rosewater

See also: rose water

English

Etymology

From rose +‎ water.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊzˌwɔːtə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

rosewater (usually uncountable, plural rosewaters)

1. A liquid produced by steeping rose petals in water, used as a coloring agent and flavoring ingredient in certain foods.

Synonyms

• rose syrup

Derived terms

• revolutions are not made with rosewater
• rosewater philosophy
• rosewater sailor

 

Translations

a liquid produced by steeping rose petals in water

• Arabic: مَاء وَرْد m (māʔ ward)

  Moroccan Arabic: ما ورد m (mā ward)

• Azerbaijani: gülab
• Burmese: နှင်းရည် (my) (hnang:rany)
• Catalan: aigua-ros (ca) m, aigua de roses (ca) f
• Chinese: 玫瑰香水 (méigui xiāngshuǐ)
• Danish: rosenvand n
• Finnish: ruusuvesi (fi)
• French: eau de rose (fr) f
• German: Rosenwasser (de) n
• Greek: ροδόνερο (el) n (rodónero)
• Hebrew: מי ורדים (he) m
• Hindi: गुलाब (hi) m (gulāb)
• Hungarian: rózsavíz (hu)
• Italian: acqua di rose f
• Korean: 장미수(薔薇水) (jangmisu)
• Malay: air mawar (ms)
• Ottoman Turkish: گلاب (gülab)
• Persian: گلاب (fa) (golâb)
• Portuguese: água de rosas (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਗੁਲਾਬ m (gulāb)
• Russian: ро́зовая вода́ f (rózovaja vodá)
• Spanish: agua de rosas f
• Swedish: rosenvatten (sv) c
• Telugu: పన్నీరు (te) (pannīru)
• Turkish: gül suyu (tr)
• Ukrainian: трояндова вода f (trojandova voda)
• Urdu: گلاب (ur) m (gulāb)
• Welsh: dŵr rhosod m

Further reading

• rosewater on Wikipedia.Wikipedia