rose

See also Rose, rosé, and rosë

English

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a red rose (flower)

Etymology 1

From Old English, from Latin rosa, from Oscan, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon) (Aeolic ϝρόδον (wródon)), from Old Iranian *wurdi 'flower' (compare Avestan varǝδa, Sogdian ward, Parthian wâr), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰo 'sweetbriar' (compare Old English word (“thornbush”), Latin rubus (“bramble”), Albanian hurdhe (“ivy”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /rəʊz/, SAMPA: /r@Uz/
• (US) IPA: /roʊz/, SAMPA: /roUz/

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• Rhymes: -əʊz
• Homophones: rows, (Some UK dialects) Rosie (with Rose wine), roes, rhos

Noun

rose (plural roses)

1. a shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers
2. a flower of the rose plant
3. a plant or species in the rose family (Rosaceae)
4. something resembling a rose flower.
5. a purplish-red or pink colour, the colour of some rose flowers

   web rose colour:

   rose pink colour:

6. a round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose.
7. the base of a light socket.

Translations

shrub

Armenian: վարդենի (hy) (vardeni) Bosnian: ruža (bs) f. Catalan: roser m. Croatian: ruža (hr) f. Czech: růže (cs) f. Dutch: roos (nl) f., rozenstruik (nl) m. Estonian: roosipõõsas (et) Finnish: ruusu (fi) French: rose (fr) f. German: Rose (de) f. Greek: τριανταφυλλιά (el) (triantafylliá) f., (obsolete) ροδή (el) (roðí) f. Hindi: गुलाब (hi) (gulāb) m. Hungarian: rózsa (hu) Indonesian: mawar (id) Italian: rosa (it) f. Japanese: バラ (ja) (bara) Luxembourgish: Rous (lb) f. Macedonian: роза (mk) (róza) f. Maltese: sġajra (mt) f.

Marathi: गुलाब (gulāb) Norwegian: rose (no) f. Polish: róża (pl) f. Portuguese: rosa (pt) f. Romanian: trandafir (ro) m. Russian: роза (ru) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: ружа f. Roman: ruža f. Slovene: vrtnica (sl) f. Spanish: rosa (es) f. Swahili: mwaridi (sw) Swedish: ros (sv) c. Tamil: நிலத்தாமரை (nilattamarai) Telugu: గులాబి (gulaabi) Turkish: gül (tr) Urdu: گلاب (ur) (gulāb) m. Volapük: rosadabimül (vo), (older term, obsolete) lolajöb (vo)

flower

Albanian: trëndafil (sq) m. Arabic: وَرْدَة (wárda) f. Aramaic: Syriac: ܘܪܕܐ (wardā, wardo) m. Hebrew: ורדא (wardā, wardo) m. Armenian: վարդ (hy) (vard) Basque: arrosa (eu), larrosa (eu) Bengali: গোলাপ (bn) (golaap) Bosnian: ruža (bs) f. Breton: roz (collective), rozenn f sg Burmese: နှင်းဆီ (my) (hnín-zì) Catalan: rosa (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 玫瑰 (cmn) (méigui), (Chinese rose) 月季 (cmn) (yuèjì) Min Nan: 玫瑰花 (muî-kuì-hue) Croatian: ruža (hr) f. Czech: růže (cs) f. Danish: rose (da) c. Dutch: roos (nl) f. Esperanto: rozo (eo) Estonian: roos (et) Faroese: rósa (fo) f. Finnish: ruusu (fi) French: rose (fr) f. Galician: rosa (gl) f. Georgian: ვარდი (ka) (vardi) German: Rose (de) f. Greek: τριαντάφυλλο (el) (triantáfyllo) n., ρόδο (el) (ródo) n. Hebrew: וֶרֶד (vered) m. Hindi: गुलाब (hi) (gulāb) m. Hungarian: rózsa (hu) Indonesian: bunga mawar (id) Irish: rós (ga) m. Italian: rosa (it) f. Japanese: バラ (ja) (bara), バラの花 (bara no hana)

Kazakh: раушан (kk) (rauşan) Korean: 장미 (changmi) Latin: rosa (la) f. Lithuanian: rožė (lt) Luxembourgish: Rous (lb) f. Macedonian: роза (mk) (róza) f. Malay: mawar (ms), ros (ms) Maltese: warda (mt) f. Marathi: गुलाब (gulāb) Norwegian: rose (no) f. Occitan: ròsa (oc) f. Persian: گل (gol) Polish: róża (pl) f. Portuguese: rosa (pt) f. Romanian: trandafir (ro) m., roză (ro) f. Romansch: rosa (rm) f., rösa (rm) f. Russian: роза (ru) (róza) f. Sanskrit: षतपुष्पि (sa) (ṣatapuṣpi) Serbian: Cyrillic: ружа f. Roman: ruža f. Slovak: ruža (sk) f. Slovene: vrtnica (sl) f. Spanish: rosa (es) f. Swahili: waridi (sw) Swedish: ros (sv) c. Tagalog: rosas (tl) Tamil: ரோஜா  (ta) (roja) Telugu: గులాబి (gulaabi) Thai: กุหลาบ (gòo làap) Turkish: gül (tr) Urdu: گلاب (ur) (gulāb) Volapük: rosad (vo), (older term, obsolete) lol (vo) Welsh: rhosyn (cy) m. Yiddish: רויז (roiz) f.

a plant or species in the rose family (Rosaceae)

Esperanto: rozaco (eo), rozacoj (eo) French: rosacée (fr) f., rosacées (fr) f. pl. German: Rosengewächs (de) n., Rosengewächse (de) n. pl., rosenblütige Pflanze (de) f., rosenblütige Pflanzen (de) f. pl.

Volapük: rosadaplan (vo), (plural) rosadaplans (vo)

colour

Basque: arrosa (eu) Breton: roz (br) m. Catalan: rosa (ca) m. Dutch: roze n. (?) Estonian: roosa (et) French: rose (fr) f. Galician: rosa (gl) m. and f. German: rosa (de) Greek: ρόδινο (el) (ródino) n., τριανταφυλλί (el) (triantafyllí) n. Hindi: गुलाबी (gulābi) (pink) Hungarian: rózsaszín (hu) Indonesian: merah muda (id) Italian: rosa (it) f. Japanese: バラ色 (ja) (ばらいろ, barairo) Lithuanian: rožinė

Luxembourgish: rosa (lb) Maltese: roża (mt) f. Marathi: गुलाबी (gulābī) (pink) Norwegian: rosa (no) m. Polish: różowy (pl) m. Portuguese: rosa (pt) f., cor de rosa (pt) m. Romanian: trandafiriu (ro) m., roz (ro) n. Russian: роза (ru) (róza) f. Spanish: rosado (es) m. Swahili: rangi ya waridi (sw) Telugu: గులాబి (gulaabi) Turkish: gül (tr) Urdu: گلابی (ur) (gulābī) Volapük: rosadaköl (vo), rosadared (vo)

nozzle

Japanese: 散水口 (ja) (さんすいぐち, sansuiguchi) Macedonian: фасонка (mk) (fásonka) f.

Maltese: żennuna (mt)

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Interlingua: rosa

Verb

rose (third-person singular simple present roses, present participle rosing, simple past and past participle rosed)

1. To make rose-colored.

Adjective

rose (not comparable)

1. Having a purplish-red or pink colour. See rosy

Translations

colour

Basque: arrosa (eu) Breton: roz Catalan: rosat m., rosada f. Dutch: roze, roos, rooskleurig, roosgekleurd, rozig French: rose (fr) Galician: rosa (gl) German: rosa (de), pink (de), rosarot (de) Greek: ρόδινο (el) (ródino) n., τριανταφυλλί (el) (triantafyllí) n.

Interlingua: rosate, rosa Italian: rosa (it) Luxembourgish: rosa (lb) Polish: różowy (pl) Portuguese: rosa (pt) Spanish: rosado (es), rosa (es) Turkish: gül (tr) Volapük: rosadakölik (vo), rosadaredik (vo)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb rose

be not a bed of roses bloom is off the rose cabbage rose ceiling rose Cherokee rose China rose Christmas rose come up roses compass rose damask rose dog rose English rose guelder rose moss rose multiflora rose musk rose old rose polyantha rose rhodamine rhodium rhodochrosite rhododendron rhodolite rhodora rhondonite Roisín Dubh rosacea rosaniline rosarian

rosary rosary pea rose acacia rose apple rose beetle rose bowl rose bug rose campion rose chafer rose cold rose cut rose fever rose geranium rose hip rose mallow rose moss rose of Jericho rose of Sharon rose oil rose periwinkle rose quartz rose slug rose topaz rose water rose window roseate roseate spoonbill rosebay rhododendron rose-breasted grosbeak

rosebud rosebush rose-coloured glasses, rose-colored glasses rosefinch rosefish rosegarden rosehip roseleaf roseola rose-pink rose-red roseroot rose syrup rose-tinted rosette rosewater rosewood Rosicruician rosy rugosa rose run for the roses smell like a rose Sturt’s desert rose sub rosa tea rose the Wars of the Roses under the rose wild rose wind rose

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds) [edit]}

Aaron's beard amelanchier attar/otto blackberry bramble camellia chamiso chokeberry cloudberry compass card floribunda hardhack hawthorn Japanese quince

jetbead Juneberry lady's mantle maccaboy Madagascar periwinkle mahaleb mawar meadowsweet medlar midsummer-men mountain ash moutain avens namby-pamby ninebark

parsley piert rambler serviceberry shadblow shadbush silverweed soapbark spirea strawberry sweet briar tormentil viburnum wild brier

Etymology 2

From rise.

Verb

rose

1. Simple past of rise.

Related terms

• arisen
• arose
• risen
• rising

Etymology 3

From French rosé (“pinkish”).

Noun

rose (plural roses)

1. Alternative spelling of rosé.

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: feeling · later · beyond · #489: rose · age · nearly · miles

Anagrams

• eros, Eros, EROS, ores, orse, roes, sore

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Danish

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Etymology 1

From late Old Norse rós, rósa, from Middle Low German rōse, from Latin rosa (“rose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /roːsə/, [ˈʁoːsə]

Noun

rose c. (singular definite rosen, plural indefinite roser)

1. rose (flower, shrup of the genus Rosa)

Inflection

    Inflection of rose

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	rose	rosen	roser	roserne
genitive	roses	rosens	rosers	rosernes

Etymology 2

From French rosé.

Alternative forms

• rosé

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rose/, [ʁoˈse]

Noun

rose c. (singular definite roseen, plural indefinite roseer)

1. rosé (a pale pink wine)

Inflection

    Inflection of rose

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	rose	roseen	roseer	roseerne
genitive	roses	roseens	roseers	roseernes

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hrósa, whence dialectal English roose.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /roːsə/, [ˈʁoːsə]

Verb

rose (imperative ros, infinitive at rose, present tense roser, past tense roste, past participle har rost)

1. praise, commend, roose

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ʁoz/

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Noun

rose f. (plural roses)

1. rose (flower)
2. rose window

Noun

rose m. (plural roses)

1. pink

Adjective

rose (epicene, plural roses)

1. pink
2. (humorous) pink, left-wing
3. (colloquial) erotic, blue
4. (in phrases) rosy, rose-tinted

Anagrams

• Éros, ores, oser

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Italian

Noun

rose f. pl.

1. Plural form of rosa.

Verb

rose

1. third-person singular past historic of rodere
2. Feminine plural past participle of rodere.

Anagrams

• erso, orse, reso

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Latin

Participle

rōse

1. vocative masculine singular of rōsus