name
Meaning 1
A female given name from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
rosette
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ɹəʊˈzɛt/
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US: /ɹoʊˈzɛt/
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CMU ARPABET: R AH0 S EH1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An element or ornament resembling a rose, especially on a wall or other surface, mostly for decorative purposes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
Meaning 3
An element or ornament resembling a rose, especially on a wall or other surface, mostly for decorative purposes.
A rose window.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
Topics: architecture
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noun
Meaning 4
An imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material, worn as an ornament or symbol, especially:
A rose-shaped arrangement awarded as a prize won in a competition (e.g., a horse show).
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noun
Meaning 5
An imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material, worn as an ornament or symbol, especially:
A rose-shaped badge of support or membership (e.g., of a political party).
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noun
Meaning 6
An imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material, worn as an ornament or symbol, especially:
A small rose-shaped ornament worn as a symbol of an honorific order or military decoration, typically presented with a medal or in place of a medal (e.g., as a lapel button).
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noun
Meaning 7
A decorative inlay surrounding the sound hole of a guitar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 8
A red color.
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Synonyms: roset
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noun
Meaning 9
A rose burner.
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noun
Meaning 10
One or more whorls of leaves, clustered tightly at the base of a plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 11
A plant growth form in which the plant grows outward in all directions for a short distance, producing a small round shape.
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Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 12
Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Meaning 13
A flowerlike color marking, as on the leopard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Meaning 14
A floral pattern in latte art.
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Synonyms: rosetta
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noun
Meaning 15
A clustered formation of tumor cells.
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Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 16
A thin, cookie-like, deep-fried Scandinavian pastry, made using an iron, which resembles a rose blossom.
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Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 17
A rose shape piped using frosting, most commonly buttercream.
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Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 18
A form of knot.
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noun
Meaning 19
A disc formed by throwing water on molten metal.
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Synonyms: rondelle
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noun
Meaning 20
A rosette sampler.
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Topics: geography, natural-sciences, oceanography
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noun
Meaning 21
Synonym of worm-star.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: worm-star
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noun
Meaning 22
an ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: adornment
noun
Meaning 23
circular window filled with tracery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rose window
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Broader terms: window
noun
Meaning 24
a cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: leaf, leafage, foliage
noun
Meaning 25
rhizoctinia disease of potatoes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: little potato, russet scab, stem canker
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Broader terms: rhizoctinia disease
History
Etymology
From French Rosette. By surface analysis, Rose + -ette. Piecewise doublet of Rosetta.
Etymology tree Proto-Iranian *wardahder.? Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon)bor.? Latin rosalbor. Old French rose Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Old French rosete Middle French rosettebor. ▲ French rosetteinflu. English rosette Borrowed from Middle French rosette (in sense 15) and (modern) French rosette. By surface analysis, rose + -ette.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: розетка (rozetka) — architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose
- Czech: rozeta — architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose
- Czech: růžice — architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose
- Finnish: ruusuke — architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose
- Norwegian: rosett — architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose
- Polish: rozeta — architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose
- Russian: розе́тта (rozɛ́tta) — architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose
- Serbo-Croatian: розета — architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose
- Slovene: rozeta — architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose
- Bulgarian: розетка (rozetka) — imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material
- Czech: rozeta — imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material
- Czech: růžice — imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material
- Finnish: ruusuke — imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material
- French: cocarde — imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material
- Italian: coccarda — imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material
- Norwegian: rosett — imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material
- Polish: rozeta — imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material
- Russian: розе́тта (rozɛ́tta) — imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material
- Serbo-Croatian: розета — imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material
- Spanish: escarapela — imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material
- Serbo-Croatian: ружичаста — A red color
- Czech: růžice — botany: one or more whorls of leaves
- Finnish: ruusuke — botany: one or more whorls of leaves
- Russian: розе́тта (rozɛ́tta) — botany: one or more whorls of leaves
- Serbo-Croatian: розета — botany: one or more whorls of leaves
- Czech: růžice — botany: type of plant growth
- Finnish: ruusuke — botany: type of plant growth
- Serbo-Croatian: розета — botany: type of plant growth
- Finnish: ruusuke — zoology: structure having a flowerlike form
- Russian: розе́тта (rozɛ́tta) — zoology: structure having a flowerlike form
- Serbo-Croatian: розета — zoology: structure having a flowerlike form
- Finnish: täplä — zoology: flowerlike color marking
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