ros

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾˠɔsˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ros (“linseed”).^[1]

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ros (“wood, promontory”),^[2] from Proto-Celtic *ɸrostos, from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“before”) + *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ros”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ros”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ros”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁roseh₂ (“dew”), itself possibly a derivative of *h₁ers- (“to flow”). Cognate with Sanskrit रसा (rásā, “moisture, humidity”), Ancient Greek ἐξεράω (exeráō, “pour out”), Lithuanian rasà (“dew”), Serbo-Croatian rosa / роса (“dew”).^[1]

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
3. rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)
   • 690–750, Excerpta ex libro glossarum published in the Corpus glossariorum latinorum V page 179, 6

     Citisum genus arboris quasi catanum erba odoribera uergilius et uix humiles apibus casias rorem que

     Cytisus is a kind of tree like juniper a sweet-smelling herb, greener and hardly serving the bees in comparison to furzes and rosemary.

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)
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “rōs”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 473

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔs/

Verb

ros

1. second-person singular imperative of rosć

Etymology

From French roche.

Noun

ros

1. rock, stone

References

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

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *rodrom (“dark, cloudy”), from Proto-Austronesian *demdem (“gloom, darkness”)

Noun

ros

1. darkness

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *demdem

Verb

ros

1. passive form of ro

Etymology 1

From the verb rosa (“to praise”), from Old Norse hrósa. Prior to the spelling reform of 1959, this noun was considered grammatically feminine or neuter. The revision made non-standard the definite singular forms rosa, rosi, and roset.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rǫs, plural of ras n, whence also the more common doublet of ras.

Etymology 3

After German Rose, from Old High German rōsa, from Latin rosa. Doublet of rose.

References

• “ros” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Occitan ros, from Latin russus, derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

ros m (feminine singular rossa, masculine plural rosses, feminine plural rossas)

1. russet

References

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 584.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r͈os/

Etymology 1

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.^[1]

Etymology 2

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥so-, which is most likely a borrowing from a non-Indo-European language. See also Latin porrum (“leek”), English furze, and possibly Ancient Greek πράσον (práson, “leek”).^[2]

Mutation

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

References

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ros/
• Rhymes: -os

Verb

ros (past participle of roade)

1. past participle of roade

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

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ros (“linseed”).

Etymology 2

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

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, Stirling, →ISBN, page 295
• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ros”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Etymology

From French roche.

Noun

ros

1. rock, stone

References

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈros/ [ˈros]
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: ros

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Further reading

• “ros”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch rossen.

Verb

ros

1. to beat up, to give a beating

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːs/

• Audio (Gotland); “en ros”:

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• Rhymes: -uːs

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

References

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

Anagrams

• ors, sor

Etymology

From German Rost.

Noun

ros

1. rust

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish arroz, from Andalusian Arabic الرَّوْز (ar-rawz), from Arabic أَرُزّ (ʔaruzz, “rice”), from Ancient Greek ὄρυζᾰ (óruză).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish rosa, from Latin rosa.

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)‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 270