rosse

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See also: Rosse and rossé

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Adjective

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rosse

  1. inflection of ros:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

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French

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Etymology 1

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From Middle French rosse, from Old French roche, *rosse (bad horse), from Old Frankish *hross (horse), from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (horse, steed), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (to run). Cognate with Old High German hros, ros (horse, steed), Old English hors (horse). More at horse.

Noun

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rosse f (plural rosses)

  1. (derogatory, of a woman) a bitch, a harpy or cow
  2. (derogatory, of a man) a bastard or asshole

Etymology 2

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From rosser.

Verb

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rosse

  1. inflection of rosser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈros.se/
  • Rhymes: -osse
  • Hyphenation: rós‧se

Adjective

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rosse f pl

  1. feminine plural of rosso

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Neapolitan

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Adjective

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rosse f pl

  1. feminine plural of russo

Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French rosse, from Old French roche, *rosse (bad horse), from Frankish *hros (horse), from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (horse, steed), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (to run).

Noun

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rosse f (plural rosses)

  1. (Jersey) nasty person