rosso
Italian
Etymology
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From Latin russus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
Pronunciation
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Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: rós‧so
Adjective
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- red
- (of hair) ginger, red
- c. 1795, Vincenzo Monti, Opere inedite e rare: di Vincenzo Monti[1], by Urbano Lampredi, published 1843, page 126:
- Costui, rosso di pel, Foscolo è detto
- He, of red hair, is called Foscolo
- (figuratively) incandescent, red hot
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto VIII, page 124, lines 73–75:
- […] Ed ei mi disse: «Il foco etterno ¶ ch'entro l'affoca le dimostra rosse, ¶ come tu vedi in questo basso inferno».
- And he to me: "The fire eternal ¶ that kindles them within makes them look red, ¶ as thou beholdest in this nether Hell".
Noun
rosso m (plural rossi) Template:wiki
- red (any of a range of colours)
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto X, page 158, lines 85–87:
- Ond' io a lui: «Lo strazio e 'l grande scempio ¶ che fece l'Arbia colorata in rosso, ¶ tal orazion fa far nel nostro tempio».
- Whence I to him: "The slaughter and great carnage ¶ which have with crimson stained the Arbia, cause ¶ such orisons in our temple to be made."
- Any red pigment.
- (metonymically, sometimes derogatory) A Socialist or Communist.
- (heraldry) gules
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See also
bianco | argento; grigio | nero |
rosso; cremisi | arancione; marrone; bronzo | giallo; oro; crema |
verde chiaro; limetta | verde | verde acqua; acquamarina; verde menta; verde menta scuro |
ciano; azzurro; celeste; blu petrolio; foglia di tè | azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro | blu; blu scuro |
violetto; indaco | magenta; viola | rosa; fucsia; porpora |
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