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rosette en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɹoʊˈzɛt/ (US)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ɹəʊˈzɛt/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Iranian *wardahder.? Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon)bor.? Latin rosalbor. Old French rose Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Old French rosete Middle French rosettebor. ▲ French rosetteinflu. English rosette Borrowed from Middle French rosette (in sense 15) and (modern) French rosette. By surface analysis, rose + -ette.

Meanings

  1. An element or ornament resembling a rose, especially on a wall or other surface, mostly for decorative purposes.
  2. (uncommon) An element or ornament resembling a rose, especially on a wall or other surface, mostly for decorative purposes. ▸ A rose window.
  3. An imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material, worn as an ornament or symbol, especially: ▸ A rose-shaped arrangement awarded as a prize won in a competition (e.g., a horse show).
  4. An imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material, worn as an ornament or symbol, especially: ▸ A rose-shaped badge of support or membership (e.g., of a political party).
  5. An imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material, worn as an ornament or symbol, especially: ▸ A small rose-shaped ornament worn as a symbol of an honorific order or military decoration, typically presented with a medal or in place of a medal (e.g., as a lapel button).
  6. A decorative inlay surrounding the sound hole of a guitar.
  7. A red color.
  8. A rose burner.
  9. One or more whorls of leaves, clustered tightly at the base of a plant.
  10. A plant growth form in which the plant grows outward in all directions for a short distance, producing a small round shape.
  11. Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins.
  12. A flowerlike color marking, as on the leopard.
  13. A floral pattern in latte art.
  14. A clustered formation of tumor cells.
  15. A thin, cookie-like, deep-fried Scandinavian pastry, made using an iron, which resembles a rose blossom.
  16. A rose shape piped using frosting, most commonly buttercream.
  17. A form of knot.
  18. A disc formed by throwing water on molten metal.
    • It is a high rocke betweene two Bayes of the Sea, wherein the Copper is conioyned with the ſtone, very faire and very pure, ſuch as is that which is called Rozette Copper [translating cuivre de rozette]. [1609, [Marc Lescarbot], translated by P[ierre] Erondelle, “The leauing of Port du Moutton: […]”, in Noua Francia: Or The Description of That Part of Neuu France, Which Is One Continent with Virginia. […], London: […] Georgii Bishop, page 13:
  19. A rosette sampler.
  20. Synonym of worm-star.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
roset alternative, obsolete lexicographic
rosettes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

rosette burner · rosetted · rosetting · pseudorosette · rosettelike · rosette scan · nanorosette · rosette sampler · rosette seeker · rosette bok choy · Homer-Wright rosette

Relateds

rose

Synonyms

worm-star · rosetta · rondelle · roset

Translations (32)

ru розе́тта (architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose) · fi ruusuke (imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material) · fi ruusuke (zoology: structure having a flowerlike form) · ru розе́тта (botany: one or more whorls of leaves) · fi ruusuke (botany: one or more whorls of leaves) · fi ruusuke (botany: type of plant growth) · cs rozeta (imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material) · cs růžice (imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material) · sh ружичаста (A red color) · ru розе́тта (zoology: structure having a flowerlike form) · sh розета (botany: type of plant growth) · fr cocarde (imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material) · ru розе́тта (imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material) · cs rozeta (architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose) · sl rozeta (architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose) · no rosett (architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose) · pl rozeta (architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose) · cs růžice (architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose) · sh розета (botany: one or more whorls of leaves) · es escarapela (imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material) · fi täplä (zoology: flowerlike color marking) · pl rozeta (imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material) · sh розета (imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material) · bg розетка (imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material) · sh розета (architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose) · cs růžice (botany: one or more whorls of leaves) · fi ruusuke (architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose) · cs růžice (botany: type of plant growth) · it coccarda (imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material) · no rosett (imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material) · sh розета (zoology: structure having a flowerlike form) · bg розетка (architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose)

wikipedia: latte art