rot

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English rotten, roten, from Old English rotian (to rot, become corrupted, ulcerate, putrefy), from Proto-Germanic *rutōnan (to rot), from Proto-Indo-European *reud- (to tear), from *reu- (to tear, dig, gather). Cognate with West Frisian rotsje (to rot), Dutch rotten (to rot), German rößen (to steep flax) and German verrotten (to rot), Icelandic rotna (to rot). See rotten.

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

  1. To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
  2. To decline in function or utility.
  3. To deteriorate in any way.
    I hope they all rot in prison for what they've done.

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rot (plural rots)

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

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Catalan [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Latin ructus

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rot m (plural rots)

  1. belcher

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rot (comparative rotter, superlative rotst)

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

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rot n (plural rotten, diminutive rotje)

  1. rot, something rotten, something rotting
  2. (military) a file (of men)

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French [edit]

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From Latin ructus.

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rot m (plural rots)

  1. (colloquial) belch, burp

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From Middle High German rōt (red, red-haired), from Old High German rōt (red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red), from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós < *h₁rewdʰ-. Compare Low German root, rod, rot, Dutch rood, English red, West Frisian read, Danish rød.

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rot (comparative röter or roter, superlative am rötesten or rotesten)

  1. red
  2. red-haired (short for rothaarig)
  3. (politics) leftist; on the left of the political spectrum
  4. (politics, Germany) specifically, pertaining to the SPD (a large social democratic party in Germany) or Linke (a far-left political party in Germany)
  5. (historical, offensive) Indian (pertaining to the Native Americans)

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rot n (genitive singular rots, uncountable)

  1. unconsciousness, insensibility
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Noun [edit]

rot n (genitive singular rots, plural rot)

  1. rot, decay, putrefaction
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rot

  1. rafsi of rotsu.

Low German [edit]

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rot

  1. Alternative spelling of root.

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rot

  1. imperative of rote

Old High German [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *raudaz (compare Old Saxon rōd, Old English rēad, Old Norse rauðr, Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (rauþs)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós < *h₁rewdʰ-.

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rōt

  1. red

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rot c

  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.

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Tok Pisin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

English road

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rot

  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.

References [edit]

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


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