German edit

Etymology edit

alt- (old) +‎ rosa (pink)

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

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 edit

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

Further reading edit

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

Spanish edit

Noun edit

altrosa f (plural altrosas)

  1. (biochemistry) altrose