rosa

See also: Rosa, rósa, ròsa, Rósa, and rösa

English

Etymology

Believed to derive from the name of the Australian native bird rosella (genus Platycercus), a small parrot noted for its ability to vanish when the need arises.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (US)(file)

Verb

rosa (third-person singular simple present rosas, present participle rosaing, simple past and past participle rosaed)

  1. (slang, Australia) to hide, vanish, shadow
    Weren't we meant to have dinner with Jane?
    No, she unfortunately had to rosa.

Noun

rosa (plural rosas)

  1. (slang, Australia) no-show, someone who does not show up as expected
    Every time we organise to have dinner, she never turns up.
    I know, she is such a rosa.

Anagrams

Asturian

Noun

rosa f (plural roses)

  1. rose (flower)

Noun

rosa m (plural roses)

  1. rose (colour)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

Noun

rosa f (plural roses)

  1. rose

Adjective

rosa (masculine and feminine plural roses)

  1. pink

See also

Colors in Catalan · colors (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      negre      marró
             rosa              roig, vermell ; carmesí              taronja              groc ; crema
             verd lima              verd                           cian ; xarxet
             atzur              blau              violat ; indi              magenta ; lila, porpra

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ro‧sa

Noun

rosa

  1. a rose; a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa
  2. the color pink

Adjective

rosa

  1. of the colour pink

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish rosa, from Latin rosa.

Noun

rosa

  1. 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.

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rosa.

Noun

rosa f

  1. dew

Declension

Galician

Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)

  1. rose (flower)
    1. (by extension) any flower
  2. the color rose, a pink

Derived terms

See also

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

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁoːza/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ro‧sa

Adjective

rosa (comparative rosaner, superlative am rosasten or am rosansten)

  1. 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 comparation forms are used.
  • rosa also has normal inflected forms. An -n- is then infixed before (vocalic) endings. Compare the same in lila.

Declension

Inflected forms (with infixed -n-):

Comparative forms of rosa
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
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
Superlative forms of rosa
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist am rosasten sie ist am rosasten es ist am rosasten sie sind am rosasten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative rosaster rosaste rosastes rosaste
genitive rosasten rosaster rosasten rosaster
dative rosastem rosaster rosastem rosasten
accusative rosasten rosaste rosastes rosaste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der rosaste die rosaste das rosaste die rosasten
genitive des rosasten der rosasten des rosasten der rosasten
dative dem rosasten der rosasten dem rosasten den rosasten
accusative den rosasten die rosaste das rosaste die rosasten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein rosaster eine rosaste ein rosastes (keine) rosasten
genitive eines rosasten einer rosasten eines rosasten (keiner) rosasten
dative einem rosasten einer rosasten einem rosasten (keinen) rosasten
accusative einen rosasten eine rosaste ein rosastes (keine) rosasten
Superlative forms of rosa
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist am rosansten sie ist am rosansten es ist am rosansten sie sind am rosansten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative rosanster rosanste rosanstes rosanste
genitive rosansten rosanster rosansten rosanster
dative rosanstem rosanster rosanstem rosansten
accusative rosansten rosanste rosanstes rosanste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der rosanste die rosanste das rosanste die rosansten
genitive des rosansten der rosansten des rosansten der rosansten
dative dem rosansten der rosansten dem rosansten den rosansten
accusative den rosansten die rosanste das rosanste die rosansten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein rosanster eine rosanste ein rosanstes (keine) rosansten
genitive eines rosansten einer rosansten eines rosansten (keiner) rosansten
dative einem rosansten einer rosansten einem rosansten (keinen) rosansten
accusative einen rosansten eine rosanste ein rosanstes (keine) rosansten

See also

  • pink (used in German for stronger shades only)

Further reading

  • rosa in Duden online

Irish

Noun

rosa m

  1. inflection of ros:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative and vocative and dative plural

Further reading

  • "rosa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “rosa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “rosa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Rosa - flower
Rosa - colour

Etymology 1

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔːza/
  • Rhymes: -ɔza
  • Stress: ròsa
  • Hyphenation: ro‧sa

Noun

rosa f (plural rose)

  1. rose (flower)
  2. pink (color)
  3. shortlist
  4. (heraldry) rose
  5. (sports) team members

Adjective

rosa (invariable)

  1. pink
  2. romantic (of movies, books, etc)
  3. gossip (attributive; of news, magazines, etc)

See also

Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)
     bianco      grigio      nero      marrone
             rosa              rosso ; cremisi              arancione              giallo ; crema
             limetta              verde                           ciano ; blu petrolio, foglia di tè
             azzurro              blu              violetto ; indaco              magenta ; viola

Etymology 2

Past participle of rodere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈro.za/, [ˈroːz̪ä]
  • Rhymes: -osa
  • Stress: rósa
  • Hyphenation: ro‧sa

Participle

rosa f sg

  1. feminine singular of roso

Noun

rosa f (plural rose)

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

Anagrams

Latin

rosa alba (a white rose)

Etymology 1

Might be derived from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon), but some of the details remain mysterious.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈro.sa/, [ˈrɔ.sa]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈro.sa/, [ˈroː.sa]
  • Audio (Classical)(file)

Noun

rosa f (genitive rosae); first declension

  1. a rose
    • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgicon 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.[1][2]
      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.[3][4]
      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.[5]
  2. (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.
Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative rosa rosae
genitive rosae rosārum
dative rosae rosīs
accusative rosam rosās
ablative rosā rosīs
vocative rosa rosae
Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflected form of rōsus, participle of rōdō (“gnaw, eat away”).

Pronunciation 1

Participle

rōsa

  1. nominative feminine singular of rōsus
  2. nominative neuter plural of rōsus
  3. accusative neuter plural of rōsus
  4. vocative feminine singular of rōsus
  5. vocative neuter plural of rōsus

Pronunciation 2

Participle

rōsā

  1. ablative feminine singular of rōsus

References

  • 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, 1883–1887)
  • rosa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. ↑ Pliny text, Latin version
  2. ↑ Pliny text, Latin version 2
  3. ↑ Pliny text, English translation 1
  4. ↑ Pliny text, English translation 2
  5. ↑ Pliny text, alternative English translation

Latvian

Noun

rosa f (4 declension)

  1. activity, bustle, animation
    Synonyms: rosība, rosme

Lower Sorbian

rosa na rožy

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rosa, from Proto-Indo-European *Hroseh₂.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔsa/

Noun

rosa f (diminutive roska)

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

Declension

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Adjective

rosa (masculine rosaen, neuter rosat, not comparable)

  1. pink

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin rosa

Adjective

rosa (indeclinable)

  1. pink (colour)
    Synonym: lyserød

Etymology 2

Noun

rosa (indeclinable (uncountable))

  1. pink, rose (colour)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Noun

rosa m, f

  1. definite feminine singular of rose

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin rosa

Adjective

rosa (indeclinable)

  1. pink (colour)

Etymology 2

Noun

rosa (indeclinable (uncountable))

  1. pink, rose (colour)

Etymology 3

Noun

rosa f

  1. definite singular of rose

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin rosa, from Oscan, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.za/

Noun

rosa f

  1. rose (flower)
  2. pink, rose (colour)

Descendants

See also

Colors in Old Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text)
     branco      gris      negro, preto      castanno
             rosa              vermello                           amarelo
                          verde                          
                          azur                           cardẽo

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rosa, from Proto-Indo-European *Hroseh₂.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.sa/

Noun

rosa f

  1. dew

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese rosa, from Latin rosa (“rose”), perhaps from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰo.

Pronunciation

Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)

  1. rose (flower)

Derived terms

Adjective

rosa (plural rosa, comparable)

  1. pink
    Synonym: cor-de-rosa

Noun

rosa m (plural rosas)

  1. pink (color)
    Synonym: cor-de-rosa

See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)
     branco      cinza      preto      castanho,
marrom
             rosa,
cor-de-rosa		              vermelho ; carmim              laranja,
cor-de-laranja		              amarelo ; creme
             verde-limão              verde                           ciano ; azul-petróleo
             azul céu              azul              violeta ; índigo,
anil		              magenta ; roxo

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) rose

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rosa, from Proto-Indo-European *Hroseh₂.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rǒsa/
  • Hyphenation: ro‧sa

Noun

ròsa f (Cyrillic spelling ро̀са)

  1. dew

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rosa, from Proto-Indo-European *Hroseh₂.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ̀ːsa/
  • Tonal orthography: rósa

Noun

rôsa f (genitive rôse or rosé, uncountable)

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

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrosa/

Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)

  1. rose (flower)
  2. pink (colour)
  3. (heraldry) rose

See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)
     blanco      gris      negro      marrón
             rosa              rojo ; carmín, carmesí              naranja, anaranjado              amarillo ; crema
             lima              verde                           cian ; azul-petróleo
             azur              azul              violeta ; añil, índigo              magenta ; morado, púrpura

Further reading

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)

Etymology 1

From a Romance language, likely via German.

Noun

rosa n

  1. pink
    Synonym: skär

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hrósa.

Verb

rosa

  1. praise, commend
    Synonym: prisa
    Antonym: risa

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rosa.

Noun

rosa f

  1. dew
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