rosée

rosée

See also: rosee

French

Etymology 1

From Old French rosee, rousee, rosede, from a Vulgar Latin *rōsāta (“dew, mist”), from Latin rōs (“dew, moisture”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hroseh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁo.ze/

• rosée

  (file)

• Homophone: rosé

Noun

rosée f (plural rosées)

1. dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc)

Derived terms

• point de rosée

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

rosée

1. feminine singular of rosé

Further reading

• “rosée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• rosée on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Anagrams

• orées