roes

See also: Roes, ROEs, roés, and rös

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊz

Noun

roes

1. plural of roe

Anagrams

• 'orse, EROS, Eros, Rose, eros, ores, orse, rose, rosé, sero-, sore, öres

Dutch

Etymology

Etymology uncertain. Earliest documentation with its current meaning from 1622. Van der Sijs claims it's a loanword from Low German, whereas de Vries claims it's related to Middle Dutch rūsen (causing commotion), from which also stems geroezemoes.

Compare also German Rausch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rus/

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• Hyphenation: roes
• Rhymes: -us

Noun

roes m (plural roezen, diminutive roesje n)

1. intoxication
2. haze

   bij den roes ― hastily or unheedingly

3. high

References

• "roes" in: Sijs, Nicoline van der, Chronologisch woordenboek. De ouderdom en herkomst van onze woorden en betekenissen, 2e druk, Amsterdam / Antwerpen: Veen, 2002; op website dbnl.org;
• roes on etymologiebank.nl

Galician

Verb

roes

1. second-person singular present indicative of roer

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

roes

1. passive form of roe

Spanish

Verb

roes

1. second-person singular present indicative of roer