege, Rieg (“row”), German Reihe (“row”), German Riege (“sports team”).
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