rose
English


Etymology 1
From Middle English rose, roose, from Old English rōse, from Latin rosa, of uncertain origin but possibly via Oscan from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) (Aeolic ϝρόδον (wródon)), from Old Persian *wṛda- (“flower”) (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀- (varəδa-), Sogdian ward, Parthian wâr, late Middle Persian [Term?] (gwl /gul/), Persian گل (gul, “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).
Pronunciation
Noun
rose (countable and uncountable, plural roses)
- A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
- A flower of the rose plant.
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene ii]:
- 1794, Robert Burns, "A Red, Red Rose:"
- 1913, Gertrude Stein, "Sacred Emily":
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- A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)
- Something resembling a rose flower.
- (heraldry) The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed.
- (countable, uncountable) A purplish-red or pink colour, the colour of some rose flowers.
- Web rose:
- A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose.
- The usually circular base of a light socket in the ceiling, from which the fitting or chandelier is suspended.
- Any of various large, red-bodied, papilionid butterflies of the genus Pachliopta.
- (mathematics) Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares.
- (mathematics, graph theory) A graph with only one vertex.
Descendants
- → Marshallese: rooj
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Verb
rose (third-person singular simple present roses, present participle rosing, simple past and past participle rosed)
- (poetic, transitive) To make rose-coloured; to redden or flush.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene ii]:
- A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty.
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- (poetic, transitive) To perfume, as with roses.
- 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], OCLC 2024748:
- the very nape of her white neck
Was rosed with indignation
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Translations
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Derived terms
- baby rose (Rosa multiflora)
- beach rose (Rosa rugosa)
- bed of roses
- bloom is off the rose
- cabbage rose (Rosa × centifolia)
- ceiling rose
- Cherokee rose (Rosa laevigata)
- China rose
- Christmas rose
- come up roses
- compass rose
- damask rose
- desert rose
- dog rose
- English rose
- Glen Rose
- guelder rose
- Japanese rose (Rosa rugosa, Rosa multiflora)
- love rose
- moss rose
- multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)
- musk rose
- old rose
- polyantha rose
- rock-rose, rock rose (Cistaceae)
- rose acacia
- rose apple
- rosebay rhododendron
- rose beetle
- rose bowl
- rose-breasted grosbeak
- rosebud
- rose bug (Macrodactylus subspinosus)
- rosebush
- rose campion
- rose chafer
- rose cold
- rose-coloured glasses, rose-colored glasses
- rose-coloured, rose-colored
- rose cut
- rose fever
- rosefinch (Carpodacus)
- rosefish
- rosegarden
- rose geranium
- Rose Grove
- Rose Hill, Rosehill
- Rose Hills
- rose hip
- rosehip
- rose-hued
- roseleaf
- rose mallow
- rose moss
- rose myrtle (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa)
- rosen
- rose of Jericho
- rose of Sharon
- rose oil
- roseola
- rose oxide
- rose periwinkle
- rose petal
- rose-petal, rosepetal
- rose-pink
- rosepink
- rose quartz
- rose-red
- roseroot
- rose slug
- rose syrup
- rose-tinted
- rose topaz
- rosette
- rosewater
- rose water
- rose window
- rosewood
- rosy
- rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa)
- run for the roses
- saltspray rose (Rosa rugosa)
- smell like a rose
- Sturt's desert rose
- sunrose
- tea rose
- the Wars of the Roses
- under the rose
- wild rose
- wind rose
See also
- 🌹
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
- Aaron's beard
- amelanchier
- attar/otto
- blackberry
- bramble
- camellia
- chamiso
- chokeberry
- cloudberry
- compass card
- floribunda
- hardhack
- hawthorn
- Japanese quince
- jetbead
- Juneberry
- lady's mantle
- maccaboy
- Madagascar periwinkle
- mahaleb
- mawar
- meadowsweet
- medlar
- midsummer-men
- mountain ash
- mountain avens
- namby-pamby
- ninebark
- parsley piert
- rambler
- serviceberry
- shadblow
- shadbush
- silverweed
- soapbark
- spirea
- strawberry
- sweet briar
- tormentil
- viburnum
- wild brier
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
rose
Afrikaans
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrosɛ]
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roːsə/, [ˈʁoːsə]
Noun
Inflection
Descendants
- → Greenlandic: ruusa
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rose/, [ʁoˈse]
Inflection
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roːsə/, [ˈʁoːsə]
French
Etymology
From Middle French rose, from Old French rose, borrowed from Latin rosa (the expected form if it was inherited would be *reuse).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁoz/
- (Southern France) IPA(key): /ʁɔz/
- (Paris)
(file) (file)
Derived terms
Adjective
rose (plural roses)
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
blanc | gris | noir |
rouge; cramoisi | orange; brun | jaune; crème |
vert citron | vert | menthe |
cyan; bleu canard | azur | bleu |
violet; indigo | magenta; pourpre | rose |
Further reading
- “rose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian
Related terms
- rosât
Italian
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈroː.se/, [ˈroːs̠ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈro.se/, [ˈrɔːs̬e]
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɔsɛ/, [ˈrɔsə]
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English rōse, from Latin rosa. Reinforced and remodelled on Old French rose, from the same Latin source.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɔːz(ə)/, /ˈrɔz(ə)/
Noun
See also
whit | grey, hor | blak |
red; cremesyn, gernet | citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne | yelow, dorry; canevas |
grasgrene | grene | |
plunket; ewage | asure, livid | blewe, blo, pers |
violet; inde | rose, murrey; purpel, purpur | claret |
References
- “rō̆se, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French rose, from Latin rosa.
Descendants
- French: rose (see there for further descendants)
Norman
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Alternative forms
- rôse (Cotentin)
Derived terms
- pâsse-rose (“peony”)
- rose à sablion, rose dé mielle (“burnet rose”)
- rose à tchian (“common or round-headed poppy, long-headed poppy”)
- rose dé catte
- rose dé mielle
- rose dé Noué (“black hellebore”)
- rose dé papi, rose des clioches (“Canterbury bells”)
- rose dé Sâron, rose dé Sharon
- rose de tchen
- rose d'un jour (“fragrant evening primrose, large-flowered evening primrose, small-flowered evening primrose”)
- rose en bâton (“hollyhock”)
- rose sauvage (“dog rose, sweet briar”)
- rôsette (“rosette”)
- sîmplye rose, doubl'ye rose (“garden rose”)
Norwegian Bokmål

Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ruːsə/
Derived terms
- rosemåling, rosemaling
- stokkrose
- valdresrose
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈroː.se/, [ˈroː.ze]
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “rōse”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.