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A red rose (flower)
A rose (graph with only one vertex)

Etymology 1

From Middle English rose, roose, from Old English rōse, but with its vowel influenced by Old French rose, both from Latin rosa. The Latin is of uncertain origin, but likely via Oscan from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, rose) (Aeolic ϝρόδον (wródon)), from Old Persian *vr̥dah (flower) (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀- (varəδa-), Sogdian ward, Parthian wâr, late Middle Persian (gwl /⁠gul⁠/), Persian گل (gol, rose, flower), and Middle Iranian borrowings including Old Armenian վարդ (vard, rose), Aramaic וַרְדָּא (wardā) / ܘܪܕܐ (wardā), Arabic وَرْدَة (warda), Hebrew וֶרֶד (wéreḏ)), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰos (sweetbriar) (compare Old English word (thornbush), Latin rubus (bramble), Albanian hurdhe (ivy)). Possibly ultimately a derivation from a verb for "to grow" only attested in Indo-Iranian (*Hwardʰ-, compare Sanskrit वर्धति (vardhati), with relatives in Avestan).

Pronunciation

Noun

rose (countable and uncountable, plural roses)

  1. A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
  2. A flower of the rose plant.
  3. A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)
  4. Something resembling a rose flower.
  5. (heraldry) The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A purplish-red or pink colour, the colour of some rose flowers.
    Web rose:  
  7. A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose.
  8. The usually circular base of a light socket in the ceiling, from which the fitting or chandelier is suspended.
  9. Any of various large, red-bodied, papilionid butterflies of the genus Pachliopta.
  10. (mathematics) Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares.
  11. (mathematics, graph theory) A graph with only one vertex.
Descendants
  • Marshallese: rooj
  • Tokelauan: loha
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Verb

rose (third-person singular simple present roses, present participle rosing, simple past and past participle rosed)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To make rose-colored; to redden or flush.
  2. (poetic, transitive) To perfume, as with roses.

Adjective

rose (not comparable)

  1. Having a purplish-red or pink color; rosy.
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Derived terms

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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rose

  1. simple past of rise
  2. (now colloquial and nonstandard) past participle of rise
    • 1775, The Complete Gazetteer of England and Wales , volume 1, G. Robinson, and R. Baldwin, page 154:
      Chidley-Mount, Som. on the other ſide of the Parret, oppoſite to Bridgewater, which is ſuppoſed to have roſe from its ruins.
    • 1805, Cobbett's Political Register, volume 8, page 89:
      Here the genius of agriculture seems to have rose above its dawn.
    • 2006 January 30, Timothy Stagich, Conscious Ascension: The Global Rise of Mankind Out of the Depths of Conflict, Global Leadership Resources, →ISBN, page 86:
      And, it has often been in the most oppressed of times that human beings have rose up and discovered their greatest potential.

Etymology 3

From French rosé (pinkish).

Noun

rose (plural roses)

  1. Alternative spelling of rosé

Anagrams

References

  • rose”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Afrikaans

Noun

rose

  1. plural of roos

Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

rose f

  1. dative/locative singular of rosa

Etymology 2

Verb

rose

  1. masculine singular present transgressive of rosit

Danish

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Etymology 1

From late Old Norse rós, rósa, from Middle Low German rōse, from Latin rosa (rose).

Pronunciation

Noun

rose c (singular definite rosen, plural indefinite roser)

  1. rose (flower, shrub of the genus Rosa)
Inflection
Descendants

Etymology 2

From French rosé.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

rose c (singular definite roseen, plural indefinite roseer)

  1. rosé (a pale pink wine)
Inflection

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hrósa, whence dialectal English roose, Old Swedish rōsa.

Pronunciation

Verb

rose (imperative ros, infinitive at rose, present tense roser, past tense roste, perfect tense har rost)

  1. to praise, commend
Conjugation

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French rose, from Old French rose, borrowed from Latin rosa (the expected form if it was inherited would be *reuse).

Pronunciation

Noun

rose f (plural roses)

  1. rose (flower)
  2. rose window
  3. (heraldry) rose

Derived terms

Noun

rose m (plural roses)

  1. pink

Adjective

rose (plural roses)

  1. pink
  2. (humorous) pink, left-wing
  3. (colloquial) erotic, blue
  4. (in phrases) rosy, rose-tinted

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: woz
  • Louisiana Creole: ròz, roz
  • Mauritian Creole: roz
  • Seychellois Creole: roz
  • Greek: ροζ (roz)
  • Luxembourgish: Rous
  • Persian: رز (roz)
  • Romanian: roz

See also

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      noir
             rouge; cramoisi, carmin              orange; brun, marron              jaune; crème
             lime              vert              menthe
             cyan, turquoise; bleu canard              azur, bleu ciel              bleu
             violet, lilas; indigo              magenta; pourpre              rose

Further reading

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Noun

rose f (plural rosis)

  1. flower
    Synonym: flôr

Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

rose pl

  1. plural of rosa

Etymology 2

Verb

rose

  1. third-person singular past historic of rodere

Etymology 3

Participle

rose f pl

  1. feminine plural of roso

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Participle

rōse

  1. vocative masculine singular of rōsus

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

rose

  1. inflection of rosa:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English rōse, from Latin rosa. Reinforced and remodelled on Old French rose, from the same Latin source.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔːz(ə)/, /ˈrɔz(ə)/

Noun

rose (plural roses or rosen)

  1. rose (plant belonging to the genus Rosa)
  2. rose (flower of the rose plant)
  3. (heraldry) The rose as a heraldic emblem.
  4. (figurative) A morally upstanding and virtuous individual.
  5. reddish-purple; a rosy colour
Descendants
  • English: rose (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: rose
See also
Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
     whit      grey, hor      blak
             red; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne              yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
             grasgrene              grene             
             plunket; ewage              asure, livid              blewe, blo, pers
             violet; inde              rose, murrey; purpel, purpur              claret
References

Etymology 2

Verb

rose

  1. Alternative form of rosen (to boast)

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French rose, from Latin rosa.

Noun

rose f (plural roses)

  1. rose (flower)

Adjective

rose m or f (plural roses)

  1. rosy; rose-coloured

Descendants

  • French: rose (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle Dutch: rose

References

  • rose on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German rōsa, from Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈroːs̠ə/

Noun

rōse f or m

  1. rose
    Ich bin vrô von einer rôsen, diu kan sprëchen süeȥiu wort.
    I am glad of a rose which can say sweet words.

Declension

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: Roos, Roose
  • Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: roas
    Mòcheno: roas
  • Central Franconian: Rus
  • German: Rose (see there for further descendants)
  • Vilamovian: ruuz
  • Yiddish: רויז (royz)

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “rōse”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Norman

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rose m or f

  1. (Jersey) pink (colour)
    Synonym: (Guernsey) couleur dé raose

Alternative forms

Noun

rose f (plural roses)

  1. rose (flower)

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Latin rosa, via Old Norse rós and rósa.

Noun

rose f or m (definite singular rosa or rosen, indefinite plural roser, definite plural rosene)

  1. a rose (plant and flower of genus Rosa)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Latin rosa, via Old Norse rós and rósa.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. a rose (plant and flower of genus Rosa)

Derived terms

Verb

rose (present tense rosar/roser, past tense rosa/roste, past participle rosa/rost, passive infinitive rosast, present participle rosande, imperative rose/ros)

  1. alternative form of rosa

Further reading

Old English

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

Noun

rōse f (nominative plural rōsan or rōsa)

  1. rose

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative rōse rōsan
accusative rōsan rōsan
genitive rōsan rōsena
dative rōsan rōsum

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Old French

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin rosa.

    Noun

    rose oblique singularf (oblique plural roses, nominative singular rose, nominative plural roses)

    1. rose (flower)
    2. rosewater

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Adjective

    rose m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rosee)

    1. rose-coloured

    References

    Pali

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    rose

    1. inflection of rosa (anger):
      1. locative singular
      2. accusative plural

    Verb

    rose

    1. optative active singular of rosati (to annoy)

    Serbo-Croatian

    Noun

    rose (Cyrillic spelling росе)

    1. inflection of rosa:
      1. genitive singular
      2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural