English

Proper noun

Ros

1. A diminutive of the female given name Rosalind.

Swedish

Etymology

From ros ‎(“a rose”).

Proper noun

Ros

1. A surname​.
2. A female given name, mostly used in compound names like Ros-Marie.

Catalan

Adjective

ros m ‎(feminine rossa, masculine plural rossos, feminine plural rosses)

1. blond

Etymology 2

From Latin rōs; from general Ros Olano.

Noun

ros m ‎(plural rosos)

1. dew
2. piqued cap

Synonyms

• rosada

References

• Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana ros

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹoːz/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *rod, from Proto-Celtic *rotos, from Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂os.

Noun

ros f ‎(plural rosow)

1. wheel

Etymology 2

Noun

ros f ‎(plural rosyow)

1. heathland

Etymology 3

Noun

ros f ‎(singulative rosen)

1. roses

Danish

Verb

ros

1. imperative of rose

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔs

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hursa-, *hrussa-, whence also Old English hors (English horse), Old Saxon hros, Old High German hros, ros (German Ross).

Noun

ros n ‎(plural rossen, diminutive rosje n)

1. horse, steed

Synonyms

• (animal) paard, (dialect) paert

Derived terms

• stalen ros

Etymology 2

Adjective

ros ‎(comparative rosser, superlative meest ros or rost)

1. of a colour between red and yellow:

   de rosse buurt‎

   the red-light district

2. red-haired

Inflection

Derived terms

• rossig
• rosse buurt

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin russus.

Adjective

ros

1. red

Derived terms

• inrossâ
• rossit

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾˠɔsˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ros ‎(“linseed”).

Noun

ros m ‎(genitive singular rois)

1. linseed, flaxseed

Declension

Synonyms

• ros lín

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ros ‎(“wood, promontory”)

Noun

ros m ‎(genitive singular rosa, nominative plural rosa)

1. wood, wooded headland
2. (geography) headland, promontory

Declension

Synonyms

• (wood): coill
• (headland, promontory): rinn, scoth, léim

Derived terms

• rosach

References

• “2 ros (‘linseed, flaxseed’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “1 ros (‘wood, headland’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911

• “ros” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "ros" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *Hroseh₂. Cognates include Sanskrit रसा ‎(rásā, “moisture, humidity”), Ancient Greek ἐξεράω ‎(exeráō, “pour out”) and Lithuanian rasà ‎(“dew”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /roːs/

Noun

rōs m ‎(genitive rōris); third declension

1. dew
2. moisture

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• rōrātiō
• rōrifer
• rōrō
• rōrulentus
• rōscidus

Descendants

References

• ros in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ros in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ROS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Lojban

Rafsi

ros

1. rafsi of prosa.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɔs]

Verb

ros

1. second-person singular imperative of rosć

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r͈os/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ɸrostos, from Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‎(“before”) + *steh₂- ‎(“to stand”). The same construction as Sanskrit प्रस्थ ‎(prastha, “plateau”), but probably coined separately in the two languages.

Noun

ros m ‎(genitive ruis, nominative plural ruis)

1. promontory
2. wood
   • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 1079

     ross .i. trēde fordingair .i. ros fidbuide, […]

     wood, that is, a triad of meanings, that is, a wood of yellow trees, […]

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: ros ‎(“wood”)
• Scottish Gaelic: ros ‎(“promontory”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ros m ‎(genitive ruis, nominative plural ruis)

1. linseed
   • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 1079

     ros līn

     linseed

2. flax or other small seed

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: ros ‎(“linseed”)
• Scottish Gaelic: ros ‎(“linseed”)

Mutation

References

• “2 ros (‘linseed, flaxseed’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “1 ros (‘wood, headland’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 142

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin rōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ros/
• Rhymes: -os

Verb

ros ‎(past participle of roade)

1. gnawed

Adjective

ros m, n ‎(feminine singular roasă, masculine plural roși, feminine and neuter plural roase)

1. gnawed, eaten away at
2. eroded, consumed
3. (of clothes) careworn, threadbare, shabby, seedy, frayed

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ros ‎(“linseed”)

Noun

ros m ‎(genitive singular rois, plural rosan)

1. linseed, flax seed

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ros ‎(“promontory, wood”)

Noun

ros m ‎(genitive singular rois, plural rosan)

1. promontory, peninsula, isthmus

References

• “2 ros (‘linseed, flaxseed’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “1 ros (‘wood, headland’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːs/

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German rose, from Latin rosa.

Noun

ros c

1. a rose; a flower, a shrub, and a heraldic charge

Declension

Related terms

Descendants

• Finnish: ruusu

Etymology 2

Noun

ros

1. indefinite genitive singular of ro

Etymology 3

Verb

ros

1. infinitive passive of ro.
2. present tense passive of ro.

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.
• ros in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Spanish

Etymology

Named after Antonio Ros de Olano (1808-1886), a Spanish general who introduced the hat into the Spanish army

Noun

ros m ‎(plural roses)

1. A type of military hat, similar to a shako