rosette

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word rosette. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word rosette, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say rosette in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word rosette you have here. The definition of the word rosette will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofrosette, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Rosette and rôsette

English

WOTD – 16 June 2009
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
A rosette made of ribbon.
An architectural rosette.

Etymology

Borrowed from French rosette.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹəʊˈzɛt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹoʊˈzɛt/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
A rosette pattern in latte art.
rosette pastries

Noun

rosette (plural rosettes)

  1. An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, used especially as an ornament or a badge.
  2. (architecture) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, much used in decoration.
  3. (music) A decorative inlay surrounding the sound hole of a guitar.
  4. A red color.
  5. A rose burner.
  6. (botany) One or more whorls of leaves, clustered tightly at the base of a plant.
  7. (botany) A plant growth form in which the plant grows outward in all directions for a short distance, producing a small round shape.
  8. (zoology) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins.
  9. (zoology) A flowerlike color marking, as on the leopard.
  10. A floral pattern in latte art.
  11. (medicine) A clustered formation of tumor cells.
  12. (cooking) A thin, cookie-like, deep-fried Scandinavian pastry, made using an iron, which resembles a rose blossom.
  13. (cooking) A rose shape piped using frosting, most commonly buttercream.
  14. A form of knot.
  15. A disc formed by throwing water on molten metal.
    Synonym: rondelle
  16. (oceanography) A rosette sampler.
  17. (pathology) Synonym of worm-star

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

rose burner — see rose burner

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “rosette”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From rose +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

Noun

rosette f (plural rosettes)

  1. rosette

Descendants

  • → Polish: rozeta

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

rosette f

  1. plural of rosetta

Anagrams

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia