rosse

See also: Rosse and rossé

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

rosse

1. Inflected form of ros

Anagrams

• sores

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔs/

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Etymology 1

From Middle French rosse, from Old French roche, *rosse (“bad horse”), from Old Frankish *hross (“horse”), from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse, steed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Cognate with Old High German hros, ros (“horse, steed”), Old English hors (“horse”). More at horse.

Noun

rosse f (plural rosses)

1. (derogatory, of a woman) A bitch, a harpy or cow
2. (derogatory, of a man) A bastard or asshole

Etymology 2

From rosser.

Verb

rosse

1. first-person singular present indicative of rosser
2. third-person singular present indicative of rosser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of rosser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of rosser
5. second-person singular imperative of rosser

Anagrams

• essor, roses

Further reading

• “rosse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈros.se/
• Hyphenation: rós‧se

Adjective

rosse f pl

1. feminine plural of rosso

Anagrams

• sorse

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French rosse, from Old French roche, *rosse (“bad horse”), from Frankish *hros (“horse”), from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse, steed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).

Noun

rosse f (plural rosses)

1. (Jersey) nasty person