ross

See also: Ross and Roß

English

Pronunciation
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Etymology 1

Noun

ross (uncountable)

  1. (US, dialectal) The rough, scaly surface on the bark of trees.

Verb

ross (third-person singular simple present rosses, present participle rossing, simple past and past participle rossed)

  1. (US, dialectal, transitive) To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface.
    to ross bark

Etymology 2

Noun

ross (plural rosses)

  1. (Britain, dialectal) A swamp.

Anagrams

Cimbrian

Noun

ross n

  1. horse

References
  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Faroese
føroyskt ross - Faroese horse

Etymology

From Old Norse hross, from Proto-Germanic *hursaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kers- (“run”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɹɔsː/

Noun

ross n (genitive singular ross, plural ross)

  1. horse (Equus caballus)

Declension
n11 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ross rossið ross rossini
Accusative ross rossið ross rossini
Dative rossi rossinum rossum rossunum
Genitive ross rossins rossa rossanna

Hyponyms

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic أَرُزّ‎ (ʾaruzz), from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza).

Noun

ross m

  1. rice
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