rosette

See also: Rosette and rôsette

English

WOTD – 16 June 2009

A rosette made of ribbon.

An architectural rosette.

Alternative forms

• roset

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Iranian *wardahder.?

Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon)bor.?

Latin rosalbor.

Old French rose

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Latin -ittus

Old French -ete

Old French rosete

Middle French rosettebor.

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French rosetteinflu.

English rosette

Borrowed from Middle French rosette (in sense 15) and (modern) French rosette. By surface analysis, rose +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊˈzɛt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈzɛt/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

rosette (plural rosettes)

A rosette pattern in latte art.

rosette pastries

1. (architecture) An element or ornament resembling a rose, especially on a wall or other surface, mostly for decorative purposes.
   1. (architecture, now uncommon) A rose window.
2. An imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material, worn as an ornament or symbol, especially:
   1. A rose-shaped arrangement awarded as a prize won in a competition (e.g., a horse show).
   2. A rose-shaped badge of support or membership (e.g., of a political party).
   3. 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).
3. (music) A decorative inlay surrounding the sound hole of a guitar.
4. A red color.

   Synonym: roset

5. A rose burner.
6. (botany) One or more whorls of leaves, clustered tightly at the base of a plant.
7. (botany) A plant growth form in which the plant grows outward in all directions for a short distance, producing a small round shape.
8. (zoology) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins.
9. (zoology) A flowerlike color marking, as on the leopard.
10. A floral pattern in latte art.

    Synonym: rosetta

11. (medicine) A clustered formation of tumor cells.
12. (cooking) A thin, cookie-like, deep-fried Scandinavian pastry, made using an iron, which resembles a rose blossom.
13. (cooking) A rose shape piped using frosting, most commonly buttercream.
14. A form of knot.
16. A disc formed by throwing water on molten metal. [from 1609]

    Synonym: rondelle

    • [1609, [Marc Lescarbot], translated by P[ierre] Erondelle, “The leauing of Port du Moutton: […]”, in Noua Francia: Or The Description of That Part of Neuu France, Which Is One Continent with Virginia. […], London: […] Georgii Bishop, page 13:

      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].]

17. (oceanography) A rosette sampler.
18. (pathology) Synonym of worm-star.

Derived terms

• Homer-Wright rosette
• nanorosette
• pseudorosette
• rosette bok choy
• rosette burner
• rosetted
• rosettelike
• rosette sampler
• rosette scan
• rosette seeker
• rosetting

Related terms

• rose

Translations

architecture: element or ornament resembling a rose

• Bulgarian: розетка (bg) f (rozetka)
• Czech: rozeta f, růžice f
• Finnish: ruusuke (fi)
• Norwegian: rosett m
• Polish: rozeta (pl) f
• Russian: розе́тта (ru) f (rozɛ́tta)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: розета f

• Slovene: rozeta f

imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material

• Bulgarian: розетка (bg) f (rozetka)
• Czech: rozeta f, růžice f
• Finnish: ruusuke (fi)
• French: cocarde (fr) f
• Italian: coccarda (it) f
• Norwegian: rosett m
• Polish: rozeta (pl) f
• Russian: розе́тта (ru) f (rozɛ́tta)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: розета f

A red color

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ружичаста

rose burner — see rose burner

botany: one or more whorls of leaves

• Czech: růžice f
• Finnish: ruusuke (fi)
• Russian: розе́тта (ru) f (rozɛ́tta)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: розета f

botany: type of plant growth

• Czech: růžice f
• Finnish: ruusuke (fi)
• Serbo-Croatian: розета

zoology: structure having a flowerlike form

• Finnish: ruusuke (fi)
• Russian: розе́тта (ru) f (rozɛ́tta)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: розета f

zoology: flowerlike color marking

• Finnish: täplä (fi)

References

• “rosette”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• tetrose

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French rosette. By surface analysis, rose +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁo.zɛt/

• Audio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)):

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• Audio (France (Agen)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

rosette f (plural rosettes)

1. rosette
2. (music) rosette (decorative inlay surrounding the sound hole of a guitar)
3. a french saucisson originating from Lyon
4. the rosy footman
5. an insignia worn by officers of the Légion d'Honneur

Descendants

• → Polish: rozeta
• → Turkish: rozet

Further reading

• “rosette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• tétrose

Italian

Noun

rosette f

1. plural of rosetta

Anagrams

• estorte, resetto, resettò, setterò, settore, testerò, testore

Middle French

Alternative forms

• rosete

Etymology

Inherited from Old French rosete. By surface analysis, rose +‎ -ette.

Noun

rosette f (plural rosettes)

1. diminutive of rose
2. rosette (ornamental imitation of a rose)
3. red spot

Descendants

• French: rosette
• → English: rosette

References

• rosette on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)