ross

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See also: Ross and Roß

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Noun

ross (uncountable)

  1. (US, dialect) The rough, scaly surface on the bark of trees.

Verb

ross (third-person singular simple present rosses, present participle rossing, simple past and past participle rossed)

  1. (US, dialect, transitive) To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface.
    to ross bark

Etymology 2

Noun

ross (plural rosses)

  1. (UK, dialect) A swamp.

Anagrams

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German ros, from Old High German ros, hros, from Proto-West Germanic *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”). Cognate with German Ross, English horse.

Noun

ross n (diminutive rössle)

  1. (Luserna) horse

References

Faroese

føroyskt ross - Faroese horse

Etymology

From Old Norse hross, from Proto-Germanic *hursaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kers- (“run”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ross n (genitive singular ross, plural ross)

  1. horse (Equus caballus)

Declension

n11 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ross rossið ross rossini
Accusative ross rossið ross rossini
Dative rossi rossinum rossum rossunum
Genitive ross rossins rossa rossanna

Hyponyms

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian rosso, from Latin russus.

Adjective

ross

  1. red

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic رُزّ (ruzz).

Pronunciation

Noun

ross m

  1. rice
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