Ros

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ros"

English

Proper noun

Ros

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Rosalind.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Rosamund.

Anagrams

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Latin rosa; related to German rosa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /roːs/

Noun

Ros f (plural Rose, diminutive Rosje)

  1. rose

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German rāz, from Old High German rāza, from Proto-Germanic *hrētō-, from Proto-Indo-European *kreh₁d-eh₂-.[1]

Cognate with German Roß, Roße and Dutch raat.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʀoːs/

Noun

Ros m or f (plural Rosen)

  1. honeycomb

Synonyms

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “hreto”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 245

Swedish

Etymology

From ros (“a rose”).

Proper noun

Ros c (genitive Ros)

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

Anagrams
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