rot
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English rotten, roten, from Old English rotian (“to rot, become corrupted, ulcerate, putrefy”), from Proto-Germanic *rutāną (“to rot”).
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɒt/
- (General American) IPA(key): [ɹɑt]
Audio (US) (file) - (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɹɔt/
- Rhymes: -ɒt
- Homophone: wrought (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
VerbEdit
rot (third-person singular simple present rots, present participle rotting, simple past and past participle rotted)
- (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […], OCLC 960856019:
- Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, / To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot.
- The apple left in the cupboard all that time had started to rot.
- (intransitive) To decline in function or utility.
- Your brain will rot if you spend so much time on the computer, Tony!
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- (transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
- to rot vegetable fiber
- (intransitive, figuratively) To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
- to rot in prison
- to rot in Hell
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:
- Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Book of Snobs
- Rot, poor bachelor, in your club.
- (transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- (dated, slang) To talk nonsense.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
|
|
|
NounEdit
rot (countable and uncountable, plural rots)
- The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
- Decaying matter.
- 2016, Nathanael Johnson, Unseen City, →ISBN, page 115:
- When a turkey vulture detects the scent of rot, it circles down, tracing the plume of chemicals to its source.
- Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
- 1658–1663, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- His cattle must of rot and murrain die.
- (uncountable) Verbal nonsense.
SynonymsEdit
- (nonsense): See also Thesaurus:nonsense
TranslationsEdit
|
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch rot, dialectal form of rat.
NounEdit
rot (plural rotte)
See alsoEdit
Alemannic GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German rōt (“red, red-haired”), from Old High German rōt (“red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red”), from Proto-Germanic *raudaz. Cognate with German rot, Dutch rood, English red, West Frisian read, Danish rød.
AdjectiveEdit
rot
ReferencesEdit
- “rot” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ot
NounEdit
rot m (plural rots)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “rot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
See rotten
AdjectiveEdit
rot (comparative rotter, superlative rotst)
InflectionEdit
Inflection of rot | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
uninflected | rot | |||
inflected | rotte | |||
comparative | rotter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | rot | rotter | het rotst het rotste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | rotte | rottere | rotste |
n. sing. | rot | rotter | rotste | |
plural | rotte | rottere | rotste | |
definite | rotte | rottere | rotste | |
partitive | rots | rotters | — |
NounEdit
rot n (plural rotten, diminutive rotje n)
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Dutch rotte.
NounEdit
rot f (plural rotten, diminutive rotje n)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From Middle Dutch rote.
NounEdit
rot n or f (plural rotten, diminutive rotje n)
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rot m (plural rots)
- (colloquial) belch, burp
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “rot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
FriulianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
rot (feminine rote)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- roth (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German rōt (“red, red-haired”), from Old High German rōt (“red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red”), from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ-. Compare Low German root, rod, rot, Dutch rood, English red, West Frisian read, Danish rød.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
rot (comparative röter or roter, superlative am rötesten or am rotesten)
- red (colour)
- (politics) red; pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense; social democratic; socialist; communist
- (possibly mildly offensive) red-haired
- (historical, possibly offensive) redskin; Native American; Indian
DeclensionEdit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist rot | sie ist rot | es ist rot | sie sind rot | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | roter | rote | rotes | rote |
genitive | roten | roter | roten | roter | |
dative | rotem | roter | rotem | roten | |
accusative | roten | rote | rotes | rote | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der rote | die rote | das rote | die roten |
genitive | des roten | der roten | des roten | der roten | |
dative | dem roten | der roten | dem roten | den roten | |
accusative | den roten | die rote | das rote | die roten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein roter | eine rote | ein rotes | (keine) roten |
genitive | eines roten | einer roten | eines roten | (keiner) roten | |
dative | einem roten | einer roten | einem roten | (keinen) roten | |
accusative | einen roten | eine rote | ein rotes | (keine) roten |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist röter | sie ist röter | es ist röter | sie sind röter | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | röterer | rötere | röteres | rötere |
genitive | röteren | röterer | röteren | röterer | |
dative | röterem | röterer | röterem | röteren | |
accusative | röteren | rötere | röteres | rötere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der rötere | die rötere | das rötere | die röteren |
genitive | des röteren | der röteren | des röteren | der röteren | |
dative | dem röteren | der röteren | dem röteren | den röteren | |
accusative | den röteren | die rötere | das rötere | die röteren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein röterer | eine rötere | ein röteres | (keine) röteren |
genitive | eines röteren | einer röteren | eines röteren | (keiner) röteren | |
dative | einem röteren | einer röteren | einem röteren | (keinen) röteren | |
accusative | einen röteren | eine rötere | ein röteres | (keine) röteren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist roter | sie ist roter | es ist roter | sie sind roter | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | roterer | rotere | roteres | rotere |
genitive | roteren | roterer | roteren | roterer | |
dative | roterem | roterer | roterem | roteren | |
accusative | roteren | rotere | roteres | rotere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der rotere | die rotere | das rotere | die roteren |
genitive | des roteren | der roteren | des roteren | der roteren | |
dative | dem roteren | der roteren | dem roteren | den roteren | |
accusative | den roteren | die rotere | das rotere | die roteren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein roterer | eine rotere | ein roteres | (keine) roteren |
genitive | eines roteren | einer roteren | eines roteren | (keiner) roteren | |
dative | einem roteren | einer roteren | einem roteren | (keinen) roteren | |
accusative | einen roteren | eine rotere | ein roteres | (keine) roteren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist am rötesten | sie ist am rötesten | es ist am rötesten | sie sind am rötesten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | rötester | röteste | rötestes | röteste |
genitive | rötesten | rötester | rötesten | rötester | |
dative | rötestem | rötester | rötestem | rötesten | |
accusative | rötesten | röteste | rötestes | röteste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der röteste | die röteste | das röteste | die rötesten |
genitive | des rötesten | der rötesten | des rötesten | der rötesten | |
dative | dem rötesten | der rötesten | dem rötesten | den rötesten | |
accusative | den rötesten | die röteste | das röteste | die rötesten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein rötester | eine röteste | ein rötestes | (keine) rötesten |
genitive | eines rötesten | einer rötesten | eines rötesten | (keiner) rötesten | |
dative | einem rötesten | einer rötesten | einem rötesten | (keinen) rötesten | |
accusative | einen rötesten | eine röteste | ein rötestes | (keine) rötesten |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist am rotesten | sie ist am rotesten | es ist am rotesten | sie sind am rotesten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | rotester | roteste | rotestes | roteste |
genitive | rotesten | rotester | rotesten | rotester | |
dative | rotestem | rotester | rotestem | rotesten | |
accusative | rotesten | roteste | rotestes | roteste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der roteste | die roteste | das roteste | die rotesten |
genitive | des rotesten | der rotesten | des rotesten | der rotesten | |
dative | dem rotesten | der rotesten | dem rotesten | den rotesten | |
accusative | den rotesten | die roteste | das roteste | die rotesten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein rotester | eine roteste | ein rotestes | (keine) rotesten |
genitive | eines rotesten | einer rotesten | eines rotesten | (keiner) rotesten | |
dative | einem rotesten | einer rotesten | einem rotesten | (keinen) rotesten | |
accusative | einen rotesten | eine roteste | ein rotestes | (keine) rotesten |
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “rot” in Duden online
German Low GermanEdit
AdjectiveEdit
rot
- Alternative spelling of root
IcelandicEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
rot n (genitive singular rots, no plural)
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See rotna
NounEdit
rot n (genitive singular rots, nominative plural rot)
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
rot
- Alternative form of rote (“root”)
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
rot
- Alternative form of roten (“to rot”)
Etymology 3Edit
A back-formation from roten (“to rot”).
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rot (uncountable)
- Rotting or decomposition; the situation where something rots.
- Any disease which causes decaying and decomposition in humans.
- A disease that afflicts sheep; footrot, the rot.
DescendantsEdit
- English: rot
ReferencesEdit
- “rō̆t, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.
NounEdit
rot m or f (definite singular rota or roten, indefinite plural røtter, definite plural røttene)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
rot
- imperative of rote
ReferencesEdit
- “rot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Akin to English root.
NounEdit
rot f (definite singular rota, indefinite plural røter, definite plural røtene)
InflectionEdit
Historical inflection of rot
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2Form was allowed for schoolchildren as of 1910. |
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
rot n (definite singular rotet, uncountable)
- a mess, untidiness, chaos
- Det er for mykje rot på loftet. Me må rydda.
- The attic is a mess. We have to tidy it up.
- Når me prøver å samarbeida med dei, blir det berre rot.
- When we try working with them, it just turns into chaos.
- Det er for mykje rot på loftet. Me må rydda.
ReferencesEdit
- “rot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
AnagramsEdit
Old DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *raudaz.
AdjectiveEdit
rōt
InflectionEdit
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “rōt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ-.
AdjectiveEdit
rōt
DescendantsEdit
- Middle High German: rōt
Old SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts.
NounEdit
rōt f
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | rōt | rōtin | rø̄ter | rø̄trina(r), -rena(r) |
accusative | rōt | rōtina, -ena | rø̄ter | rø̄trina(r), -rena(r) |
dative | rōt | rōtinni, -inne | rōtum, -om | rōtumin, -omen |
genitive | rōta(r) | rōtinna(r) | rōta | rōtanna |
DescendantsEdit
- Swedish: rot
Pennsylvania GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old High German rōt, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz. Compare German rot, Dutch rood, English red.
AdjectiveEdit
rot
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rot f
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish rōt, from Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rot c
- root; the part of a plant under the surface.
- the part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place
- source; an underlying cause
- Kärleken till pengar är roten till allt ont.
- The love of money is the root of all evil.
- (mathematics) of a number n, a positive number which, when raised to a specified power, yields n; the square root is understood if no power is specified
- Kubikroten ur 27 är 3.
- The cube root of 27 is 3.
- Multiplicera med roten ur 2.
- Multiply by root 2.
- (mathematics) a zero (of a function).
- (mathematics) a designated node in a tree.
- (mathematics) curl; a measure on how fast a vector field rotates: it can be described as the cross product of del and a given vectorial field
- (computing) root directory
- (linguistics) a word from which another word is derived.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of rot | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | rot | roten | rötter | rötterna |
Genitive | rots | rotens | rötters | rötternas |
SynonymsEdit
- källa (3)
- nollställe (5)
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
Tok PisinEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
rot
- road, street
- '2003, Mühlhäusler et al., Tok Pisin texts, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 9:
- Planti liklik rot i stap long ailan hia.
- Many little roads exist on this island.
- Planti liklik rot i stap long ailan hia.
- '2003, Mühlhäusler et al., Tok Pisin texts, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 9:
ReferencesEdit
Tok Pisin texts: from the beginning to the present / edited by Peter Mühlhäusler, Thomas E. Dutton, Suzanne Romaine. / John Benjamins Publishing Company / Copyright 2003 / →ISBN / page 106
VilamovianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Italian rata (“installment”)
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
rōt f (plural rota)
- installment (a kind of payment)