Rosa

See also: rosa, rósa, ròsa, Rósa, rösa, and rösă

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin rosa (“rose”)

Proper noun

Rosa f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – the roses.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Rosales - order; Rosaceae - family; Rosoideae – subfamily; Roseae – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Rosa subg. Hulthemia, Rosa subg. Hesperhodos, Rosa subg. Platyrhodon, Rosa subg. Rosa – subgenera
  • Rosa majalis – type species; Rosa blanda, Rosa setigera, Rosa canina, Rosa chinensis, Rosa multiflora, Rosa pendulina, Rosa rugosa – selected species

References

• Rose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Rosa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Rosa at Plants of the World Online
• Rosa at Germplasm Resources Information Network

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English

Etymology

From Latin rosa (“rose”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊzə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊzə/

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• Rhymes: (General American) -oʊzə, (Received Pronunciation) -əʊzə
• Homophone: rosa

Proper noun

Rosa

1. A female given name from Latin; a Latinized variant of Rose.

Derived terms

• Santa Rosa

Translations

female given name — see Rose

Anagrams

• AORs, AoRs, ORAS, Raos, Raso, Roas, SORA, Soar, Sora, aros, oars, oras, osar, soar, sora

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Rosa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ro‧sa

Noun

Rosa

1. a female given name

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Czech

Etymology

From rosa (“dew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrosa]

Proper noun

Rosa m anim (feminine Rosová)

1. a male surname.

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	Rosa	Rosové
genitive	Rosy	Rosů
dative	Rosovi	Rosům
accusative	Rosu	Rosy
vocative	Roso	Rosové
locative	Rosovi	Rosech
instrumental	Rosou	Rosy

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Danish

Proper noun

Rosa

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Rose.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrosɑ/, [ˈro̞s̠ɑ]
• Rhymes: -osɑ
• Syllabification: Ro‧sa

Proper noun

Rosa

1. a female given name.

Declension

Inflection of Rosa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		Rosa	Rosat
genitive		Rosan	Rosien
partitive		Rosaa	Rosia
illative		Rosaan	Rosiin
		singular	plural
nominative		Rosa	Rosat
accusative	nom.	Rosa	Rosat
	gen.	Rosan
genitive		Rosan	Rosien Rosainrare
partitive		Rosaa	Rosia
inessive		Rosassa	Rosissa
elative		Rosasta	Rosista
illative		Rosaan	Rosiin
adessive		Rosalla	Rosilla
ablative		Rosalta	Rosilta
allative		Rosalle	Rosille
essive		Rosana	Rosina
translative		Rosaksi	Rosiksi
instructive		—	Rosin
abessive		Rosatta	Rositta
comitative		—	Rosineen

Possessive forms of Rosa (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Rosani	Rosamme
2nd person	Rosasi	Rosanne
3rd person	Rosansa

Anagrams

• oras, sora

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German

Etymology

From the adjective rosa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁoːza/

• audio

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• Hyphenation: Ro‧sa
• Rhymes: -oːza

Noun

Rosa n (strong, genitive Rosas, plural Rosas)

1. pink (color)

Declension

Declension of Rosa [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Rosa	die	Rosas
genitive	eines	des	Rosas	der	Rosas
dative	einem	dem	Rosa	den	Rosas
accusative	ein	das	Rosa	die	Rosas

Proper noun

Rosa

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Rose

Related terms

• Rose, Rosemarie

See also

Colors in German · Farben (layout · text)

Weiß	Grau	Schwarz
Rot (Purpur)	Orange; Braun	Gelb; Creme, Ocker
Grün (Hellgrün, Neongrün)	Grün (Dunkelgrün)
Türkis (Cyan, Meeresgrün)	Blau (Hellblau, Azurblau)	Blau (Dunkelblau)
Lila, Violett (Blasslila, Altrosa)	Lila, Violett (Magenta, Purpur)	Rosa ; Pink

References

• “Rosa” in Duden online
• “Rosa” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Irish

Etymology

From ros (“headland”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠɔsˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠʌsˠə/

Proper noun

na Rosa m pl (genitive na Rosa)

1. (plural only) the Rosses (a district of County Donegal, Ireland)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.za/
• Rhymes: -ɔza
• Hyphenation: Rò‧sa

Proper noun

Rosa f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Rose

Anagrams

• Sora, arso, orsa, raso, rasò, sarò

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Polish

Etymology

From rosa (“dew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.sa/
• Rhymes: -ɔsa
• Syllabification: Ro‧sa

Proper noun

Rosa m pers

1. a masculine surname

Declension

Declension of Rosa

	singular	plural
nominative	Rosa	Rosowie
genitive	Rosy	Rosów
dative	Rosie	Rosom
accusative	Rosę	Rosów
instrumental	Rosą	Rosami
locative	Rosie	Rosach
vocative	Roso	Rosowie

Proper noun

Rosa f

1. a feminine surname

Declension

Declension of Rosa

	singular	plural
nominative	Rosa	Rosy
genitive	Rosy	Ros
dative	Rosie	Rosom
accusative	Rosę	Rosy
instrumental	Rosą	Rosami
locative	Rosie	Rosach
vocative	Roso	Rosy

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈʁɔ.zɐ/, [ˈhɔ.zɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈʁɔ.zɐ/, [ˈhɔ.zɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /ˈʁɔ.zɐ/, [ˈχɔ.zɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈʁɔ.zɐ/, [ˈʁɔ.zɐ]

• Homophone: rosa
• Hyphenation: Ro‧sa

Proper noun

Rosa f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Rose

Proper noun

Rosa m or f

1. a surname from Italian.

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Slovak

Etymology

From rosa (“dew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrosa]

Proper noun

Rosa m (feminine Rosová)

1. a male surname.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrosa/, [ˈro.sa]

Proper noun

Rosa f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Rose

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Swedish

Proper noun

Rosa c (genitive Rosas)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Rose.

Related terms

• Rose-Marie, Ros-Mari, Ros-Marie

Anagrams

• Orsa, osar, roas

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Rosa.

Proper noun

Rosa

1. a female given name from Spanish