rosso

See also: Rosso and rósso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin russus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈros.so/
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Rhymes: -osso
Hyphenation: rós‧so

Adjective

rosso (feminine rossa, masculine plural rossi, feminine plural rosse, diminutive rossétto m or rossétta f or rossìno m or rossìna f, pejorative rossàccio)

red
ginger, red (of hair)
- c. 1795, Vincenzo Monti, Opere inedite e rare: di Vincenzo Monti‎, by Urbano Lampredi, published 1843, page 126:
  Costui, rosso di pel, Foscolo è detto
  He, of red hair, is called Foscolo
(figurative) incandescent, red hot
- early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto VIII”, in Inferno, lines 73–75:
  […] Ed ei mi disse: «Il foco etterno ¶ ch'entro l'affoca le dimostra rosse, ¶ come tu vedi in questo basso inferno».
  And he to me: "The fire eternal that kindles them within makes them look red, as thou beholdest in this nether Hell".

Noun

rosso m (plural rossi)

red (any of a range of colours/colors)
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto X, lines 85–87, page 158:
  Ond' io a lui: «Lo strazio e 'l grande scempio ¶ che fece l'Arbia colorata in rosso, ¶ tal orazion fa far nel nostro tempio».
  Whence I to him: "The slaughter and great carnage ¶ which have with crimson stained the Arbia, cause ¶ such orisons in our temple to be made."
any red pigment
(metonymically, sometimes derogatory) a Socialist or Communist
(heraldry) gules

Derived terms

arrossare
arrossire
rossastro
rosseggiare
Rossella
rossese
rossetta
rossetto
rossezza
rossigno
rossoblù
rosso di sera, bel tempo si spera
rossola
rossonero
rossore

Related terms

rubro
rufo

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