rosa

See also: Rosa, rosą, rósa, ròsa, Rósa, and rösa

English

Etymology

Believed to derive from the name of the Australian native bird rosella (genus Platycercus), a small parrot noted for its ability to vanish when the need arises.

Pronunciation

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

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Verb

rosa (third-person singular simple present rosas, present participle rosaing, simple past and past participle rosaed)

1. (slang, Australia) to hide, vanish, shadow

   Weren't we meant to have dinner with Jane?
   No, she unfortunately had to rosa.

Noun

rosa (plural rosas)

1. (slang, Australia) no-show, someone who does not show up as expected

   Every time we organise to have dinner, she never turns up.
   I know, she is such a rosa.

Anagrams

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

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin rosa

Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)

1. rose (flower)

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “rosa”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin rosa

Noun

rosa f (plural roses)

1. rose (flower)

Noun

rosa m (plural roses)

1. rose (colour)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.zə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.za/

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Noun

rosa f (plural roses)

1. rose (a flower of the rose plant)

Derived terms

• rosella
• roser
• roseta

Related terms

• rosari

Noun

rosa m (plural roses)

1. rose (a purplish-red or pink colour)

Adjective

rosa (indeclinable)

1. pink

Further reading

• “rosa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rosa” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “rosa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rosa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish rosa, from Latin rosa, probably from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ro‧sa

Noun

rosa

1. a rose; a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa
2. the color pink

Adjective

rosa

1. of the colour pink

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Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish rosa, from Latin rosa.

Noun

rosa

1. Rose.

   Synonym: Caxtillan xochitl

   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana

     Flor o roſa de caſtilla. caſtillan xuchitl. Roſa.

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Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech rosa, from Proto-Slavic *rosà, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁róseh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrosa]
• Hyphenation: ro‧sa
• Rhymes: -osa

Noun

rosa f

1. dew

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	rosa	rosy
genitive	rosy	ros
dative	rose	rosám
accusative	rosu	rosy
vocative	roso	rosy
locative	rose	rosách
instrumental	rosou	rosami

Derived terms

• rosný

Further reading

• rosa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• rosa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin rosa

Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)

1. rose (flower)
   1. (by extension) any flower
2. pink (color)

Derived terms

• rosa dos ventos

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German

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁoːza/

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• Hyphenation: ro‧sa
• Rhymes: -oːza

Adjective

rosa (comparative rosaner, superlative am rosasten or am rosansten)

1. coloured in a pale shade of pink

Usage notes

• The adjective is usually treated as invariable in the formal standard language, thus neither declined forms nor comparation forms are used.
• rosa also has normal inflected forms. An -n- is then infixed before (vocalic) endings. Additionally, it has also inflected forms without an infix. Compare the same in lila.

Declension

Inflected forms (with infixed -n-):

Positive forms of rosa

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist rosa	sie ist rosa	es ist rosa	sie sind rosa
strong declension (without article)	nominative	rosaner	rosane	rosanes	rosane
	genitive	rosanen	rosaner	rosanen	rosaner
	dative	rosanem	rosaner	rosanem	rosanen
	accusative	rosanen	rosane	rosanes	rosane
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der rosane	die rosane	das rosane	die rosanen
	genitive	des rosanen	der rosanen	des rosanen	der rosanen
	dative	dem rosanen	der rosanen	dem rosanen	den rosanen
	accusative	den rosanen	die rosane	das rosane	die rosanen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein rosaner	eine rosane	ein rosanes	(keine) rosanen
	genitive	eines rosanen	einer rosanen	eines rosanen	(keiner) rosanen
	dative	einem rosanen	einer rosanen	einem rosanen	(keinen) rosanen
	accusative	einen rosanen	eine rosane	ein rosanes	(keine) rosanen

Comparative forms of rosa

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist rosaner	sie ist rosaner	es ist rosaner	sie sind rosaner
strong declension (without article)	nominative	rosanerer	rosanere	rosaneres	rosanere
	genitive	rosaneren	rosanerer	rosaneren	rosanerer
	dative	rosanerem	rosanerer	rosanerem	rosaneren
	accusative	rosaneren	rosanere	rosaneres	rosanere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der rosanere	die rosanere	das rosanere	die rosaneren
	genitive	des rosaneren	der rosaneren	des rosaneren	der rosaneren
	dative	dem rosaneren	der rosaneren	dem rosaneren	den rosaneren
	accusative	den rosaneren	die rosanere	das rosanere	die rosaneren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein rosanerer	eine rosanere	ein rosaneres	(keine) rosaneren
	genitive	eines rosaneren	einer rosaneren	eines rosaneren	(keiner) rosaneren
	dative	einem rosaneren	einer rosaneren	einem rosaneren	(keinen) rosaneren
	accusative	einen rosaneren	eine rosanere	ein rosaneres	(keine) rosaneren

Superlative forms of rosa

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am rosasten	sie ist am rosasten	es ist am rosasten	sie sind am rosasten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	rosaster	rosaste	rosastes	rosaste
	genitive	rosasten	rosaster	rosasten	rosaster
	dative	rosastem	rosaster	rosastem	rosasten
	accusative	rosasten	rosaste	rosastes	rosaste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der rosaste	die rosaste	das rosaste	die rosasten
	genitive	des rosasten	der rosasten	des rosasten	der rosasten
	dative	dem rosasten	der rosasten	dem rosasten	den rosasten
	accusative	den rosasten	die rosaste	das rosaste	die rosasten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein rosaster	eine rosaste	ein rosastes	(keine) rosasten
	genitive	eines rosasten	einer rosasten	eines rosasten	(keiner) rosasten
	dative	einem rosasten	einer rosasten	einem rosasten	(keinen) rosasten
	accusative	einen rosasten	eine rosaste	ein rosastes	(keine) rosasten

Superlative forms of rosa

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am rosansten	sie ist am rosansten	es ist am rosansten	sie sind am rosansten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	rosanster	rosanste	rosanstes	rosanste
	genitive	rosansten	rosanster	rosansten	rosanster
	dative	rosanstem	rosanster	rosanstem	rosansten
	accusative	rosansten	rosanste	rosanstes	rosanste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der rosanste	die rosanste	das rosanste	die rosansten
	genitive	des rosansten	der rosansten	des rosansten	der rosansten
	dative	dem rosansten	der rosansten	dem rosansten	den rosansten
	accusative	den rosansten	die rosanste	das rosanste	die rosansten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein rosanster	eine rosanste	ein rosanstes	(keine) rosansten
	genitive	eines rosansten	einer rosansten	eines rosansten	(keiner) rosansten
	dative	einem rosansten	einer rosansten	einem rosansten	(keinen) rosansten
	accusative	einen rosansten	eine rosanste	ein rosanstes	(keine) rosansten

Inflected forms (without an infix):

Declension of rosa

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist rosa	sie ist rosa	es ist rosa	sie sind rosa
strong declension (without article)	nominative	rosaer	rosae	rosaes	rosae
	genitive	rosaen	rosaer	rosaen	rosaer
	dative	rosaem	rosaer	rosaem	rosaen
	accusative	rosaen	rosae	rosaes	rosae
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der rosae	die rosae	das rosae	die rosaen
	genitive	des rosaen	der rosaen	des rosaen	der rosaen
	dative	dem rosaen	der rosaen	dem rosaen	den rosaen
	accusative	den rosaen	die rosae	das rosae	die rosaen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein rosaer	eine rosae	ein rosaes	(keine) rosaen
	genitive	eines rosaen	einer rosaen	eines rosaen	(keiner) rosaen
	dative	einem rosaen	einer rosaen	einem rosaen	(keinen) rosaen
	accusative	einen rosaen	eine rosae	ein rosaes	(keine) rosaen

Superlative forms of rosa

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am rosasten	sie ist am rosasten	es ist am rosasten	sie sind am rosasten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	rosaster	rosaste	rosastes	rosaste
	genitive	rosasten	rosaster	rosasten	rosaster
	dative	rosastem	rosaster	rosastem	rosasten
	accusative	rosasten	rosaste	rosastes	rosaste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der rosaste	die rosaste	das rosaste	die rosasten
	genitive	des rosasten	der rosasten	des rosasten	der rosasten
	dative	dem rosasten	der rosasten	dem rosasten	den rosasten
	accusative	den rosasten	die rosaste	das rosaste	die rosasten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein rosaster	eine rosaste	ein rosastes	(keine) rosasten
	genitive	eines rosasten	einer rosasten	eines rosasten	(keiner) rosasten
	dative	einem rosasten	einer rosasten	einem rosasten	(keinen) rosasten
	accusative	einen rosasten	eine rosaste	ein rosastes	(keine) rosasten

Descendants

• → Latvian: rozā
  • → Livonian: rōza
• → Swedish: rosa

See also

• pink (used in German for stronger shades only)

Further reading

• “rosa” in Duden online

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Irish

Noun

rosa m sg or m pl

1. inflection of ros:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

a rosa m pl

1. vocative plural of ros

an rosa m sg

1. definite genitive singular of ros

na rosa m pl

1. definite nominative plural of ros

leis na rosa m pl

1. definite dative plural of ros

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
rosa	not applicable	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "rosa" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “rosa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “rosa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Italian

Rosa - flower

Rosa - colour

Etymology 1

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rosa f (plural rose)

1. (flower) rose
2. shortlist
3. (heraldry) rose
4. (sports, collective) team members

Noun

rosa m

1. (color, uncountable) pink, rose

Adjective

rosa (invariable)

1. pink
2. romantic (of movies, books, etc)
3. (relational) gossip (of news, magazines, etc)

Related terms

• rosa canina
• rosaceo
• rosa dei venti
• rosaio
• rosato
• roseo
• roseto
• rosetta

 

Etymology 2

Past participle of rodere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈro.za/
• Rhymes: -oza
• Hyphenation: ró‧ṡa

Participle

rosa f sg

1. feminine singular of roso

Noun

rosa f (plural rose)

1. (obsolete) erosion

   Synonym: erosione

2. (Tuscany) itch, itching

   Synonyms: pizzicore, prurito

Anagrams

• Sora, arso, orsa, raso, rasò, sarò

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Latin

rosa alba (a white rose)

Etymology 1

Might be derived from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon), but some of the details remain mysterious. One possible way: from Oscan, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon) (Aeolic ϝρόδον (wródon)), from Old Persian *wṛda- (“flower”) (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀-‎ (var^əδa-), Sogdian ward, Parthian wâr, late Middle Persian gwl (gul), Persian گل‎ (gul), and Middle Iranian borrowings including Old Armenian վարդ (vard), Aramaic וַרְדָּא‎ (wardā) / ܘܪܕܐ‎ (wardā), Arabic وَرْدَة‎ (warda), Hebrew וֶרֶד‎ (wéreḏ)), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰos (“sweetbriar”) (compare Old English word (“thornbush”), Latin rubus (“bramble”), Albanian hurdhe (“ivy”)). Possibly ultimately a derivation from a verb for "to grow" only attested in Indo-Iranian (*Hwardh-, compare Sanskrit vardh-, with relatives in Avestan).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.sa/, [ˈrɔs̠ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.sa/, [ˈrɔːs̬ä]

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Noun

rosa f (genitive rosae); first declension

1. a rose
   • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgicon 4.267:

     Proderit et tunsum gallae admiscere saporem / arentesque rosas […]

     It's good too to blend a taste of pounded oak-apples / and dry rose leaves […]

   • 61 CE – c. 112 CE, Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 5:

     Inde etiam rosas effert, umbrarumque frigus non ingrato sole distinguit. Finito vario illo multiplicique curvamine recto limiti redditur nec huic uni, nam viae plures intercedentibus buxis dividuntur.

     Farther on, there are roses too along the path, and the cool shade is pleasantly alternated with sunshine. Having passed through these manifold winding alleys, the path resumes a straight course, and at the same time divides into several tracks, separated by box hedges.
     Even roses grow there, and the warmth of the sun is delightful as a change from the cool of the shade. When you come to the end of these various winding alleys, the boundary again runs straight, or should I say boundaries, for there are a number of paths with box shrubs between them.

2. (transferred sense, endearment) dear, rose, sweetheart, love; a word of endearment

   Mea rosa. ― My love.

   Rosa! ― Honey!

   Tu mihi rosa es. ― You are my sweetheart.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rosa	rosae
Genitive	rosae	rosārum
Dative	rosae	rosīs
Accusative	rosam	rosās
Ablative	rosā	rosīs
Vocative	rosa	rosae

Related terms

• rosāceus
• rosāns
• rosārius
• rosētum
• roseus
• rosulentus

 

Descendants

• Gallo-Italic
  • Emilian: róśa
  • Ligurian: rêuza
  • Lombard: ròsa, rösa, ròs, roeusa
  • Piedmontese: reusa
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Dalmatian: ruosa
  • Istriot: roza
  • Italian: rosa
  • Sicilian: rosa
    • → Maltese: roża
• Old Occitan: [Term?]
  • Catalan: rosa
  • Occitan: ròsa
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulian: rose
  • Romansch: rosa, rösa
• Sardinian: rosa, arrosa
• Venetian: ròxa
• West Iberian
  • Aragonese: rosa
  • Asturian: rosa
  • Old Portuguese: rosa
    • Galician: rosa
    • Portuguese: rosa
  • Old Spanish: rosa (semi-learned)
    • Spanish: rosa
      • → Cebuano: rosa
      • → Classical Nahuatl: rosa
      • → Zoogocho Zapotec: ros
      • →⇒ Cebuano: rosas (via rosas (pl.))
      • →⇒ Tagalog: rosas (via rosas (pl.))
    • Ladino: roza / רוזה‎

Borrowings

• Basque: arrosa
• Old Church Slavonic: рожа (roža)
  • → Belarusian: ружа (ruža)
  • → Bulgarian: роза (roza)
  • → Czech: růže
  • → Macedonian: роза (roza)
  • → Polish: róża
  • → Russian: роза (roza)
    • → Veps: roza
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ruža / ружа
  • → Slovak: ruža
  • → Slovene: roža
  • → Ukrainian: роза (roza)
• Old English: rōse
  • Middle English: rose, roose, rosse, roos, ros
    • English: rose
      • → Marshallese: rooj
    • Scots: rose
• Old French: rose
  • French: rose (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: rose
  • Picard: rose
  • Walloon: rôze
  • → Middle Dutch: roos
    • Dutch: roos
      • Afrikaans: roos
      • Jersey Dutch: rôz
      • → Papiamentu: deros, deroos
    • Limburgish: roeas
• German: rosa
  • → Latvian: rozā
    • → Livonian: rōza
  • → Swedish: rosa
• Old High German: rōsa
  • Middle High German: rōse
    • Alemannic German: Roos, Roose
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: roas

      Mòcheno: roas

    • Central Franconian: Rus
    • German: Rose
      • → Serbo-Croatian: roža / рожа
    • Vilamovian: ruuz
    • Yiddish: רויז‎ (royz)
• Hungarian: rózsa
• Middle Irish: rós
  • Irish: rós
  • Scottish Gaelic: ròs
• Middle Low German: rōse
  • German Low German: Reose
  • Plautdietsch: Roos
  • → Latvian: roze
  • → Old Norse: rós, rósa
    • Icelandic: rós
    • Faroese: rósa
    • Norwegian: rose
    • Danish: rose, rosé
      • → Greenlandic: ruusa
    • Old Swedish: ros
      • Swedish: ros
        • → Finnish: ruusu
    • Westrobothnian: roos, ros
    • Elfdalian: ruos
• Luxembourgish: rosa
• Norwegian: rosa
• Romanian: roză

Unsorted borrowings

• Breton: roz
• Cornish: ros
• Dutch: roze
• Estonian: roos
• Estonian: roosa
• Finnish: roosa
• North Frisian: ruus
• West Frisian: rôze
• Ladino: roz
• Lingala: roze
• Lithuanian: rožė
• Kyrgyz: роза (roza)
• Malay: ros
• Polish: róż
• Rwanda-Rundi: iroza
• Northern Sami: ruvsu
• Samogitian: ruožė
• Silesian: rołza
• Upper Sorbian: róža
• Tongan: lose
• Veps: ruza
• Voro: roosa
• Welsh: rhosyn

Etymology 2

Inflected form of rōsus, participle of rōdō (“gnaw, eat away”).

Pronunciation

• rōsa: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈroː.sa/, [ˈroːs̠ä]
• rōsa: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.sa/, [ˈrɔːs̬ä]
• rōsā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈroː.saː/, [ˈroːs̠äː]
• rōsā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.sa/, [ˈrɔːs̬ä]

Participle

rōsa

1. nominative/vocative feminine singular of rōsus
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of rōsus

Participle

rōsā

1. ablative feminine singular of rōsus

References

• rosa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rosa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rosa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• rosa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Latvian

Noun

rosa f (4 declension)

1. activity, bustle, animation

   Synonyms: rosība, rosme

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Lower Sorbian

rosa na rožy

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rosà, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁róseh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔsa/

Noun

rosa f (diminutive roska)

1. dew (“moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc.”)

Declension

Declension of rosa

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	rosa	rosy	rose
Genitive	rose	rosowu	rosow
Dative	rosy	rosoma	rosam
Accusative	rosu	rosy	rose
Instrumental	rosu	rosoma	rosami
Locative	rosy	rosoma	rosach

Further reading

• Arnošt Muka (1921, 1928), “rosa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German, Russian), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted (in German)Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• rosa in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʀoːza/

• Audio

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Adjective

rosa (masculine rosaen, neuter rosat, not comparable)

1. pink

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin rosa

Adjective

rosa (indeclinable)

1. pink (colour)

   Synonym: lyserød

Etymology 2

Noun

rosa (indeclinable (uncountable))

1. pink, rose (colour)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• rosen

Noun

rosa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of rose

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin rosa. Doublet of rose and ros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈruːsɑ/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

rosa (singular and plural rosa)

1. pink

Noun

rosa ?

1. (colour) pink, rose

See also

Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)
kvit	grå	svart
raud	oransje; brun	gul
	grøn
(turkis)		blå
	rosa; lilla	rosa

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hrósa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ruːsɑ/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

rosa (present tense rosar/roser, past tense rosa/roste, past participle rosa/rost, passive infinitive rosast, present participle rosande, imperative ros)

1. to praise

Alternative forms

• rose (e- and split infinitives)

Derived terms

• ros m

Etymology 3

ein rosa vegg

A first part likely rose (“rose”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ruːsɑ/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

rosa (singular and plural rosa)

1. decorated, especially with rosemaling

Etymology 4

ein roseblom

From Old Norse rós, rósa, from Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ruːsɑ/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

rosa f (definite singular rosa, indefinite plural roser or rosor, definite plural rosene or rosone)

1. definite singular of rose (“rose”)
2. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by rose. See there for more.

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈruːsɑ/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

rosa f

1. (non-standard since 1959) definite singular of ros (“praise”)
2. definite singular of ros (“erysipelas”)

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroːsɑ/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

rosa f

1. definite singular of ros (“avalanche; landslide; scratch”)

Etymology 7

Alternative forms

• ròsa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²roːsɑ/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

rosa f (definite singular rosa, indefinite plural roser or rosor, definite plural rosene or rosone)

1. definite singular of rose
2. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by rose. See there for more.

References

• “rosa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• oras, osar, roas, ròsa

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Old Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rosà, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁róseh₂.

Noun

rosa f

1. dew

Declension

Declension (pattern žena)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	rosa	rosě	rosy
genitive	rosy	rosú (rosou)	ros
dative	rosě	rosama, rosoma	rosám
accusative	rosu	rosě	rosy
vocative	roso	rosě	rosy
locative	rosě	rosú (rosou)	rosách
instrumental	rosú (rosou)	rosama, rosoma	rosami

Descendants

• Czech: rosa

Further reading

• “rosa”, in Vokabulář webový: webové hnízdo pramenů k poznání historické češtiny [online]‎^[1], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, 2006–2020

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin rosa, from Oscan, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.za/

Noun

rosa f

1. rose (flower)
   • 13th century C.E., Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, , E codex, cantiga 10 (facsimile):

     Roſa das roſas. ⁊ fror / das frores. dona das donas. / ſeñor das ſennores.

     Rose of roses; And flower / of flowers. Woman of women; / Lady of ladies.

2. pink, rose (colour)
   • 13th century C.E., Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, , E codex, cantiga 384 (facsimile):

     A terçeyra chamam roſa / por que e coor uermella.

     The third (colour) is called rose, / because it is a reddish colour.

Descendants

• Galician: rosa
• Portuguese: rosa

See also

Colors in Old Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text)
branco, blanco, alvo	gris	negro, preto
vermello	castanho	amarelo
	verde
		azur
	cardẽo	rosa

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rosà, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁róseh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.sa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ro‧sa
• Rhymes: -ɔsa

Noun

rosa f

1. dew

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

Further reading

• rosa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rosa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese rosa, from Latin rosa (“rose”), perhaps from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰo.

Pronunciation

 

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

• IPA^(key): (Brazil including São Paulo) /ˈʁɔ.zɐ/, [ˈhɔ.zɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio) /ˈʁɔ.zɐ/, [ˈχɔ.zɐ]

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

• Homophone: Rosa
• Hyphenation: ro‧sa

Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)

1. rose (flower)

Derived terms

• rosa dos ventos
• rosal
• roseira
• roseiral

 

Related terms

• Rosa

Adjective

rosa (plural rosa, comparable)

1. pink

   Synonym: cor-de-rosa

Noun

rosa m (plural rosas)

1. pink (color)

   Synonym: cor-de-rosa

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• rösa (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) rose

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rosà, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁róseh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rǒsa/
• Hyphenation: ro‧sa

Noun

ròsa f (Cyrillic spelling ро̀са)

1. dew

Declension

Declension of rosa

	singular	plural
nominative	rosa	rose
genitive	rose	rosa
dative	rosi	rosama
accusative	rosu	rose
vocative	roso	rose
locative	rosi	rosama
instrumental	rosom	rosama

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rosà, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁róseh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrosa]

Noun

rosa f (genitive singular rosy, nominative plural rosy, genitive plural rôs, declension pattern of žena)

1. dew

Declension

Declension of rosa

	singular	plural
nominative	rosa	rosy
genitive	rosy	rôs
dative	rose	rosám
accusative	rosu	rosy
locative	rose	rosách
instrumental	rosou	rosami

References

• rosa in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rosà, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁róseh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔ̀ːsa/

Noun

rósa f

1. dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc.)

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	rôsa
genitive	rôse
	singular
nominative	rôsa
accusative	rôso
genitive	rôse
dative	rôsi
locative	rôsi
instrumental	rôso

Feminine, a-stem, mobile accent
nominative	rôsa
genitive	rosé
	singular
nominative	rôsa
accusative	rosó
genitive	rosé
dative	rôsi
locative	rôsi
instrumental	rosó

Further reading

• “rosa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish rosa, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrosa/, [ˈro.sa]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)

1. rose (flower)
2. pink (colour)
3. (heraldry) rose

Derived terms

• camino de rosas
• de rositas
• estar más fresco que una rosa
• Leyenda Rosa
• no hay rosa sin espina
• prensa rosa
• revista rosa
• rosa china
• rosa de los vientos
• salsa rosa

 

Related terms

• rosáceo
• rosado
• rosal
• rosaleda
• rosario

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: rosa
• → Classical Nahuatl: rosa
• → Zoogocho Zapotec: ros
• →⇒ Cebuano: rosas (via rosas (pl.))
• →⇒ Tagalog: rosas (via rosas (pl.))

Adjective

rosa (plural rosa or rosas)

1. pink

Usage notes

• The adjective rosa does not undergo inflection in gender. Thus, whether modifying a masculine or feminine noun, one should use rosa and never "roso".

Further reading

• “rosa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Anagrams

• osar
• raso

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroːˌsa/, /ˈruːˌsa/

• audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ro‧sa

Etymology 1

From a Romance language, likely via German, from French rose.

Noun

rosa n

1. pink

   Synonym: skär

Adjective

rosa

1. pink

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hrósa.

Verb

rosa (present rosar, preterite rosade, supine rosat, imperative rosa)

1. praise, commend

   Synonym: prisa

   Antonym: risa

Conjugation

Conjugation of rosa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	rosa		rosas
Supine	rosat		rosats
Imperative	rosa		—
Imper. plural1	rosen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	rosar	rosade	rosas	rosades
Ind. plural1	rosa	rosade	rosas	rosades
Subjunctive2	rose	rosade	roses	rosades
	Participles
Present participle	rosande
Past participle	rosad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• rosa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• Orsa, osar, roas

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rosà, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁róseh₂.

Noun

rosa f

1. dew