Latvian

Proper noun

Roze m

1. A patronymic surname​.

Dutch

Adjective

roze ‎(comparative rozer, superlative meest roze or rozest)

1. pink.

Inflection

See also

Japanese

Romanization

roze

1. rōmaji reading of ロゼ

Latvian

Rozes

Etymology

A borrowing from Middle Low German rōse, or from Middle Dutch rōse (compare German Rose), themselves borrowings from Latin rosa. The word was also apparently borrowed into Latin (via Ancient Greek) from Old Persian. In Latvian texts this word is first mentioned in the 16th century, apparently as a general word for “(garden) flower” or “(bright-colored) flower” — as a synonym of puķe ‎(“flower”), a sense still found in folk songs. The meaning was restricted to “rose” only in the 17th century. The sense “erysipelas” was first attested in the 18th century.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rūōzɛ]

Noun

roze f (5th declension)

1. rose (decorative shrub, gen. Rosa, with beautiful flowers and thorny stems)

   mīkstā roze‎ ― soft rose

   pelēkzilā roze‎ ― gray-blue rose

   audzēt rozes'‎ ― to grow roses

   rožu dārzs‎ ― rose garden

   rožu eļļa‎ ― rose oil

2. rose (a flower from this shrub)

   balta, sārta, dzeltena roze‎ ― white, pink, yellow rose

   'pasniegt rozes‎ ― to offer, give roses

   rožu pušķis — a rose bouquet

3. erysipelas (severe skin disease caused by streptococcus infection)

   rozi izraisa strutas radošās baktērijas, visbiežāk streptokoki‎ ― erysipela is caused by pus-generating bacteria, usually streptococci

Declension

Related terms

• rozā
• rozīgs
• rožains

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “roze”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Romanian

Noun

roze

1. plural of roză