rot

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.4 Anagrams 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective 3.2.1 Inflection 3.3 Noun 3.4 Verb 3.4.1 Derived terms 4 French 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Synonyms 5 German 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Etymology 5.3 Adjective 5.3.1 Derived terms 5.3.2 Related terms 6 Norwegian 6.1 Verb 7 Old High German 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Adjective 8 Swedish 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Noun 8.2.1 Synonyms 8.2.2 See also 9 Tok Pisin 9.1 Noun 9.1.1 Reference

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (GenAM) IPA: [ɹɑt]
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• Rhymes: -ɒt

[edit] Verb

to rot (third-person singular simple present rots, present participle rotting, simple past rotted, past participle rotten)

1. to decay or decompose; to become bad

[edit] Derived terms

• potter's rot

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

rot (plural rots)

1. The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
2. Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
3. Verbal nonsense.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ort
• OTR
• RTO
• tor, Tor, TOR

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

Latin ructus

[edit] Noun

rot

1. belcher

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adjective

rot

1. rotten, spoiled, decayed, putrid
2. rotten, tedious, unkind, mean

[edit] Inflection

	positive degree	comparative degree	superlative degree
uninflected form	rot	rotter	rotst
inflected form	rotte	rottere	rotste

[edit] Noun

rot n. (Plural: rotten, diminutive: rotje, plural diminutive: rotjes)

1. rot, something rotten, something rotting
2. a military term meaning a lineup of men: file

[edit] Verb

rot

1. singular conjugation of the verb rotten: to rot

[edit] Derived terms

• een oude rot an old hand
• rot op a not so friendly way to say go away (i.e.: fuck off)
• rot- noun prefix to give it a negative meaning. For example: rotweer = shitty weather, die rothond = that damn dog'

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Latin ructus.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁo/
• Homophones: rhô, ros, rôt

[edit] Noun

rot m. (plural rots)

1. (colloquial) belch, burp

[edit] Synonyms

• renvoi

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[edit] German

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ʁoːt]

[edit] Etymology

Old High German rōt, akin to Old Saxon rōd, compare Dutch rood

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rot (comparative röter, superlative am rötesten)

1. red
2. (politics, Germany) pertaining to the SPD (a large social democratic party in Germany)

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• rothaarig
• Rotkehlchen
• Rotstift
• Rotwein
• röten
• Rötung

[edit] Related terms

• Rot

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Verb

rot

1. imperative of rote.

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[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *raudhaz, whence also Old English rēad, Old Norse rauðr

[edit] Adjective

rōt

1. red

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[edit] Swedish

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[edit] Noun

rot c.

Inflection for rot	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	rot	roten	rötter	rötterna
Possessive form	rots	rotens	rötters	rötternas

1. root; the part of a plant under the surface.
2. the part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place
3. source; an underlying cause

   Kärleken till pengar är roten till allt ont = The love of money is the root of all evil

4. (mathematics) of a number n., a positive number which, when raised to a specified power, yields n; the square root is understood if no power is specified

   Kubikroten ur 27 är 3 = The cube root of 27 is 3

   Multiplicera med roten ur 2 = Multiply by root 2

5. (mathematics) a zero (of a function).
6. (mathematics) a designated node in a tree.
7. (mathematics) curl; a measure on how fast a vector field rotates: it can be described as the cross product of del and a given vectorial field
8. (computing) root directory
9. (philology) a word from which another word is derived.

[edit] Synonyms

• källa (3)
• nollställe (5)

[edit] See also

• rötter
• rota (sig)

[edit] Tok Pisin

[edit] Noun

1. road, street
   • '2003, Mühlhäusler et al., Tok Pisin texts, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 9:

     Planti liklik rot i stap long ailan hia.

     Many little roads exist on this island.

[edit] Reference

Tok Pisin texts: from the beginning to the present / edited by Peter Mühlhäusler, Thomas E. Dutton, Suzanne Romaine. / John Benjamins Publishing Company / Copyright 2003 / ISBN 90 272 4718 8 / page 106