# rosa
## Albanian
### Noun

rosa
* inflection of rosë:
** definite nominative singular
** indefinite nominative/accusative plural

## 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: /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: /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: (Central, Balearic) [ˈrɔ.zə]
* IPA: (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
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrosa]
* Hyphenation: ro‧sa
* Rhymes: -osa

### Noun

rosa f
* dew

#### Derived terms

* orosit
* rosit
* rosný
* zarosit

### 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: /ˈrɔsa/ [ˈrɔ.s̺ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɔsa

### Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)
* rose (flower)
** (by extension) any flower
* pink (color/colour)

#### 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: /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: /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

$^1$Now rare.
$^1$Now 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”):
** genitive singular
** nominative/vocative/dative plural

## Italian
### Etymology 1

From Latin rosa.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

* rosa canina
* rosa dei venti
* rosaceo
* rosaio
* rosato
* roseo
* roseto
* rosetta

#### 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: /ˈro.za/, (traditional) /ˈro.sa/
* Rhymes: -oza, (traditional) -osa
* Hyphenation: ró‧sa

#### Participle

rosa f sg
* feminine singular of roso

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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
### 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).

#### Pronunciation

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

##### Related terms

* rosāceus
* rosāns
* rosārium
* rosārius
* rosētum
* roseus
* rosulentus

##### 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: /ˈroː.sa/, [ˈroːs̠ä]
* rōsa: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈro.sa/, [ˈrɔːs̬ä]
* rōsā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈroː.saː/, [ˈroːs̠äː]
* rōsā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈro.sa/, [ˈrɔːs̬ä]

#### Participle

rōsa
* inflection of rōsus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

#### Participle

rōsā
* ablative feminine singular of rōsus

### References

* ↑ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “rosa”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 443
* ↑ Pliny text, Latin version
* ↑ Pliny text, Latin version 2
* ↑ Pliny text, English translation 1
* ↑ Pliny text, English translation 2
* ↑ 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
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɔsa/

### Noun

rosa f (diminutive roska)
* dew

#### Declension
### 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: /ˈʀoːza/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

rosa (masculine rosaen, neuter rosat, comparative méi rosa, superlative am rosasten)
* pink (color/colour)

#### Declension
### 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
### 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

From Latin rosa. Doublet of rose and ros.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /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

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²ruːsɑ/

#### Adjective

rosa (singular and plural rosa)
* decorated, especially with rosemaling

### Etymology 4

From Old Norse rós, rósa, from Latin rosa.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /ˈruːsɑ/

#### Noun

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

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈroːsɑ/

#### Noun

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

### Etymology 7
#### Alternative forms

* ròsa

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: (13th CE) /ˈrosa/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈrosa/

### Noun

rosa f
* dew

#### 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: /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

* Galician: rosa
* Portuguese: rosa (see there for further 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

* 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
* anger
* quarrel

#### Declension
### Verb

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

### References

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

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rosà.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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
### 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: /ˈʁɔ.zɐ/ [ˈhɔ.zɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁɔ.zɐ/ [ˈhɔ.zɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁɔ.zɐ/ [ˈχɔ.zɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁɔ.za/ [ˈhɔ.za]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁɔ.zɐ/
* Homophone: Rosa
* Hyphenation: ro‧sa

### Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)
* rose (flower)

#### Derived terms

* rosa dos ventos
* rosal
* roseira
* roseiral

#### 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: /ˈrosa/

### Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)
* rose (flower)

#### Derived terms

* rosa cràbina
* rosa de padenti
* rosa de su berveghinu
* 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
### Etymology

From Latin rosa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rǒsa/
* Hyphenation: ro‧sa

### Noun

ròsa f (Cyrillic spelling ро̀са)
* dew

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Slovak
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɔsa]

### Noun

rosa f (genitive singular rosy, nominative plural rosy, genitive plural rôs, declension pattern of žena)
* dew

#### Declension
### References

* “rosa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɔ̀ːsa/

### Noun

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

#### Inflection
### 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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrosa/ [ˈro.sa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -osa
* Syllabification: ro‧sa

### Noun

rosa f (plural rosas)
* rose (flower)
* pink (color/colour)
* (heraldry) rose

#### Derived terms

* camino de rosas
* cara de rosa
* como las propias rosas
* como una rosa
* de rositas
* estar más fresco que una rosa
* geranio de rosa
* hecho una rosa
* lecho de rosas
* Leyenda Rosa
* mal de la rosa
* no hay rosa sin espina
* palo de rosa
* palo rosa
* prensa rosa
* revista rosa
* rosa amarilla
* rosa china
* rosa de alabastro
* rosa de Jericó
* rosa de los vientos
* rosa de Navidad
* rosa de rejalgar
* rosa de té
* rosa del azafrán
* rosa japonesa
* rosa mosqueta
* rosa palo
* salsa rosa

#### Related terms

* rosáceo
* rosado
* rosal
* rosaleda
* rosario

#### 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)
* pink (color/colour)
* feminine singular of roso

#### 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

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “rosa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical 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: /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 kanina pink rabbit
    ett rosa husa 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

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

##### Derived terms

* kritikerrosad

### References

* rosa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* rosa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* rosa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* rosa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* Orsa, osar, roas

## Upper Sorbian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rosà.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʀɔsa/
* Rhymes: -ɔsa
* Hyphenation: ro‧sa
* Syllabification: ro‧sa

### Noun

rosa f
* dew (water droplets originating from the condensation of water vapor from the atmospheric layer in contact with the earth's surface, formed during the night by cooling of that surface and objects exposed to heat loss by irradiation)

#### Declension
### References

* “rosa” in Soblex