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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɹəʊz/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ɹ̠wəʊz̥]
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• US: /ɹoʊz/
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• US: [ɻwö̞ʊz̥]
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• Scotland: /ɾoz/
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• Scotland: [ɾoːz]
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• Wales: /ɾoːz/ without the toe–tow merger
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• rhymes with -əʊz
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• homophone: rows
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• homophone: roes
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• homophone: rhos
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From Middle English rose, roose, from Old English rōse, but with its vowel influenced by Old French rose, both from Latin rosa. cognates and more remote and uncertain etymology The Latin is of uncertain origin, but likely via Oscan from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) (Aeolic ϝρόδον (wródon)), from Old Persian *vr̥dah (“flower”) (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀- (var^əδa-), Sogdian [script needed] (ward), Parthian wâr, late Middle Persian [Term?] (gwl /⁠gul⁠/), Persian گل (gol, “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).

* As an English, Scottish, French, Walloon, Danish, Jewish (Yiddish רויז (royz)), and German surname, all from the noun rose. Also adapted from foreign forms of the same meaning such as Hungarian Rózsa, Rozsa, Slovak Róža, Czech Roza, etc. Compare Larose. The surname may be matronymic, but more probably topographic from residence by rose bushes or the sign of a rose, or a nickname from rosy complexion. * Also as an English surname, from a Norman name of Germanic origins, likely made up of Proto-Germanic *hrod (“fame”) and *heid (“kind, sort, type”), ultimately evolved from *hrōþiz. Introduced to England in the form Roese or Rohese. * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Ross. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized or Italianized from Rože, from a short form of Erazem (from Latin Erasmus), compare Rozman.

From French rosé (“pinkish”).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

397 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: rosa — color
• Basque: arrosa — color
• Breton: roz — color
• Catalan: rosat — color
• Dutch: roze — color
• Dutch: roos — color
• Dutch: rooskleurig — color
• Dutch: roosgekleurd — color
• Dutch: rozig — color
• Esperanto: roza — color
• Esperanto: rozkolora — color
• Finnish: ruusunpunainen — color
• French: rose — color
• Galician: rosa — color
• German: rosa — color
• German: pink — color
• German: rosarot — color
• Greek: ρόδινο (ródino) — color
• Greek: τριανταφυλλί (triantafyllí) — color
• Ancient Greek: ῥοδίνος (rhodínos) — color
• Hawaiian: loke — color
• Hindi: गुलाबी (gulābī) — color
• Interlingua: rosate — color
• Interlingua: rosa — color
• Italian: rosa — color
• Luxembourgish: rosa — color
• Polish: różowy — color
• Portuguese: rosa — color
• Romanian: roz — color
• Russian: ро́зовый (rózovyj) — color
• Sinhalese: රෝස (rōsa) — color
• Spanish: rosado — color
• Spanish: rosa — color
• Turkish: gül — color
• Ukrainian: роже́вий (rožévyj) — color
• Volapük: rosadakölik — color
• Volapük: rosadaredik — color
• Arabic: روز (Rōz) — female given name
• Breton: Rozenn — female given name
• Catalan: Rosa — female given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 羅絲 /罗丝 (Luósī) — female given name
• Danish: Rosa — female given name
• Esperanto: Roza — female given name
• Finnish: Roosa — female given name
• Finnish: Ruusu — female given name
• French: Rose — female given name
• Galician: Rosa — female given name
• German: Rosa — female given name
• Greenlandic: Ruusa — female given name
• Hawaiian: Loke — female given name
• Hindi: रोज़ा (rozā) — female given name
• Hindi: रोजा (rojā) — female given name
• Hungarian: Rózsa — female given name
• Hungarian: Róza — female given name
• Hungarian: Rozália — female given name
• Inuktitut: ᕉᓴ (roosa) — female given name
• Irish: Róis — female given name
• Italian: Rosa — female given name
• Japanese: ローズ (Rōzu) — female given name
• Korean: 로즈 (Rojeu) — female given name
• Marathi: रोझ (rojh) — female given name
• Polish: Róża — female given name
• Portuguese: Rosa — female given name
• Russian: Ро́за (Róza) — female given name
• Spanish: Rosa — female given name
• Swahili: Waridi — female given name
• Swahili: Roza — female given name
• Swedish: Rosa — female given name
• Yiddish: רויזע (royze) — female given name
• Albanian: trëndafil — shrub
• Arabic: وَرْدَة (warda) — shrub
• Armenian: վարդենի (vardeni) — shrub
• Armenian: մասրենի (masreni) — shrub
• Asturian: rosal — shrub
• Azerbaijani: itbirnu — shrub
• Basque: arrosa — shrub
• Belarusian: ру́жа (rúža) — shrub
• Belarusian: шыпшы́на (šypšýna) — shrub
• Bulgarian: ро́за (róza) — shrub
• Catalan: roser — shrub
• Chinese Mandarin: 玫瑰 (méigui) — shrub
• Czech: růže — shrub
• Dutch: roos — shrub
• Dutch: rozenstruik — shrub
• Estonian: roosipõõsas — shrub
• Estonian: roos — shrub
• Finnish: ruusu — shrub
• French: rosier — shrub
• Galician: roseira — shrub
• Georgian: ვარდი (vardi) — shrub
• German: Rose — shrub
• Greek: τριανταφυλλιά (triantafylliá) — shrub
• Greek: ροδή (rodí) — shrub
• Ancient Greek: ῥοδῆ (rhodê) — shrub
• Hawaiian: loke — shrub
• Hebrew: ורד — shrub
• Hindi: गुलाब (gulāb) — shrub
• Hindi: गुल (gul) — shrub
• Hungarian: rózsa — shrub
• Icelandic: rós — shrub
• Ido: roziero — shrub
• Indonesian: mawar — shrub
• Ingrian: rooza — shrub
• Ingrian: orjamarjapehko — shrub
• Ingrian: orjamarjapuu — shrub
• Italian: rosa — shrub
• Japanese: バラ (bara) — shrub
• Kazakh: итмұрын (itmūryn) — shrub
• Khmer: ដើមកុលាប (daəm kolaap) — shrub
• Korean: 장미나무 (jangminamu) — shrub
• Kumyk: гюл (gül) — shrub
• Latvian: roze — shrub
• Lithuanian: rožė — shrub
• Luxembourgish: Rous — shrub
• Macedonian: ро́за (róza) — shrub
• Malayalam: റോസ (ṟōsa) — shrub
• Maltese: sġajra — shrub
• Māori: rōhi — shrub
• Marathi: गुलाब (gulāb) — shrub
• Marshallese: rooj — shrub
• Norwegian Bokmål: rose — shrub
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rose — shrub
• Odia: ଗୋଲାପ (golāpa) — shrub
• Ossetian: уарди (wardi) — shrub
• Pashto: ګلاب (gulāb) — shrub
• Persian: گل — shrub
• Polish: róża — shrub
• Portuguese: rosa — shrub
• Portuguese: roseira — shrub
• Romanian: trandafir — shrub
• Romanian: roză — shrub
• Russian: ро́за (róza) — shrub
• Russian: шипо́вник (šipóvnik) — shrub
• Serbo-Croatian: ружа — shrub
• Serbo-Croatian: ruža — shrub
• Sinhalese: රෝස (rōsa) — shrub
• Slovak: ruža — shrub
• Slovene: vrtnica — shrub
• Spanish: rosal — shrub
• Swahili: mwaridi — shrub
• Swedish: ros — shrub
• Swedish: rosbuske — shrub
• Tamil: நிலத்தாமரை (nilattāmarai) — shrub
• Tamil: ரோஜா (rōjā) — shrub
• Telugu: గులాబి (gulābi) — shrub
• Turkish: gül — shrub
• Turkish: itburnu — shrub
• Ukrainian: троя́нда (trojánda) — shrub
• Ukrainian: шипши́на (šypšýna) — shrub
• Ukrainian: ро́за (róza) — shrub
• Urdu: گلاب (gulāb) — shrub
• Volapük: rosadabimül — shrub
• Volapük: lolajöb — shrub
• Afrikaans: roos — flower
• Albanian: trëndafil — flower
• Amharic: ጽጌ ረዳ (ṣəge räda) — flower
• Arabic: وَرْدَة (warda) — flower
• Arabic: ورد بلدي — flower
• Arabic: وردة بلدي (warda baladi) — flower
• Aramaic: ܘܪܕܐ (wardā) — flower
• Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: וַרְדָּא (wardā) — flower
• Armenian: վարդ (vard) — flower
• Aromanian: trandafilã — flower
• Assamese: গোলাপ (gülap) — flower
• Asturian: rosa — flower
• Azerbaijani: gül — flower
• Basque: arrosa — flower
• Basque: larrosa — flower
• Belarusian: ру́жа (rúža) — flower
• Bengali: গোলাপ (gōlap) — flower
• Breton: roz — flower
• Breton: rozenn — flower
• Bulgarian: ро́за (róza) — flower
• Burmese: နှင်းဆီ (hnang:hci) — flower
• Carpathian Rusyn: ружа (ruža) — flower
• Catalan: rosa — flower
• Chakma: 𑄉𑄧𑄣𑄛𑄴 (galāp) — flower
• Cherokee: ᎶᏏ (losi) — flower
• Chinese Cantonese: 玫瑰 (mui4 gwai3) — flower
• Chinese: 玫瑰花 (muî-kuì-hue) — flower
• Chinese Mandarin: 玫瑰 (méigui) — flower
• Chinese Mandarin: 月季 (yuèjì) — flower
• Cornish: rosen — flower
• Czech: růže — flower
• Dalmatian: ruosa — flower
• Danish: rose — flower
• Dutch: roos — flower
• Elfdalian: ruos — flower
• Esperanto: rozo — flower
• Estonian: roos — flower
• Faroese: rósa — flower
• Finnish: ruusu — flower
• French: rose — flower
• West-Frisian: roas — flower
• Friulian: garoful — flower
• Gagauz: gül — flower
• Galician: rosa — flower
• Georgian: ვარდი (vardi) — flower
• German: Rose — flower
• German: Roos — flower
• Greek: τριαντάφυλλο (triantáfyllo) — flower
• Greek: ρόδο (ródo) — flower
• Greek: βρόδον (bródon) — flower
• Ancient Greek: ῥόδον (rhódon) — flower
• Greenlandic: ruusa — flower
• Gujarati: ગુલાબ (gulāb) — flower
• Haitian Creole: roz — flower
• Hawaiian: loke — flower
• Hebrew: וֶרֶד (vered) — flower
• Hindi: गुलाब (gulāb) — flower
• Hindi: गुल (gul) — flower
• Hungarian: rózsa — flower
• Icelandic: rós — flower
• Ido: rozo — flower
• Indonesian: bunga mawar — flower
• Ingrian: rooza — flower
• Irish: rós — flower
• Istriot: roza — flower
• Italian: rosa — flower
• Japanese: バラ (bara) — flower
• Japanese: バラの花 (bara no hana) — flower
• Javanese: mawar — flower
• Kannada: ಗುಲಾಬಿ (gulābi) — flower
• Kashmiri: گُلاب (gulāb) — flower
• Kazakh: раушан (rauşan) — flower
• Khmer: កុលាប (kolaap) — flower
• Konkani: ಗುಲೊಬ್ (gulob) — flower
• Konkani: ಗುಲೊಬ್ ಪುಲ್ (gulob pul) — flower
• Korean: 장미 (jangmi) — flower
• Kumyk: гюл (gül) — flower
• Central Kurdish: شیلان (şîlan) — flower
• Kyrgyz: атыргүл (atırgül) — flower
• Lao: ດອກກຸຫຼາບ (dǭk ku lāp) — flower
• Latin: rosa — flower
• Latvian: roze — flower
• Laz: gyuli — flower
• Laz: dadali — flower
• Ligurian: rêuza — flower
• Lithuanian: rožė — flower
• Lombard: rosa — flower
• Low German: Reose — flower
• Low German: Rausen — flower
• Low German: rause — flower
• Luxembourgish: Rous — flower
• Macedonian: ро́за (róza) — flower
• Macedonian: ружа (ruža) — flower
• Macedonian: трендафил (trendafil) — flower
• Macedonian: ѓул (ǵul) — flower
• Malagasy: mavokely — flower
• Malay: mawar — flower
• Malay: ros — flower
• Malayalam: റോസ (ṟōsa) — flower
• Maltese: warda — flower
• Manchu: ᠵᠠᠮᡠ (jamu) — flower
• Māori: rōhi — flower
• Marathi: गुलाब (gulāb) — flower
• Marshallese: rooj — flower
• Mauritian Creole: roz — flower
• Mòcheno: roas — flower
• Mongolian: сарнай цэцэг (sarnaj ceceg) — flower
• Classical Nahuatl: Caxtīllān xōchitl — flower
• Norwegian Bokmål: rose — flower
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rose — flower
• Occitan: ròsa — flower
• Odia: ଗୋଲାପ (golāpa) — flower
• Ojibwe: oginii-waabigwan — flower
• Ossetian: уарди (wardi) — flower
• Pannonian Rusyn: ружа (ruža) — flower
• Persian: رز (roz) — flower
• Persian: گل سرخ (gol-e sorx) — flower
• Persian: ورد (vard) — flower
• Piedmontese: reusa — flower
• Plautdietsch: Roos — flower
• Polish: róża — flower
• Portuguese: rosa — flower
• Portuguese: cravina — flower
• Portuguese: craveiro — flower
• Punjabi: ਗੁਲਾਬ (gulāb) — flower
• Romanian: trandafir — flower
• Romanian: roză — flower
• Romansh: rosa — flower
• Romansh: rösa — flower
• Russian: ро́за (róza) — flower
• Northern Sami: ruvsu — flower
• Sanskrit: षतपुष्पि (ṣatapuṣpi) — flower
• Sanskrit: वर्ध (vardha) — flower
• Santali: ᱜᱩᱞᱟᱹᱯ (gulăp) — flower
• Sardinian: rosa — flower
• Sardinian: arrosa — flower
• Sardinian: orrosa — flower
• Scottish Gaelic: ròs — flower
• Serbo-Croatian: ружа — flower
• Serbo-Croatian: ruža — flower
• Seychellois Creole: roz — flower
• Sicilian: rosa — flower
• Silesian: rōłza — flower
• Sindhi: گلاب (glāb) — flower
• Sinhalese: රෝස මල (rōsa mala) — flower
• Slovak: ruža — flower
• Slovene: vrtnica — flower
• Upper Sorbian: róža — flower
• Spanish: rosa — flower
• Swahili: waridi — flower
• Swedish: ros — flower
• Tagalog: rosas — flower
• Tajik: гул (gul) — flower
• Tajik: гулоб (gulob) — flower
• Tamil: ரோஜா (rōjā) — flower
• Tày: bjoóc coi — flower
• Telugu: గులాబి (gulābi) — flower
• Telugu: గులాబిపువ్వు (gulābipuvvu) — flower
• Thai: กุหลาบ (gù-làap) — flower
• Tibetan: རྒྱ་སེ (rgya se) — flower
• Turkish: gül — flower
• Ukrainian: троя́нда (trojánda) — flower
• Ukrainian: ро́за (róza) — flower
• Urdu: گلاب (gulāb) — flower
• Vietnamese: hoa hồng — flower
• Volapük: rosad — flower
• Volapük: lol — flower
• Welsh: rhosyn — flower
• Yiddish: רויז (royz) — flower
• Esperanto: rozaco — a plant or species in the rose family (Rosaceae)
• Esperanto: rozacoj — a plant or species in the rose family (Rosaceae)
• French: rosacée — a plant or species in the rose family (Rosaceae)
• French: rosacées — a plant or species in the rose family (Rosaceae)
• German: Rosengewächs — a plant or species in the rose family (Rosaceae)
• German: Rosengewächse — a plant or species in the rose family (Rosaceae)
• German: rosenblütige Pflanze — a plant or species in the rose family (Rosaceae)
• German: rosenblütige Pflanzen — a plant or species in the rose family (Rosaceae)
• Icelandic: rós — a plant or species in the rose family (Rosaceae)
• Malayalam: റോസ (ṟōsa) — a plant or species in the rose family (Rosaceae)
• Māori: rōhi — a plant or species in the rose family (Rosaceae)
• Mongolian: сарнай (sarnaj) — a plant or species in the rose family (Rosaceae)
• Romanian: rozacee — a plant or species in the rose family (Rosaceae)
• Swedish: ros — a plant or species in the rose family (Rosaceae)
• Volapük: rosadaplan — a plant or species in the rose family (Rosaceae)
• Volapük: rosadaplans — a plant or species in the rose family (Rosaceae)
• Asturian: rosa — color
• Central Bikol: rosa — color
• Breton: roz — color
• Bulgarian: розово (rozovo) — color
• Catalan: rosa — color
• Chinese Mandarin: 玫瑰色 (méiguisè) — color
• Chinese Mandarin: 玫紅 /玫红 (méihóng) — color
• Czech: růžový — color
• Czech: růžová — color
• Dutch: roze — color
• Esperanto: rozkoloro — color
• Estonian: roosa — color
• French: rose — color
• Galician: rosa — color
• Hungarian: rózsaszín — color
• Ido: rozea — color
• Indonesian: merah muda — color
• Italian: rosa — color
• Italian: rosato — color
• Japanese: 薔薇色 — color
• Japanese: バラ色 (barairo) — color
• Korean: 장미색 (jangmisaek) — color
• Latvian: sārtums — color
• Lithuanian: rožinė — color
• Malayalam: റോസ് (ṟōsŭ) — color
• Maltese: roża — color
• Marathi: गुलाबी (gulābī) — color
• Norwegian Bokmål: rosa — color
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rosa — color
• Persian: گلی (goli) — color
• Portuguese: rosa — color
• Portuguese: cor de rosa — color
• Portuguese: cravo — color
• Portuguese: cravina — color
• Romanian: trandafiriu — color
• Romanian: roz — color
• Russian: ро́зовый (rózovyj) — color
• Spanish: rosado — color
• Swahili: waridi — color
• Swedish: rosé — color
• Telugu: గులాబి (gulābi) — color
• Urdu: گلابی (gulābī) — color
• Volapük: rosadaköl — color
• Volapük: rosadared — color
• Bulgarian: дюза (djuza) — nozzle
• French: pomme — nozzle
• German: Brause — nozzle
• Italian: cipolla — nozzle
• Japanese: 散水口 (sansuiguchi) — nozzle
• Latvian: rozete — nozzle
• Macedonian: фа́сонка (fásonka) — nozzle
• Maltese: żennuna — nozzle
• Portuguese: crivo — nozzle
• Russian: сопло́ (sopló) — nozzle
• Russian: форсу́нка (forsúnka) — nozzle
• Russian: дю́за (djúza) — nozzle
• Russian: разбры́згиватель (razbrýzgivatelʹ) — nozzle
• Spanish: roseta — nozzle
• Spanish: alcachofa — nozzle