Ros
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ros"
English
Proper noun
Ros
- A diminutive of the female given name Rosalind.
- A diminutive of the female given name Rosamund.
Anagrams
- ORS, ORs, Ors, RSO, SRO, sor
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Latin rosa; related to German rosa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roːs/
Noun
Ros f (plural Rose, diminutive Rosje)
- rose
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
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)
- honeycomb
Synonyms
- Wab
References
- 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)
- a surname
- a female given name, mostly used in compound names like Ros-Marie
Anagrams
- ors, sor