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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)

rose (flower)

References

Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “rosa”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrosa/ [ˈro.sa]

Noun

rosa f (plural roses)

rose (flower)

Noun

rosa m (plural roses)

rose (colour)

Bavarian

Etymology

Cognate with German rosa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈroː.sɐ/
- Audio: (file)

Adjective

rosa

pink (color/colour)

See also

Colors in Bavarian · Foarbm (layout · text)
weiß	grau	schwoarz
roud/rood	oransch/orange; braun	gejb/gölb/gööb
	grea/grean
	blau	blau
lila, violett	lila	rosa

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈrɔ.zə]

IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈrɔ.za]
Audio (Valencia): (file)
Audio (Catalonia): (file)

Noun

rosa f (plural roses)

rose (a flower of the rose plant)

Derived terms

malva-rosa
rosa de Jericó
rosa de roca
rosa del desert
rosa dels vents
rosella
roser
roseta

Related terms

rosari

Noun

rosa m (plural roses)

rose (a purplish-red or pink colour)

Adjective

rosa (invariable)

pink (color/colour)

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, 2025
“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.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish rosa, from Latin rosa, probably from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ro‧sa

Noun

rosa

a rose; a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa
pink (color/colour)

Adjective

rosa

pink (color/colour)

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish rosa, from Latin rosa.

Noun

rosa

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.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

rosa

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

dew

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	rosa	rosy
genitive	rosy	ros
dative	rose	rosám
accusative	rosu	rosy
vocative	roso	rosy
locative	rose	rosách
instrumental	rosou	rosami

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Declension of rosa (hard feminine)

Derived terms

Further reading

“rosa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“rosa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“rosa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Galician

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɔsa/ [ˈrɔ.s̺ɐ]
Rhymes: -ɔsa

Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)

Derived terms

rosa dos ventos

See also

Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)
branco	gris	negro, preto
vermello; carmín	laranxa; castaño, marrón	amarelo; crema
verde lima	verde	menta; verde escuro
ciano; azul verdoso	cerúleo	azul
violeta; anil	maxenta; púrpura	rosa

Gallurese

Alternative forms

irrosa

Etymology

From Latin rosa, of disputed origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɔza/

Noun

rosa f (plural rosi)

rose (flower)

Derived terms

rosa aresta
rosa di mucchju
rosaredda

Related terms

rusetu

Noun

rosa m (uncountable)

pink (color/colour)

Related terms

rusulinu

Adjective

rosa (invariable)

pink (color/colour)

References

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

German

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʁoːza/
Audio: (file)
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)

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

More information number & gender, singular ...

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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

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Positive forms of rosa

¹Now rare.

More information number & gender, singular ...

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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

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Comparative forms of rosa

More information number & gender, singular ...

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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

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Superlative forms of rosa

¹Now rare.

Descendants

→ Latvian: rozā (see there for further descendants)
→ Norwegian: rosa
→ Swedish: rosa
- → Estonian: roosa
- → Finnish: roosa

See also

pink (used in German for stronger shades only)

Further reading

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

Irish

Noun

rosa

inflection of ros (“headland”):
1. genitive singular
2. nominative/vocative/dative plural

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

rosa

Thumb — Rosa - flower

Thumb — Rosa - colour/color

Etymology 1

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.za/
Rhymes: -ɔza
Hyphenation: rò‧sa

Noun

rosa f (plural rose, diminutive (uncommon) rosèlla or rosellìna (diminutive of diminutive) or rosétta or rosettìna (diminutive of diminutive))

(flower) rose
shortlist
(heraldry) rose
(sports, collective) team members

Noun

rosa m (invariable)

pink, rose (color/colour)

Adjective

rosa (invariable)

pink (color/colour)
romantic (of movies, books, etc.)
(relational) gossip (of news, magazines, etc.)

Related terms

See also

Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)
bianco	argento; grigio	nero
rosso; cremisi	arancione; marrone; bronzo	giallo; oro; 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; blu scuro
violetto; indaco	magenta; viola	rosa; fucsia; porpora

Etymology 2

Past participle of rodere.

Pronunciation

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

Participle

rosa f sg

feminine singular of roso

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rosa f (plural rose)

(obsolete) erosion
Synonym: erosione
(Tuscany) itch, itching
Synonyms: pizzicore, prurito

Anagrams

Sora, arso, orsa, raso, rasò, sarò

Latin

Thumb — rosa alba (a white rose)

Etymology 1

Probably derived from a variant of Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon), but some of the details remain mysterious. Possibly via another Italic language like Oscan, or alternatively via the Aeolic version of ῥοδέᾱ (rhodéā, “rose-bush”) which would have been *ῥοζά (*rhozá).^[1]

Pronunciation

rosa: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈro.sa/, [ˈrɔs̠ä]

rosa: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.sa/, [ˈrɔːs̬ä]
rosā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈro.saː/, [ˈrɔs̠äː]

rosā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.sa/, [ˈrɔːs̬ä]

Noun

rosa f (genitive rosae); first declension

rose (flower)
- c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 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.^[2]^[3]
  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.^[4]^[5]
  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.^[6]
(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.

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	rosa	rosae
genitive	rosae	rosārum
dative	rosae	rosīs
accusative	rosam	rosās
ablative	rosā	rosīs
vocative	rosa	rosae

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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:
- Catalan: rosa
- Occitan: ròsa
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulian: rose
- Romansch: rosa, rösa (Puter, Vallader)
Sardinian: rosa, arrosa
Venetan: ròxa
West Iberian
- Aragonese: rosa
- Asturian: rosa
- Old Galician-Portuguese: rosa
  - Galician: rosa
  - Portuguese: rosa (see there for further descendants)
- Old Spanish: rosa (semi-learned)
  - Spanish: rosa (see there for further descendants)
  - Ladino: roza / רוזה

Borrowings

→ Basque: arrosa
→ Old French: rose
- Middle French: rose
  - French: rose (see there for further descendants)
  - → Middle Dutch: rose
    - Dutch: rose
- Norman: rose
- Picard: rose
- Walloon: rôze
→ German: rosa (“pink”) (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-West Germanic: *rōsā (see there for further descendants)
→ Hungarian: rózsa
→ Middle Irish: rós (see there for further descendants)
→ Luxembourgish: rosa
→ Romanian: roză
→ Old Church Slavonic: рожа (roža)
- → Belarusian: ружа (ruža)
- → Bulgarian: роза (roza)
- → Czech: růže
- → Macedonian: роза (roza)
- → Polish: róża
- → Russian: ро́за (róza) (see there for further descendants)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ruža / ружа
- → Slovak: ruža
- → Slovene: roža
- → Upper Sorbian: róža
- → Ukrainian: роза (roza)

Unsorted borrowings

→ Breton: roz
→ Cornish: ros
→ Dutch: roze
→ North Frisian: ruus
→ West Frisian: rôze
→ Ladino: roz
→ Lingala: roze
→ Lithuanian: rožė
→ Malay: ros
→ Northern Sami: ruvsu
→ Polish: róż
→ Rwanda-Rundi: iroza
→ Samogitian: ruožė
→ Silesian: rołza
→ Tongan: lose
→ Veps: ruza
→ Voro: roosa
→ Welsh: rhos

Noun

rosā

ablative singular of rosa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

rōsa: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈroː.sa/, [ˈroːs̠ä]

rōsā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.sa/, [ˈrɔːs̬ä]

Participle

rōsa

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

Participle

rōsā

ablative feminine singular of rōsus

References

[1]
Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “rosa”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 443
[2]
Pliny text, Latin version
[3]
Pliny text, Latin version 2
[4]
Pliny text, English translation 1
[5]
Pliny text, English translation 2
[6]
Pliny text, alternative English translation

Further reading

"rosa", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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.

Latvian

Noun

rosa f (4 declension)

activity, bustle, animation
Synonyms: rosība, rosme

Lower Sorbian

Thumb — rosa na rožy

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɔsa/

Noun

rosa f (diminutive roska)

dew

Declension

More information Singular, Dual ...

	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

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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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʀoːza/
Audio: (file)

Adjective

rosa (masculine rosaen, neuter rosat, comparative méi rosa, superlative am rosasten)

pink (color/colour)

Declension

More information number and gender, singular ...

number and gender		singular			plural
number and gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass rosa	si ass rosa	et ass rosa	si si(nn) rosa
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	rosaen	rosa	rosat	rosa
nominative / accusative	independent without determiner	rosaen	rosa	rosaes	rosaer
dative	after any declined word	rosaen	rosaer	rosaen	rosaen
dative	as first declined word	rosaem	rosaer	rosaem	rosaen

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See also

Colors in Luxembourgish · Faarwen (layout · text)
wäiss	gro	schwaarz
rout	orange; brong	giel
	gréng
turquoise	blo (hellblo, himmelblo)	blo (donkelblo)
violett; indigo	magenta; mof	rosa; pink

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

rosa

Etymology 1

From Latin rosa.

Adjective

rosa (indeclinable)

pink (colour)
Synonym: lyserød

Etymology 2

Noun

rosa (indeclinable)

(uncountable) pink, rose (colour)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

rosen

Noun

rosa m or f

definite feminine singular of rose

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

rosa

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

From Latin rosa. Doublet of rose and ros.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈruːsɑ/

Adjective

rosa (singular and plural rosa)

pink (color/colour)

Noun

rosa ?

pink, rose (color/colour)

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/

Verb

rosa (present tense rosar/roser, past tense rosa/roste, past participle rosa/rost, passive infinitive rosast, present participle rosande, imperative rosa/ros)

to praise

Alternative forms

rose (e- and split infinitives)

Derived terms

ros m

Etymology 3

Thumb — ein rosa vegg

A first part likely rose (“rose”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²ruːsɑ/

Adjective

rosa (singular and plural rosa)

decorated, especially with rosemaling

Etymology 4

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Roseslekta

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Thumb — ein roseblom

From Old Norse rós, rósa, from Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²ruːsɑ/

Noun

rosa f (definite singular rosa, indefinite plural roser or rosor, definite plural rosene or rosone)

definite singular of rose (“rose”)
(pre-2012) alternative form of rose. See there for more.

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈruːsɑ/

Noun

rosa f

(non-standard since 1959) definite singular of ros (“praise”)
definite singular of ros (“erysipelas”)

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈroːsɑ/

Noun

rosa f

definite singular of ros (“avalanche; landslide; scratch”)

Etymology 7

Alternative forms

ròsa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²roːsɑ/

Noun

rosa f (definite singular rosa, indefinite plural roser or rosor, definite plural rosene or rosone)

definite singular of rose
(pre-2012) alternative form of rose. See there for more.

References

“rosa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

oras, osar, roas, ròsa

Old Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈrosa/

IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈrosa/

Noun

rosa f

dew

Declension

More information singular, dual ...

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	rosa	rosě	rosy
genitive	rosy	rosú	ros
dative	rosě	rosama	rosám
accusative	rosu	rosě	rosy
vocative	roso	rosě	rosy
locative	rosě	rosú	rosách
instrumental	rosú	rosama	rosami

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Declension of rosa (hard a-stem)

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

Czech: rosa

Further reading

Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “rosa”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.za/

Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)

rose (flower)
- a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, 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.
pink, rose (color/colour)
- a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, 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

See also

Colors in Old Galician-Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text)
branco, blanco, alvo	gris	negro, preto
vermelho	castanho	amarelo
	verde
		azur
	cardẽo	rosa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

𑀭𑁄𑀲 (Brahmi script)
रोस (Devanagari script)
রোস (Bengali script)
රොස (Sinhalese script)
ရောသ or ရေႃသ (Burmese script)
โรส or โรสะ (Thai script)
ᩁᩮᩣᩈ (Tai Tham script)
ໂຣສ or ໂຣສະ (Lao script)
រោស (Khmer script)
𑄢𑄮𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From the root rus. For the noun, inherited from Sanskrit रोष (roṣa, “anger”). For the verb, see rosati.

Noun

rosa m^[1]

anger^[1]^[2]
quarrel^[2]

Declension

More information Case \ Number, Singular ...

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	roso	rosā
Accusative (second)	rosaṃ	rose
Instrumental (third)	rosena	rosehi or rosebhi
Dative (fourth)	rosassa or rosāya or rosatthaṃ	rosānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	rosasmā or rosamhā or rosā	rosehi or rosebhi
Genitive (sixth)	rosassa	rosānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	rosasmiṃ or rosamhi or rose	rosesu
Vocative (calling)	rosa	rosā

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Declension table of "rosa" (masculine)

Verb

rosa

imperative active second-person singular of rosati (“to annoy”)

References

[1]
Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 404.
[2]
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “dosa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

rosa

Thumb — rosa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rosà.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.sa/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɔsa
Syllabification: ro‧sa
Homophone: Rosa

Noun

rosa f

dew (any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	rosa	rosy
genitive	rosy	ros
dative	rosie	rosom
accusative	rosę	rosy
instrumental	rosą	rosami
locative	rosie	rosach
vocative	roso	rosy

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Declension of rosa

Further reading

rosa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
rosa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
rosa in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rosa, from Latin rosa (“rose”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.zɐ/ [ˈhɔ.zɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.zɐ/ [ˈχɔ.zɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.za/ [ˈhɔ.za]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.zɐ/

Homophone: Rosa
Hyphenation: ro‧sa

Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)

rose (flower)

Derived terms

Related terms

Rosa

Descendants

→ Tamil: ரோஜா (rōjā)

Adjective

rosa (invariable)

pink (color/colour)
Synonym: cor-de-rosa

Noun

rosa m (plural rosas)

pink (color/colour)
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-água; verde-menta
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo	azul-bebê, azul-celeste	azul, índigo, anil
violeta, lilás	magenta; roxo, púrpura	rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

Romansch

Alternative forms

rösa (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) rose

Sardinian

Alternative forms

arrosa, orrosa (Campidanese)

Etymology

From Latin rosa, of disputed origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrosa/

Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)

rose (flower)

Derived terms

(Logudorese):

rosa cràbina
rosa de padenti
rosa de su berveghinu

(Campidanese):

rosa caddina
rosa canina

Noun

rosa f (uncountable)

pink (color/colour)

Adjective

rosa (plural rosas)

pink (color/colour)

Derived terms

rosa maladia

References

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

Sassarese

Thumb — buttoni di rosa rùia – red rose buds

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɔza/

Noun

rosa m (plural rosi)

rose (flower)

Derived terms

rosa arestha
rosaredda

Noun

rosa m (uncountable)

pink (color/colour)
chicken pox (childhood disease)
Synonym: baglioru basthardhu

Adjective

rosa (invariable)

pink (color/colour)

Related terms

rosaddu

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

rosa

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)

dew

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	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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Declension of rosa

Further reading

“rosa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

rosa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rɔ̀ːsa/

Noun

rósa f

dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc.)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

More information Feminine, a-stem, nominative ...

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	rôsa
genitive	rôse
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	rôsa
genitive (rodȋlnik)	rôse
dative (dajȃlnik)	rôsi
accusative (tožȋlnik)	rôso
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	rôsi
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	rôso

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More information Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent, nominative ...

Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nominative	rôsa
genitive	rosé
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	rôsa
genitive (rodȋlnik)	rosé
dative (dajȃlnik)	rôsi
accusative (tožȋlnik)	rosó
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	rôsi
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	rosó

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Further reading

“rosa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
“rosa”, in Termania, Amebis
See also the general references

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish rosa, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin rosa.^[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)

rose (flower)
pink (color/colour)
(heraldry) rose

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Cebuano: rosa
→ Classical Nahuatl: rosa
→ Zoogocho Zapotec: ros
→⇒ Cebuano: rosas (via rosas (pl.))
→⇒ Tagalog: rosas (via rosas (pl.))

Adjective

rosa m or f (masculine and feminine plural rosa or rosas)

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, turquesa; azul-petróleo	celeste, cerúleo	azul
violeta; añil, índigo	magenta; morado, púrpura	rosa, rosado

References

[1]
Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “rosa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

“rosa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

osar
raso

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

pink (color/colour)
Synonym: skär

Adjective

rosa (not comparable)

pink (color/colour)
en rosa kanin
a pink rabbit

ett rosa hus
a pink house

Usage notes

Uninflected – see the examples.

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)

praise, commend
Synonym: prisa

Antonym: risa

Conjugation

More information active, passive ...

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

present participle		rosande
past participle		rosad

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¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

kritikerrosad

References

Anagrams

Orsa, osar, roas

Upper Sorbian

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