ros

Inherited from Old Catalan ros, from Latin russus, derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-. Compare Occitan ros, French roux, Spanish rojo.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈros]

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

1. blond

• enrossir

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈrɔs]

ros m (plural rosos)

1. (dialectal, Valencia, archaic) dew

   Synonyms: rosada, rou

• rosar

Named after general Ros Olano.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈros]

ros m (plural rossos)

1. a particular type of military cap, introduced by General Ros de Olano in the Spanish Army in the XIX century.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈros]

ros

1. plural of ro (“rho (Greek letter)”)

• “ros” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ros”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ros” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ros” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹoːz/

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

ros f (plural rosow)

1. wheel

From Proto-Brythonic *rros, from Proto-Celtic *ɸrostos.

ros f (plural rosyow)

1. heathland

ros f (singulative rosen)

1. roses

From Latin russus, derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-. Compare Occitan ros, French roux, Friulian ros.

ros

1. red

ros

1. imperative of rose

• IPA^(key): /rɔs/
• Hyphenation: ros
• Rhymes: -ɔs

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

• hors (dialectal)

ros n (plural rossen, diminutive rosje n)

1. horse

   Synonym: paard

2. steed

• roskam
• stalen ros
• strijdros

• Afrikaans: ros
• ⇒ Dutch: rossen (“to groom (a horse)”, verb)
  • → West Frisian: rosse (verb)

ros (comparative rosser, superlative meest ros or rost)

1. of an impure red color; reddish

   de rosse buurt

   the red-light district

2. ginger, red-haired

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	—

• rosse (noun)
• rosse buurt
• rosse franjepoot
• rosse grutto
• rosse kolibrie
• rosse stekelstaart
• rossig

From Latin russus.

ros (feminine rossa, masculine plural ros, feminine plural rosses) (ORB, broad)

1. red

   Synonym: rojo

• rosseyér

• ros in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

From Latin russus.

ros

1. red

• inrossâ
• rossit

• IPA^(key): /ɾˠɔsˠ/

From Old Irish ros (“linseed”).^[1]

ros m (genitive singular rois)

1. linseed, flaxseed

   Synonym: ros lín

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

ros m (genitive singular rosa, nominative plural rosa)

1. wood, wooded headland

   Synonym: coill

2. (geography) headland, promontory

   Synonyms: rinn, scoth, léim

• Ros Comáin
• na Rosa
• rosach
• rosán

• 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, 2013-2024

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]

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

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.

Third-declension noun.

• rōrātiō
• rōrifer
• rōrō
• rōrulentus
• rōscidus

• “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

• IPA^(key): /rɔs/

ros

1. second-person singular imperative of rosć

From French roche.

ros

1. rock, stone

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

ros

1. plural of ro (“roe deer”)

ros

1. Alternative form of rosen (“to boast”)

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

ros

1. darkness

• karosi

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *demdem

ros

1. passive form of ro

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.

• IPA^(key): /ruːs/

ros m (definite singular rosen, uncountable)

2. praise
   • 1875, Elias Blix, “Med Jesus”, in Nokre Salmar [Some hymns], 3rd edition, page 25:

     Det er mi høgste Æra, // det er mi største Ros // hans Fylgjesvein at vera // og vandra i hans Ljos.

     It is my highest honour, // it is my highest praise: // to be a His disciple // and wander in His light.

   • 1992, Arne Ruset, Den svarte kista, pages 85–86:

     Sophies Minde vart flau av all rosen, og gav noko nebbete uttrykk for at no heldt det lenge.

     Sophies Minde got embarrassed by all the praise, and expressed somewhat snarkily that this would be enough for a good while.

ros

1. imperative of rosa

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

• ròs (alternative spelling)

• IPA^(key): /roːs/

ros f (definite singular rosa, indefinite plural roser, definite plural rosene)

2. an avalanche, a landslide, a slip

   Synonym: skred

3. cavity left in place of the masses displaced by such an avalanche, landslide or other
5. a scratch in the skin

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

• IPA^(key): /ruːs/

ros f (definite singular rosa, uncountable)

2. (pathology) erysipelas

   Synonym: (more common) rosen

• “ros” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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

1. russet

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

• IPA^(key): /r͈os/

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]

ros m (genitive ruis, nominative plural ruis)

1. A promontory.
2. A 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, […]

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ros	rosL	ruisL
Vocative	ruis	rosL	rusuH
Accusative	rosN	rosL	rusuH
Genitive	ruisL	ros	rosN
Dative	rusL	rosaib	rosaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

• Irish: ros (“wood”)
• Scottish Gaelic: ros (“promontory”)

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]

ros m (genitive ruis, nominative plural ruis)

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

     ros līn

     linseed

2. A flax - or other small seed.

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ros	rosL	ruisL
Vocative	ruis	rosL	rusuH
Accusative	rosN	rosL	rusuH
Genitive	ruisL	ros	rosN
Dative	rusL	rosaib	rosaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

• Irish: ros (“linseed”)
• Scottish Gaelic: ros (“linseed”)

• 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

Inherited from Latin rōsus.

• IPA^(key): /ros/
• Rhymes: -os

ros (past participle of roade)

1. past participle of roade

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

• rosătură
• rosură

From Old Irish ros (“linseed”).

ros m (genitive singular rois, plural rosan)

1. linseed, flax seed

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

ros m (genitive singular rois, plural rosan)

1. promontory, peninsula, isthmus

• 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^[2], Stirling, →ISBN, page 295
• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ros”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

From French roche.

ros

1. rock, stone

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

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

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

ros m (plural roses)

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

ros m pl

1. plural of ro

• “ros”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Borrowed from Dutch rossen.

ros

1. to beat up, to give a beating

• IPA^(key): /ruːs/

• Audio (Gotland); “en ros”:

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• Rhymes: -uːs

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

ros c

1. a rose; a flower, a shrub, also as heraldic charge
   • 1963, Arne Qvick (lyrics and music), “Rosen [The rose]”‎^[4]:

     Ty just nu idag, så köpte jag, en liten ros i en blomsteraffär. En ros röd som blod, så att du förstod, att det är dig som jag håller kär.

     For just now today, I bought, a small rose in a flower shop. A rose red as blood, so that you understood, that it is you that I hold dear.

2. praise, acclaim

   Antonym: ris

   Spelet har fått mycket ros av kritikerna

   The game has received much critical acclaim

   ris och ros

   praise and criticism (idiomatic – also the name of a readers' section in some newspapers (for commending or criticizing))

• rosa
• rosig

• → Estonian: roos
• → Finnish: ruusu

ros

1. indefinite genitive singular of ro

ros

1. passive infinitive of ro
2. present passive of ro

• 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

• ors, sor

From German Rost.

ros

1. rust

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

ros

1. rice

Borrowed from Spanish rosa, from Latin rosa.

ros

1. rose

• color de ros
• yej ros

• 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)‎^[5] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 270