rosy

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊzi/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊzi/
Rhymes: -əʊzi

Etymology 1

From rose +‎ -y

Adjective

rosy (comparative rosier, superlative rosiest)

Rose-coloured.
- 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 2, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:
  
  If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.
Resembling rose, as in scent of perfume.
Optimistic.

Translations

rose-coloured

Armenian: վարդագույն (hy) (vardaguyn)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 薔薇色的, 蔷薇色的 (qiángwēisè de)
French: rosé (fr)
German: rosig (de)

Greek: τριανταφυλλής (el) (triantafyllís), ρόδινος (el) (ródinos)
Italian: roseo (it)
Japanese: 薔薇色の (ja) (ばらいろ）の, barairo no)
Russian: ро́зовый (ru) (rózovyj)
Volapük: rosadakölik (vo), rosadaredik (vo)

optimistic

German: rosig (de)
Greek: ρόδινος (el) (ródinos)
Hungarian: rózsás (hu)

Persian: امیدبخش‎ (omid-baxš)
Russian: ра́дужный (ru) (rádužnyj) ("'rainbowy"), ро́зовый (ru) (rózovyj)

Etymology 2

From Cockney rhyming slang, "Rosie Lee".

Alternative forms

Rosie (more common spelling, as per the etymology)

Noun

rosy (uncountable)

(slang, Britain) tea
I wish a cup of Rosy.

I fancy a cup of rosy lee.

Anagrams

Syro-, roys, sory

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈrɔsɨ]

Noun

rosy

dative singular of rosa
locative singular of rosa
nominative dual of rosa
accusative dual of rosa

Malagasy

Noun

rosy

The Russian language.

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