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Roseau

Roseau

See also: roseau

English

Proper noun

Roseau

  1. The capital of Dominica.
  2. A city in Minnesota
  3. A town in Saint Lucia

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Roseau f

  1. Roseau (the capital city of Dominica)

roseau

roseau

See also: Roseau

French

Noun

roseau m ‎(plural roseaux)

  1. common reed (Phragmites australis)
  2. (by extension) any reed
  3. quill, feather pen

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Related terms

  • roselière

Etymology

Derivative of ros ‎(“reed”), from Middle French ros ‎(“reed”), from Old French ros ‎(“reed, tooth of a weaver's comb”) (compare Old French rosel ‎(“reed”)), from Frankish *rausa ‎(“reed”), from Proto-Germanic *rausą, *rauzą ‎(“pipe, reed, shaft, tube”), from Proto-Indo-European *er- ‎(“to move, excite, grow”). Cognate with Old High German rōr ‎(“pipe”) (German Rohr ‎(“tube”)), Old Norse reyrr ‎(“reed”) (Danish rør ‎(“reed, pipe, tube”)), Old English rysc ‎(“reed, rush”). More at rush.

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