rose garden

See also: rosegarden and rose-garden

English

Alternative forms

• rosegarden
• rose-garden

Pronunciation

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Noun

rose garden (plural rose gardens)

1. (literally) A garden devoted primarily to roses.
2. (idiomatic) A highly desirable situation.
   • 1969, Joe South, Rose Garden (song)

     I beg your pardon, / I never promised you a rose garden. / Along with the sunshine, / There's gotta be a little rain sometimes

Related terms

• rosarium
• Rose Garden rubbish

Translations

garden planted in roses

• Danish: rosenhave c
• Finnish: ruusutarha
• French: roseraie (fr) f
• German: Rosengarten (de) m, Rosarium (de) n
• Greek: ροδόκηπος (el) m (rodókipos), ροδώνας (el) m (rodónas)

  Ancient: ῥοδεών m (rhodeṓn)

• Icelandic: rósagarður m
• Japanese: 薔薇園 (ja) (ばらえん, baraen)
• Latin: rosētum n

• Maltese: wardija
• Persian: گلزار‎ (fa) (golzâr)
• Romanian: grădină de trandafiri f
• Turkish: gül bahçesi, (obsolete) gülistan (tr)
• Ukrainian: роза́рій m (rozárij)
• Volapük: rosadagad

highly desirable situation

• Finnish: ruusutarha

• Turkish: gülistan (tr), güllük gülistanlık (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} rozentuin (nl)

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} rosārium n

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