rosy

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊzi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊzi/
• Rhymes: -əʊzi

Etymology 1

From rose +‎ -y

Adjective

rosy (comparative rosier, superlative rosiest)

1. Rose-coloured.
   • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 2, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, ISBN 978-0-00-216012-4:

     If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.

2. Resembling rose, as in scent of perfume.
3. Optimistic.

Translations

rose-coloured

• Armenian: վարդագույն (hy) (vardaguyn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薔薇色的, 蔷薇色的 (qiángwēisè de)

• French: rosé (fr)
• German: rosig (de)

• Greek: τριανταφυλλής (el) (triantafyllís), ρόδινος (el) (ródinos)
• Italian: roseo (it)
• Japanese: 薔薇色の (ja) (ばらいろ）の, barairo no)
• Russian: ро́зовый (ru) (rózovyj)
• Volapük: rosadakölik (vo), rosadaredik (vo)

optimistic

• German: rosig (de)
• Greek: ρόδινος (el) (ródinos)
• Hungarian: rózsás (hu)

• Persian: امیدبخش‏‎ (omid-baxš)
• Russian: ра́дужный (ru) (rádužnyj) ("'rainbowy"), ро́зовый (ru) (rózovyj)

Etymology 2

From Cockney rhyming slang, "Rosie Lee".

Alternative forms

• Rosie (more common spelling, as per the etymology)

Noun

rosy (uncountable)

1. (slang, Britain) tea

   I wish a cup of Rosy.

   I fancy a cup of rosy lee.

Anagrams

• Syro-, roys, sory

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɔsɨ]

Noun

rosy

1. dative singular of rosa
2. locative singular of rosa
3. nominative dual of rosa
4. accusative dual of rosa

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Malagasy

Noun

rosy

1. The Russian language.