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* Armenian: {{t+|hy|փտել}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|гния}}, {{t+|bg|загнивам}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|腐烂|tr=fǔlàn|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|腐爛|tr=fǔlàn|sc=Hani}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|hnít}}
* Danish: {{t|da|rådne}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verrotten}}, {{t|nl|slecht worden}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|maatua}}, {{t+|fi|pilaantua}}, {{t+|fi|lahota}}, {{t+|fi|mädäntyä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pourrir}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ლპება}}, {{t|ka|იხრწნება}}
* German: {{t+|de|verfaulen}}, {{t+|de|verrotten}}, {{t+|de|verwesen}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient Greek: {{t|grc|σήπω|alt=σήπομαι}}
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* Hebrew: {{t|he|התקלקל|m|tr=hitkalkel}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|korhad}}, {{t+|hu|rothad}}, {{t|hu|szuvasodik}}, {{t|hu|elmállik}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|pūt}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakapopo}}, {{t|mi|koropungapunga}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|gnić}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|apodrecer}}, {{t+|pt|estragar}}, {{t|pt|putrefazer}}
* Quechua: {{t+|qu|ismuy}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|descompune}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|разлага́ться}}, {{t+|ru|гнить}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|pudrir|alt=pudrirse}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ruttna}}, {{t+|sv|sönderfalla}}, {{t+|sv|förfalla}}, {{t+|sv|sönderdelas}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|çürümek}}
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Revision as of 13:56, 13 September 2021

See also: Rot, ROT, rót, ròt, rôt, röt, and rot-

English

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Etymology

From Middle English roten, rotten, from Old English rotian (“to rot, become corrupted, ulcerate, putrefy”), from Proto-Germanic *rutāną (“to rot”).

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
    The apple left in the cupboard all that time had started to rot.
  2. (intransitive) To decline in function or utility.
    Your brain will rot if you spend so much time on the computer, Tony!
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
  4. (transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
    to rot vegetable fiber
  5. (intransitive, figurative) To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
    to rot in prison
    to rot in Hell
  6. (transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
  7. (dated, slang) To talk nonsense.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

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Noun

rot (countable and uncountable, plural rots)

  1. The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
  2. Decaying matter.
    • 2016, Nathanael Johnson, Unseen City, →ISBN, page 115:
      When a turkey vulture detects the scent of rot, it circles down, tracing the plume of chemicals to its source.
  3. Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
    • 1658–1663, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
      His cattle must of rot and murrain die.
  4. (uncountable) Verbal nonsense.

Synonyms

Translations

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch rot, dialectal form of rat.

Noun

rot (plural rotte)

  1. rat

See also

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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. Cognate with German rot, Dutch rood, English red, West Frisian read, Danish rød.

Adjective

rot

  1. (Formazza) red

References

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ructus.

Pronunciation

Noun

rot m (plural rots)

  1. belch

Related terms

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See rotten

Adjective

rot (comparative rotter, superlative rotst)

  1. rotten, spoiled, decayed, putrid
  2. rotten, tedious, unkind, mean
Inflection
Inflection of rot
uninflected rot
inflected rotte
comparative rotter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial rot rotter het rotst
het rotste
indefinite m./f. sing. rotte rottere rotste
n. sing. rot rotter rotste
plural rotte rottere rotste
definite rotte rottere rotste
partitive rots rotters —

Derived terms

Noun

rot n (plural rotten, diminutive rotje n)

  1. rot, something rotten, something rotting

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch rotte.

Noun

rot f (plural rotten, diminutive rotje n)

  1. (dialectal, Northern) Alternative form of rat.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch rote.

Noun

rot n or f (plural rotten, diminutive rotje n)

  1. (military) a file (of men)
  2. (obsolete) multitude, band, throng
    Synonyms: drom, massa, menigte, schare

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Latin ructus.

Pronunciation

Noun

rot m (plural rots)

  1. (colloquial) belch, burp

Synonyms

Related terms

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin ruptus.

Adjective

rot (feminine rote)

  1. broken

Derived terms

Related terms

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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, from *h₁rewdʰ-. Compare Low German root, rod, rot, Dutch rood, English red, West Frisian read, Danish rød.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. red (colour)
  2. (politics) red; pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense; social democratic; socialist; communist
    1. (politics, Germany, in particular) pertaining to the social democratic SPD or the more rigidly socialist Linke
  3. (possibly mildly offensive) red-haired
  4. (historical, possibly offensive) redskin; Native American; Indian

Declension

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Synonyms

Derived terms

Hyponyms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “rot” in Duden online

German Low German

Adjective

rot

  1. Alternative spelling of root

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

rot n (genitive singular rots, no plural)

  1. unconsciousness, insensibility
Declension
declension of rot
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative rot rotið
accusative rot rotið
dative roti rotinu
genitive rots rotsins
Related terms

Etymology 2

See rotna

Noun

rot n (genitive singular rots, nominative plural rot)

  1. rot, decay, putrefaction
Declension
declension of rot
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rot rotið rot rotin
accusative rot rotið rot rotin
dative roti rotinu rotum rotunum
genitive rots rotsins rota rotanna
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Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

rot

  1. Alternative form of rote (“root”)

Etymology 2

Verb

rot

  1. Alternative form of roten (“to rot”)

Etymology 3

A back-formation from roten (“to rot”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

rot (uncountable)

  1. Rotting or decomposition; the situation where something rots.
  2. Any disease which causes decaying and decomposition in humans.
  3. A disease that afflicts sheep; footrot, the rot.
Descendants
  • English: rot
References

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.

Noun

rot m or f (definite singular rota or roten, indefinite plural røtter, definite plural røttene)

  1. root (part of a plant normally below ground level)
  2. root (of a tooth)
  3. root (of a hair)
Derived terms
Terms derived from rot

Etymology 2

Verb

rot

  1. imperative of rote

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

From Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Akin to English root.

Noun

rot f (definite singular rota, indefinite plural røter, definite plural røtene)

  1. root (of a plant)
  2. root (of a tooth)
  3. root (of a hair)

Inflection

Historical inflection of rot
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Aasen1 Rot Roti Røter Røterna
1901 røter (røtar) røterne (røtane)
1917 rota, roti røter [røtter] røtene2 [røttene]
1938 rota [roti] røter røtene
2012 (current) rot rota røter røtene

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2Form was allowed for schoolchildren as of 1910.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rót.

Noun

rot n (definite singular rotet, uncountable)

  1. a mess, untidiness, chaos
    Det er for mykje rot på loftet. Me må rydda.
    The attic is a mess. We have to tidy it up.
    Når me prøver å samarbeida med dei, blir det berre rot.
    When we try working with them, it just turns into chaos.

References

Anagrams

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *raud.

Adjective

rōt

  1. red

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “rōt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ-.

Adjective

rōt

  1. red

Descendants

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts.

Noun

rōt f

  1. root

Declension

Declension of rōt (consonant stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rōt rōtin rø̄ter rø̄trina(r), -rena(r)
accusative rōt rōtina, -ena rø̄ter rø̄trina(r), -rena(r)
dative rōt rōtinni, -inne rōtum, -om rōtumin, -omen
genitive rōta(r) inna(r) rōta rōtanna

Descendants

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German rōt, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz. Compare German rot, Dutch rood, English red.

Adjective

rot

  1. red

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

rot f

  1. genitive plural of rota

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish rōt, from Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.

Pronunciation

Noun

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. (linguistics) a word from which another word is derived.

Declension

Declension of rot 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rot roten rötter rötterna
Genitive rots rotens rötters rötternas

Synonyms

Related terms

See also

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English road.

Noun

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

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 / page 106

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Vilamovian

Etymology

From Italian rata (“installment”)

Pronunciation

Noun

rōt f (plural rota)

  1. installment (a kind of payment)
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