roos

• IPA^(key): /ɹuːz/
• Rhymes: -uːz
• Homophones: rues, ruse

roos

1. plural of roo

• Oros, or so, soor

From Dutch roos, from Middle Dutch rose, from Old French rose, from Latin rosa.

• IPA^(key): /rʊə̯s/

roos (plural rose, diminutive rosie)

1. rose

From Middle Dutch rose, from Old French rose, from Latin rosa. Doublet of roze.

• IPA^(key): /roːs/

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• Hyphenation: roos
• Rhymes: -oːs

roos f (plural rozen, diminutive roosje n)

1. rose, ornamental plant of the genus Rosa
2. (heraldry) rose, used as a heraldic charge
3. bullseye, the center of a target, as used at shooting practice
4. (uncountable) dandruff

   Synonym: hoofdroos

5. (uncountable) rash, a (reddish) affliction of the skin

• Afrikaans: roos
• Jersey Dutch: rôz
• → Caribbean Hindustani: rusi
• → Papiamentu: deros, deroos

• “roos” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

From Middle Low German rose, from Latin rosa.

roos (genitive roosi, partitive roosi)

1. rose (plant)

Declension of roos (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		roos	roosid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	roosi
genitive			rooside
partitive		roosi	roose roosisid
illative		roosi roosisse	roosidesse roosesse
inessive		roosis	roosides rooses
elative		roosist	roosidest roosest
allative		roosile	roosidele roosele
adessive		roosil	roosidel roosel
ablative		roosilt	roosidelt rooselt
translative		roosiks	roosideks rooseks
terminative		roosini	roosideni
essive		roosina	roosidena
abessive		roosita	roosideta
comitative		roosiga	roosidega

• “roos”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009