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rosette¹
- /ɹəʊˈzɛt/ UK
- /ɹoʊˈzɛt/ US
Rhymes with -ɛt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French rosette (in sense 15) and (modern) French rosette. By surface analysis, rose + -ette.
noun rosettes · roset
- An element or ornament resembling a rose, especially on a wall or other surface, mostly for decorative purposes.
- A rose window.
- A rose-shaped arrangement awarded as a prize won in a competition (e.g., a horse show).
- A rose-shaped badge of support or membership (e.g., of a political party).
- 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).
- A decorative inlay surrounding the sound hole of a guitar or a viol.
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A red color.
Similar: roset
- A rose burner.
- One or more whorls of leaves, clustered tightly at the base of a plant.
- A plant growth form in which the plant grows outward in all directions for a short distance, producing a small round shape.
- Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins.
- A flowerlike color marking, as on the leopard.
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A floral pattern in latte art.
Similar: rosetta
- A clustered formation of tumor cells.
- A thin, cookie-like, deep-fried Scandinavian pastry, made using an iron, which resembles a rose blossom.
- A rose shape piped using frosting, most commonly buttercream.
- A form of knot.
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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].
Similar: rondelle
- A rosette sampler.
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Synonym of worm-star.
Similar: worm-star
Rosette²
Where it comes from
From French Rosette. By surface analysis, Rose + -ette. Piecewise doublet of Rosetta.
proper noun
- A female given name from French. The wedding of Miss Rosette Sipley Ford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Ward Ford of Washington Avenue, to Arklay King of Garrison-on-the-Hudson took place in the Church of the Redeemer here to-day.
Translations
Every language
noun architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose
| Русский | розе́тта rozɛ́tta |
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noun imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material
| Español | escarapela |
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| Français | cocarde |
| Italiano | coccarda |
| Русский | розе́тта rozɛ́tta |
noun botany: one or more whorls of leaves
| Русский | розе́тта rozɛ́tta |
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noun zoology: structure having a flowerlike form
| Русский | розе́тта rozɛ́tta |
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title = {rosette},
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year = {2026},
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