rose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: rōz
ipa: /ɹəʊz/
ipa: [ɹ̠ʷəʊz̥]
ipa: /ɹoʊz/
ipa: [ɻʷö̞ʊz̥]
rhymes: -əʊz
homophone: rows
homophone: roes
homophone: rhos
Etymology: From Middle English rose, roose, from Old English rōse, but with its vowel influenced by Old French rose, both from Latin rosa.
cognates and more remote and uncertain etymology
The Latin is of uncertain origin, but likely via Oscan from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) (Aeolic ϝρόδον (wródon)), from Old Persian *vr̥dah (“flower”) (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀- (var^əδa-), Sogdian [script needed] (ward), Parthian wâr, late Middle Persian [Term?] (gwl /⁠gul⁠/), Persian گل (gol, “rose, flower”), and Middle Iranian borrowings including Old Armenian վարդ (vard, “rose”), Aramaic וַרְדָּא (wardā) / ܘܪܕܐ (wardā), Arabic وَرْدَة (warda), Hebrew וֶרֶד (wéreḏ)), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰos (“sweetbriar”) (compare Old English word (“thornbush”), Latin rubus (“bramble”), Albanian hurdhe (“ivy”)). Possibly ultimately a derivation from a verb for "to grow" only attested in Indo-Iranian (*Hwardʰ-, compare Sanskrit वर्धति (vardhati), with relatives in Avestan).
Senses: glosses: Having a purplish-red or pink color; rosy.
Derived terms: word: antique rose
word: apple rose
word: ashes of rose
word: ashes-of-rose
word: bed of roses
word: bloom is off the rose
word: blush is off the rose
word: ceiling rose
word: come out smelling like a rose
word: come up roses
word: come up smelling like a rose
word: compass rose
word: cottonrose
word: couleur de rose
word: dusty rose
word: English rose
word: every rose has a thorn
word: every rose has its thorn
word: famille rose
word: fresh as a rose
word: Glen Rose
word: look through rose-colored glasses
word: look through rose-tinted glasses
word: love rose
word: Luther rose
word: no rose without a thorn
word: old rose
word: pin a rose on your nose
word: raspberry rose
word: Red Rose of Lancaster
word: roseal
word: roseate
word: Rose Bay
word: rosebed
word: rose bengal
word: roseberry
word: rose between two thorns
word: rose bit
word: Rose Bowl
word: rosebowl
word: rose box
word: rosebud
word: rose burner
word: rosebush
word: rose camphor
word: Rose City
word: rose cold
word: rose-colored lenses
word: rose-coloured glasses
word: rose-colored glasses
word: rose-coloured
word: rose-colored
word: rose-coloured spectacles
word: rose comb
word: rose curve
word: rose cut
word: rose-cut
word: rose diagram
word: rose diamond
word: rosedrop
word: rose ear
word: rose engine
word: rose fever
word: rose garden
word: rose-garden
word: rosegarden
word: rose garnet
word: rose gold
english: place names
translation: place names
word: Rose Green
word: Rose Grove
word: rosehead
word: Rose Hill
word: Rosehill
word: Rose Hills
word: rosehip
word: rose hip
word: rose-hip
word: rose-hued
word: rose-key
word: rose key
word: rose knot
word: rose lake
word: roseless
word: roselet
word: roselike
word: roseling
word: Roseman
word: rose meat
word: rose moon
word: Rosemount
word: rosen
word: rose nail
word: roseness
word: rose noble
word: Rose of Lancaster
word: rose oil
word: roseola
word: rose oxide
word: rose petal
word: rose-petal
word: rosepetal
word: rose-pink
word: rosepink
word: rose-pipe
word: rose pipe
word: rose quartz
word: rose rash
word: rose red
word: rose-red
word: rosery
word: rose syrup
word: rose-tint
word: rose-tinted
word: rose-tinted glasses
word: rose-tinted spectacles
word: rose topaz
word: rose toy
word: rosette
word: Rose Twitter
word: rose veal
word: rose vinegar
word: rose water
word: rosewater
word: rose window
word: rosish
word: rosy
word: run for the roses
word: shower rose
word: smell like a rose
word: stem the rose
word: Tudor rose
word: under the rose
word: Wars of the Roses
word: wear rose-colored glasses
word: wind rose
word: Chinese rose
word: cliffrose
word: green rose
word: laurel rose
word: malva rose
word: May rose
word: rockrose
word: rose-breasted cockatoo
word: rosemary
word: rosewood
word: roseworm
word: rosewort
word: sea-rose
word: apothecary rose
word: Austrian copper rose
taxonomic: Rosa multiflora
word: baby rose
taxonomic: Rosa rugosa
word: beach rose
word: Bengal rose
word: burnet rose
word: bush rose
taxonomic: Rosa × centifolia
word: cabbage rose
taxonomic: Rosa laevigata
word: Cherokee rose
taxonomic: Rosa chinensis
word: China rose
word: Christmas rose
word: cliff rose
word: common rose
word: cup-rose
word: Damascus rose
taxonomic: Rosa × damascena
word: damask rose
taxonomic: Gossypium sturtianum
word: desert rose
taxonomic: Rosa canina
word: dog rose
taxonomic: Viburnum opulus
word: gelder rose
taxonomic: Rosa stellata
word: gooseberry rose
word: guelder rose
taxonomic: Viburnum opulus
word: guelder-rose
word: gypsy rose
word: Jamaica rose
word: Japan rose
taxonomic: Rosa multiflora
word: Japanese rose
word: Lenten rose
word: memorial rose
taxonomic: Portulaca grandiflora
word: moss rose
taxonomic: Rosa multiflora
word: multiflora rose
taxonomic: Rosa moschata
word: musk rose
taxonomic: Rosa chinensis × Rosa multiflora
word: polyantha rose
word: prairie rose
word: Provence rose
word: rambler rose
word: rambling rose
word: rock-rose
taxonomic: Cistaceae spp.
word: rock rose
word: rose acacia
taxonomic: Robinia hispida
word: rose-acacia
word: rose aphid
taxonomic: Angophora costata
word: rose apple
word: rose-a-ruby
taxonomic: Rhododendron maximium
word: rosebay rhododendron
taxonomic: Macrodactylus subspinosus
word: rose beetle
taxonomic: Pheucticus ludovicianus
word: rose-breasted grosbeak
taxonomic: Macrodactylus subspinosus
word: rose bug
taxonomic: Silene coronaria
word: rose campion
taxonomic: Macrodactylus subspinosus
word: rose chafer
word: rose-colored pastor
word: rose-coloured pastor
word: rose-coloured starling
word: rose-colored starling
word: rose-crowned fruit-dove
taxonomic: Carpodacus spp.
word: rosefinch
word: rosefish
taxonomic: Sebastes norvegicus
word: rose fish
taxonomic: Pelargonium capitatum
word: rose geranium
word: rose gum
word: rose laurel
word: roseleaf bramble
word: roseleaf raspberry
word: rose leek
word: rose madder
word: rose mallow
taxonomic: Hibiscus spp.
word: rose-mallow
taxonomic: Rhodobryum roseum
word: rose moss
taxonomic: Rhodomyrtus tomentosa
word: rose myrtle
taxonomic: Pallenis hierochuntica
word: rose of Jericho
taxonomic: Hibiscus syriacus
word: rose of Sharon
taxonomic: Catharanthus roseus
word: rose periwinkle
word: rose-ringed parakeet
word: rose robin
taxonomic: Rhodiola rosea
word: roseroot
word: rose sage
word: rose sawfly
word: rose she-oak
word: rose slug
word: rose twisted-stalk
taxonomic: Rosa rugosa
word: rugosa rose
taxonomic: Rosa rugosa
word: saltspray rose
word: snow-rose
word: standard rose
taxonomic: Rosa stellata
word: star rose
taxonomic: Gossypium sturtianum
word: Sturt's desert rose
taxonomic: Cistaceae spp.
word: sunrose
english: and hybrids
translation: and hybrids
taxonomic: Rosa chinensis
word: tea rose
word: wild rose
word: wood rose
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