rosa

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

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/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʉzə/

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• Rhymes: -əʊzə
• Homophone: Rosa

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

See also

Colors in Catalan · colors (layout · text)

blanc	gris	negre
roig, vermell; carmesí	taronja; marró	groc; crema
verd llima	verd
cian; xarxet	atzur	blau
violat; indi	magenta; lila, porpra	rosa

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, 2022
• “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

See also

Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)

branco	gris	negro
vermello; carmín	laranxa; castaño, marrón	amarelo; crema
verde lima	verde	menta; verde escuro
ciano; azul verdoso	cerúleo	azul
violeta; anil	maxenta; púrpura	rosa

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Gallurese

Alternative forms

• irrosa

Etymology

From Latin rosa, of disputed origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔza/

Noun

rosa f (plural rosi)

1. rose (flower)

Derived terms

• rosa aresta
• rosa di mucchju
• rosaredda

 

Related terms

• rusetu

Noun

rosa m (uncountable)

1. (color) pink

Related terms

• rusulinu

Adjective

rosa (invariable)

1. pink (having a pink colour)

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

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German

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁoːza/

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• Hyphenation: ro‧sa
• Rhymes: -oːza

Adjective

rosa (indeclinable) or (informal)
rosa (strong nominative masculine singular rosaner or (now rare) rosaer, comparative rosaner, superlative am rosansten or (now rare) am rosasten)

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 comparative 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

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 rosaer1	rosane rosae1	rosanes rosaes1	rosane rosae1
	genitive	rosanen rosaen1	rosaner rosaer1	rosanen rosaen1	rosaner rosaer1
	dative	rosanem rosaem1	rosaner rosaer1	rosanem rosaem1	rosanen rosaen1
	accusative	rosanen rosaen1	rosane rosae1	rosanes rosaes1	rosane rosae1
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der rosane der rosae1	die rosane die rosae1	das rosane das rosae1	die rosanen die rosaen1
	genitive	des rosanen des rosaen1	der rosanen der rosaen1	des rosanen des rosaen1	der rosanen der rosaen1
	dative	dem rosanen dem rosaen1	der rosanen der rosaen1	dem rosanen dem rosaen1	den rosanen den rosaen1
	accusative	den rosanen den rosaen1	die rosane die rosae1	das rosane das rosae1	die rosanen die rosaen1
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein rosaner ein rosaer1	eine rosane eine rosae1	ein rosanes ein rosaes1	(keine) rosanen (keine) rosaen1
	genitive	eines rosanen eines rosaen1	einer rosanen einer rosaen1	eines rosanen eines rosaen1	(keiner) rosanen (keiner) rosaen1
	dative	einem rosanen einem rosaen1	einer rosanen einer rosaen1	einem rosanen einem rosaen1	(keinen) rosanen (keinen) rosaen1
	accusative	einen rosanen einen rosaen1	eine rosane eine rosae1	ein rosanes ein rosaes1	(keine) rosanen (keine) rosaen1

¹Now rare.

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 rosansten er ist am rosasten1	sie ist am rosansten sie ist am rosasten1	es ist am rosansten es ist am rosasten1	sie sind am rosansten sie sind am rosasten1
strong declension (without article)	nominative	rosanster rosaster1	rosanste rosaste1	rosanstes rosastes1	rosanste rosaste1
	genitive	rosansten rosasten1	rosanster rosaster1	rosansten rosasten1	rosanster rosaster1
	dative	rosanstem rosastem1	rosanster rosaster1	rosanstem rosastem1	rosansten rosasten1
	accusative	rosansten rosasten1	rosanste rosaste1	rosanstes rosastes1	rosanste rosaste1
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der rosanste der rosaste1	die rosanste die rosaste1	das rosanste das rosaste1	die rosansten die rosasten1
	genitive	des rosansten des rosasten1	der rosansten der rosasten1	des rosansten des rosasten1	der rosansten der rosasten1
	dative	dem rosansten dem rosasten1	der rosansten der rosasten1	dem rosansten dem rosasten1	den rosansten den rosasten1
	accusative	den rosansten den rosasten1	die rosanste die rosaste1	das rosanste das rosaste1	die rosansten die rosasten1
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein rosanster ein rosaster1	eine rosanste eine rosaste1	ein rosanstes ein rosastes1	(keine) rosansten (keine) rosasten1
	genitive	eines rosansten eines rosasten1	einer rosansten einer rosasten1	eines rosansten eines rosasten1	(keiner) rosansten (keiner) rosasten1
	dative	einem rosansten einem rosasten1	einer rosansten einer rosasten1	einem rosansten einem rosasten1	(keinen) rosansten (keinen) rosasten1
	accusative	einen rosansten einen rosasten1	eine rosanste eine rosaste1	ein rosanstes ein rosastes1	(keine) rosansten (keine) rosasten1

¹Now rare.

Descendants

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

See also

• pink (used in German for stronger shades only)

Further reading

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

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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‧sa

Noun

rosa f (plural rose)

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

Noun

rosa m (invariable)

1. (color) 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

 

See also

Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)

bianco	grigio	nero
rosso; cremisi	arancione; marrone	giallo; crema
verde chiaro; limetta	verde	verde acqua, acquamarina; verde menta; verde menta scuro
ciano, azzurro, celeste; blu petrolio, foglia di tè	azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro	blu
violetto; indaco	magenta; viola	rosa; fucsia; porpora

Etymology 2

Past participle of rodere.

Pronunciation

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

Participle

rosa f sg

1. feminine singular of roso

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

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 वर्धति (vardhati), 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 (see there for further descendants)
    • Ladino: roza / רוזה‎

Borrowings

• Basque: arrosa
• German: rosa
  • → Estonian: roosa
  • → Latvian: rozā
    • → Livonian: rōza
  • → Swedish: rosa
• 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
• 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
  • → Estonian: 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
• Finnish: roosa
• North Frisian: ruus
• West Frisian: rôze
• Ladino: roz
• Lingala: roze
• Lithuanian: rožė
• Kyrgyz: роза (roza)
• Malay: ros
• Northern Sami: ruvsu
• Polish: róż
• Rwanda-Rundi: iroza
• Samogitian: ruožė
• Silesian: rołza
• Tamil: ரோஜா (rōjā)
• Upper Sorbian: róža
• Tongan: lose
• Veps: ruza
• Voro: roosa
• Welsh: rhos

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

Participle

rōsā

1. ablative feminine singular of rōsus

References

• “rosa”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “rosa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “rosa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), 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. (pre-2012) alternative form of 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. (pre-2012) alternative form of 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 CE, 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 CE, 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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.sa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔsa
• Syllabification: ro‧sa

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 de Janeiro) /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

See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)

branco, alvo, cândido	cinza, gris, cinzento	preto, negro, atro
vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim	laranja, cor-de-laranja; castanho, marrom	amarelo, lúteo; creme, ocre
verde-limão	verde, verde claro
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo	azul céu, azul-celeste	azul
violeta, lilás; índigo, anil	magenta; roxo, púrpura	rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

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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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Sardinian

Alternative forms

• arrosa, orrosa (Campidanese)

Etymology

From Latin rosa, of disputed origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔza/

Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)

1. rose (flower)

Derived terms

Logudorese

• rosa cràbina
• rosa de padenti
• rosa de su berveghinu

 

Campidanese

• rosa caddina
• rosa canina

 

Noun

rosa f (uncountable)

1. (color) pink

Adjective

rosa (invariable)

1. pink (having a pink colour)

Derived terms

• rosa maladia

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

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Sassarese

buttoni di rosa rùia – red rose buds

Etymology

From Latin rosa, of disputed origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔza/

Noun

rosa m (plural rosi)

1. rose (flower)

Derived terms

• rosa arestha
• rosaredda

 

Noun

rosa m (uncountable)

1. (color) pink
2. chicken pox (childhood disease)

   Synonym: baglioru basthardhu

Adjective

rosa (invariable)

1. pink (having a pink colour)

Related terms

• rosaddu

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rosà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rasā́ˀ, 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-Balto-Slavic *rasā́ˀ, 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
• como una rosa
• de rositas
• estar más fresco que una rosa
• hecho 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
2. feminine singular of roso

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".

See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)

blanco	gris	negro
rojo; carmín, carmesí	naranja, anaranjado; marrón	amarillo; crema
lima	verde	menta
cian; azul-petróleo	azur	azul
violeta; añil, índigo	magenta; morado, púrpura	rosa

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, from Proto-Germanic *hrōþrą. Compare origin of Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍃 (*hrōþs), German Ruhm. Doublet of berömma.

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.

Anagrams

• Orsa, osar, roas

References

• rosa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• rosa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

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

Noun

rosa f

1. dew