ros

See also: ROS, Ros, rós, rô, rös, roś, and Roś

Catalan

Etymology 1

From (compare Occitan ros), from Latin russus (compare French roux, Spanish rojo, Italian rosso, Romanian roșu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

Adjective

ros (feminine rossa, masculine plural rossos, feminine plural rosses)

1. blond

Derived terms

• enrossir

Etymology 2

From Latin rōs, used as a neuter. Compare the form rou.

Noun

ros m (plural rosos)

1. (dialectal, archaic) dew

Synonyms

• rosada, rou

Related terms

• rosar

Etymology 3

From general Ros Olano.

Noun

ros m (plural rosos)

1. piqued cap

References

• “ros” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana ros

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Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹoːz/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *rod, from Proto-Celtic *rotos, from Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂os.

Noun

ros f (plural rosow)

1. wheel

Etymology 2

Noun

ros f (plural rosyow)

1. heathland

Etymology 3

Noun

ros f (singulative rosen)

1. roses

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Danish

Verb

ros

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of rose

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔs/
• Rhymes: -ɔs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ros, from Old Dutch ros, hors, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).

Noun

ros n (plural rossen, diminutive rosje n)

1. horse

   Synonym: paard

2. steed

Derived terms

• stalen ros

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ros

Etymology 2

Adjective

ros (comparative rosser, superlative meest ros or rost)

1. of a colour between red and yellow:

   de rosse buurt

   the red-light district

2. red-haired

Inflection

Declension of ros
uninflected	ros
inflected	rosse
comparative	rosser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		ros	rosser	het rost het roste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	rosse	rossere	roste
	n. sing.	ros	rosser	roste
	plural	rosse	rossere	roste
definite		rosse	rossere	roste
partitive		ros	rossers	—

Derived terms

• rossig
• rosse buurt

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin russus.

Adjective

ros

1. red

Derived terms

• inrossâ
• rossit

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾˠɔsˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ros (“linseed”).

Noun

ros m (genitive singular rois)

1. linseed, flaxseed

   Synonym: ros lín

Declension

Declension of ros

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative ros Vocative a rois Genitive rois Dative ros

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an ros Genitive an rois Dative leis an ros don ros

Derived terms

• ros cnáibe
• ros copóige
• ros gafainne
• ros lachan
• ros moinge mire
• ros neanta
• ros uisce

 

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage) From Old Irish ros (“wood, promontory”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸrostos, from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“before”) + *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Noun

ros m (genitive singular rosa, nominative plural rosa)

1. wood, wooded headland

   Synonym: coill

2. (geography) headland, promontory

   Synonyms: rinn, scoth, léim

Declension

Declension of ros

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ros rosa Vocative a ros a rosa Genitive rosa ros Dative ros rosa

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ros na rosa Genitive an rosa na ros Dative leis an ros don ros leis na rosa

Derived terms

• na Rosa
• rosach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ros	not applicable	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ros”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ros (‘linseed, flaxseed’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ros (‘wood, headland’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ros”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ros”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁roseh₂. Cognate with Sanskrit रसा (rásā, “moisture, humidity”), Ancient Greek ἐξεράω (exeráō, “pour out”), Lithuanian rasà (“dew”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /roːs/, [roːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ros/, [rɔs]

Noun

rōs m (genitive rōris); third declension

1. dew
2. moisture

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rōs	rōrēs
Genitive	rōris	rōrum
Dative	rōrī	rōribus
Accusative	rōrem	rōrēs
Ablative	rōre	rōribus
Vocative	rōs	rōrēs

Derived terms

• rōrātiō
• rōrifer
• rōrō
• rōrulentus
• rōscidus

Descendants

Descendants

• Aromanian: aroauã
• Catalan: rosada, ros, rou
• Dalmatian: ruzuda
• English: rore, rory
• French: rosée, rorique
• Friulian: rosade
• Galician: rosada

• Occitan: rosada
• Istriot: ruzàda
• Italian: rugiada
• Romanian: rouă
• Romansch: rugada

References

• “ros”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ros”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ros in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔs/

Verb

ros

1. second-person singular imperative of rosć

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French roche

Noun

ros

1. rock, stone

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

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Middle English

Noun

ros

1. plural of ro (“roe deer”)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ros

1. passive form of ro

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r͈os/

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Celtic *ɸrostos, from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“before”) + *steh₂- (“to stand”). The same construction as Sanskrit प्रस्थ (prastha, “plateau”), but probably coined separately in the two languages.

Noun

ros m (genitive ruis, nominative plural ruis)

1. promontory
2. wood
   • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 1079

     ross .i. trēde fordingair .i. ros fidbuide, […]

     wood, that is, a triad of meanings, that is, a wood of yellow trees, […]

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ros m (genitive ruis, nominative plural ruis)

1. linseed
   • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 1079

     ros līn

     linseed

2. flax or other small seed

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ros also rros after a proclitic ending in a vowel	ros pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ros (‘linseed, flaxseed’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ros (‘wood, headland’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin rōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ros/
• Rhymes: -os

Verb

ros (past participle of roade)

1. gnawed

Adjective

ros m or n (feminine singular roasă, masculine plural roși, feminine and neuter plural roase)

1. gnawed, eaten away at
2. eroded, consumed
3. (of clothes) careworn, threadbare, shabby, seedy, frayed

Declension

Declension of ros

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	ros		roasă	roși	roase
	definite	rosul		roasa	roșii	roasele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	ros		roase	roși	roase
	definite	rosului		roasei	roșilor	roaselor

Related terms

• rosătură
• rosură

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ros (“linseed”)

Noun

ros m (genitive singular rois, plural rosan)

1. linseed, flax seed

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage) From Old Irish ros (“wood, promontory”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸrostos, from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“before”) + *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Noun

ros m (genitive singular rois, plural rosan)

1. promontory, peninsula, isthmus

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ros (‘linseed, flaxseed’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ros (‘wood, headland’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “ros”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN
• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ros”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

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Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French roche

Noun

ros

1. rock, stone

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

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Spanish

Etymology

Named after Antonio Ros de Olano (1808-1886), a Spanish general who introduced the hat into the Spanish army

Noun

ros m (plural roses)

1. A type of military hat, similar to a shako

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch rossen.

Verb

ros

1. to beat up, to give a beating

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːs/

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish ros‚ from Middle Low German rose, from Latin rosa.

Noun

ros c

1. a rose; a flower, a shrub, and a heraldic charge

Declension

Declension of ros
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ros	rosen	rosor	rosorna
Genitive	ros	rosens	rosors	rosornas

Derived terms

• alpros
• buskros
• nyponros
• rosa
• rosarium
• rosbukett
• rosbuske
• rosdoft
• rosenbegonia
• rosenblad
• rosenbröd
• rosenbukett
• rosenbuske
• rosenböna
• rosende
• rosendoft
• rosenfingrad
• rosenfink
• rosenfärgad
• rosengång
• rosengård
• rosenhy
• rosenhäck
• rosenhäger
• rosenkind
• rosenknopp
• rosenkrans
• rosenkvitten
• rosenkål
• rosenmandel
• rosenmoln
• rosenmun
• rosenmönster
• rosenmönstrad
• rosenodling
• rosenolja
• rosenplantering
• rosenpotatis
• rosenrabatt
• rosenrasande
• rosenröd
• rosenrött
• rosenskimmer
• rosenskära
• rosenspaljen
• rosensten
• rosenstock
• rosentry
• rosenträ
• rosenträd
• rosenträdgård
• rosenvatten
• rosett
• rosig
• rosling
• rosmarin
• rosrabatt
• rosväxt

 

Descendants

• Finnish: ruusu

Etymology 2

Noun

ros

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite genitive singular of ro

Etymology 3

Verb

ros

1. (deprecated template usage) passive infinitive of ro
2. (deprecated template usage) present passive of ro

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
• ros in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• ors, sor

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Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish arroz, from Andalusian Arabic الرَّوز (arráwz), from Arabic أَرُزّ (ʔaruzz), from Ancient Greek ὄρυζᾰ (óruza).

Noun

ros

1. rice

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish rosa, from Latin rosa.

Noun

ros

1. rose

Derived terms

• color de ros
• yej ros

References

• Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎^[3] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 270