rosella

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹə(ʊ)ˈzɛlə/

Etymology 1

Uncertain; perhaps a variant of Rosehill.

A crimson rosella, Platycercus elegans

Noun

rosella (plural rosellas)

1. A parrot belonging to any of the five to eight species in the genus Platycercus (originally specifically Platycercus eximius) which is native to Australia and nearby islands. [from 19th c.]
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 138:

     Molly […] had glimpsed a future, like a rosella, hardly seen, swooping through the high umbrellas of the bush.

Derived terms

• crimson rosella
• eastern rosella
• green rosella
• northern rosella
• pale-headed rosella
• western rosella

Translations

parrot of the genus Platycercus

• Bulgarian: розела f (rozela)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: rosela, rozela
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: rosella (fi)

See also

• lorikeet

Etymology 2

Noun

rosella (countable and uncountable, plural rosellas)

1. Alternative form of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 122:

     Rosellas, a fruit, I imagine, not very well known, we grew most successfully, its delicious sub-acid making the most splendid substitute for the English red currant; and we varied its uses by transforming the raw material into jam and jelly, and freshly-stewed fruit.

Anagrams

• loreals

Catalan

Etymology

rosa +‎ -ella, literally “small rose”

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /roˈze.ʎə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ruˈze.ʎə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /roˈze.ʎa/

Noun

rosella f (plural roselles)

1. poppy (plant of the genus Papaver)

   Synonyms: ababol, babol, gall, gallaret

Further reading

• “rosella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rosella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “rosella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rosella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Finnish

Etymology

From English rosella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroselːɑ/, [ˈro̞s̠e̞lːɑ]
• Rhymes: -oselːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ro‧sel‧la

Noun

rosella

1. rosella (parrot of the genus Platycercus)

Declension

Inflection of rosella (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative		rosella	rosellat
genitive		rosellan	roselloiden roselloitten rosellojen
partitive		rosellaa	roselloita roselloja
illative		rosellaan	roselloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rosella	rosellat
accusative	nom.	rosella	rosellat
	gen.	rosellan
genitive		rosellan	roselloiden roselloitten rosellojen rosellainrare
partitive		rosellaa	roselloita roselloja
inessive		rosellassa	roselloissa
elative		rosellasta	roselloista
illative		rosellaan	roselloihin
adessive		rosellalla	roselloilla
ablative		rosellalta	roselloilta
allative		rosellalle	roselloille
essive		rosellana	roselloina
translative		rosellaksi	roselloiksi
instructive		—	roselloin
abessive		rosellatta	roselloitta
comitative		—	roselloineen

Possessive forms of rosella (type katiska)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	rosellani	rosellamme
2nd person	rosellasi	rosellanne
3rd person	rosellansa

Hypernyms

• papukaija