roneo
noun, verb
roneo is a noun meaning “Alternative form of Roneo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-O-N-E-O, and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of roneo is roneos.
What does roneo mean?
noun
- 1
Alternative form of Roneo.
noun
- 1
A copying machine using stencils; a mimeograph.
verb
- 1
To copy using a Roneo stencil machine.
verb
- 1
Alternative form of Roneo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of roneo
- roneos plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- roneoing participle, present
- roneoed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is roneo?
Roneo appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does roneo come from?
ro(tary) + Neo(style) (“the manufacturer's name”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).