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Rosse
rosse
rosse
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɔs/
Etymology 1
From Middle French rosse, from Old French roche, *rosse (“bad horse”), from Old Frankish *hros (“horse”), from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse, steed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Cognate with Old High German hros, ros (“horse, steed”), Old English hors (“horse”). More at horse.
Noun
rosse f (plural rosses)
- (pejorative, of a woman) A bitch, a harpy or cow
- (pejorative, of a man) A bastard or ****
Etymology 2
From rosser.
Verb
rosse
- first-person singular present indicative of rosser
- third-person singular present indicative of rosser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of rosser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of rosser
- second-person singular imperative of rosser
Anagrams
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Etymology
Borrowing from French rosse, from Old French roche, *rosse (“bad horse”), from Frankish *hros (“horse”), from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse, steed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).
Noun
rosse f (plural rosses)