German

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Etymology

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alt- (old) +‎ rosa (pink)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaltˌʁoːza/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: alt‧ro‧sa
  • Rhymes: -oːza

Adjective

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altrosa (indeclinable) or (informal)
altrosa (strong nominative masculine singular altrosaner or (rare) altrosaer, not comparable)

  1. having a pink color that is slightly darkened (as if with age) and discolored with blue or grey tones

Declension

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This adjective may be either invariable or declined with an -n- inserted before the inflectional endings:

Further reading

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  • altrosa” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • altrosa” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Spanish

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Noun

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altrosa f (plural altrosas)

  1. (biochemistry) altrose