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Rose

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rose"

English

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Etymology

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Proper noun

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Rose

  1. A female given name from Germanic.
    • c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      : Act I, Scene II:
      Celia: Therefore, my sweet Rose, my dear Rose, be merry.
      Rosalind. From henceforth I will, coz, and devise sports.
    • ~1886 William Ernest Henley, A Ballade of Ladies' Names, Gleeson White:Ballades and Rondeaus, Read Books 1887, page 19:
      Sentiment hallows the vowels of Delia; /Sweet simplicity breathes from Rose;
    • 1957, Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine, Avon Books, published 1999, →ISBN, page 248:
      An aunt had arrived and her name was Rose and you could hear her voice clarion clear above the others, and you could imagine her warm and huge as a hothouse rose, exactly like her name, filling any room she sat in.
    • 1980, P. D. James, Innocent Blood, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 170:
      Rose Ducton. Rosie Ducton. Philippa Rose Palfrey. A row of books with Rose Ducton on the spine. - - - Rose. It didn't even suit her. It was a name in a catalogue: Peace, Scarlet Wonder, Albertine. She had thought that she had got used to the knowledge that nothing about her was real, not even her name.
  2. A surname from Middle English.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Rock County, Nebraska.
    2. A town and hamlet therein, in Wayne County, New York.
    3. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mayes County, Oklahoma.
    4. A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin.
  4. A community of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  5. A hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7754).

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Translations

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Noun

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Rose (plural Roses)

  1. (Ireland, informal) A regional contestant in the annual Rose of Tralee contest.
  2. (Ireland, informal) The winner of that year's contest.

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  • The contestants are usually referred to by the place they are representing, such as London Rose or Galway Rose. The winner is normally later referred to by the year she won the contest, such as "the 2009 Rose".
  • The word is sometimes written with a lower case "r".
  • More formally, the full term, Rose of Tralee is used.

Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English Rose.

Proper noun

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Rose

  1. a female given name from English

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Rose.

Danish

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Proper noun

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Rose c

  1. a surname from English.

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʁoz/
  • Audio (France, Avignon):(file)

Proper noun

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Rose f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Rose
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German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle High German rôse, from Old High German rōsa, from Latin rosa.

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Rose f (genitive Rose, plural Rosen, diminutive Röschen n or Röslein n or Röselein n)

  1. rose
  2. (heraldry) The rose as used in heraldry, on a coat of arms
  3. erysipelas
    Synonyms: Wundrose, Rotlauf, Erysipel

Declension

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Declension of Rose [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Rose die Rosen
genitive einer der Rose der Rosen
dative einer der Rose den Rosen
accusative eine die Rose die Rosen

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Serbo-Croatian: roža / рожа

Proper noun

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Rose f

  1. a female given name, variant of Rosa

Further reading

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  • “Rose” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Rose” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Rose” in Duden online
  •   Rose on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

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Rose f

  1. plural of Ros

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Rose.

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Rose (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜏ᜔ᜐ᜔)

  1. a female given name from English

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