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)

• “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