rosette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəʊˈzɛt/
ipa: /ɹoʊˈzɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: rosettes
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Iranian *wardahder.?
Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon)bor.?
Latin rosalbor.
Old French rose
Latin -ittus
Old French -ete
Old French rosete
Middle French rosettebor.
Middle French rosette
French rosetteinflu.
English rosette

Borrowed from Middle French rosette (in sense 15) and (modern) French rosette.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: An element or ornament resembling a rose, especially on a wall or other surface, mostly for decorative purposes.
topics: architecture
glosses: An element or ornament resembling a rose, especially on a wall or other surface, mostly for decorative purposes.
A rose window.
glosses: An imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material, worn as an ornament or symbol, especially:
A rose-shaped arrangement awarded as a prize won in a competition (e.g., a horse show).
glosses: An imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material, worn as an ornament or symbol, especially:
A rose-shaped badge of support or membership (e.g., of a political party).
glosses: An imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material, worn as an ornament or symbol, especially:
A small rose-shaped ornament worn as a symbol of an honorific order or military decoration, typically presented with a medal or in place of a medal (e.g., as a lapel button).
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A decorative inlay surrounding the sound hole of a guitar.
synonyms: roset
glosses: A red color.
glosses: A rose burner.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: One or more whorls of leaves, clustered tightly at the base of a plant.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant growth form in which the plant grows outward in all directions for a short distance, producing a small round shape.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A flowerlike color marking, as on the leopard.
synonyms: rosetta
glosses: A floral pattern in latte art.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A clustered formation of tumor cells.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A thin, cookie-like, deep-fried Scandinavian pastry, made using an iron, which resembles a rose blossom.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A rose shape piped using frosting, most commonly buttercream.
glosses: A form of knot.
examples: text: It is a high rocke betweene two Bayes of the Sea, wherein the Copper is conioyned with the ſtone, very faire and very pure, ſuch as is that which is called Rozette Copper [translating cuivre de rozette].
ref: [1609, [Marc Lescarbot], translated by P[ierre] Erondelle, “The leauing of Port du Moutton: […]”, in Noua Francia: Or The Description of That Part of Neuu France, Which Is One Continent with Virginia. […], London: […] Georgii Bishop, page 13:
synonyms: rondelle
glosses: A disc formed by throwing water on molten metal.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
oceanography
glosses: A rosette sampler.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of worm-star.
synonyms: word: worm-star
Derived terms: Homer-Wright rosette
rosette bok choy
rosette burner
rosetted
rosettelike
rosette sampler
rosette scan
rosette seeker
rosetting
Related terms: rose