Kilo Lingo

/rəʊz/

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Coloured illustration of rose
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Translation

A beautiful garden flower with soft petals and sharp thorns on its stem, often red or pink.

Word origin

From Latin rosa, the name of the same flower, which passed into Old English.

Origin
Latin
Root
rosa
English cognates
rosy

Grammar

Gender
Pluralroses

Examples

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A single rose is a classic gift of love.

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Roses is the plural form.

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Watch out: "rose" is also the past form of the verb rise.

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This word is part of lesson 60.