rosette

See also: Rosette and rôsette

English

WOTD – 16 June 2009

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Middle French rosette (in sense 15) and (modern) French rosette.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹəʊˈzɛt/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ɹoʊˈzɛt/
    • Audio (General Australian):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛt

    Noun

    rosette (plural rosettes)

    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.
    15. A disc formed by throwing water on molten metal. [from 1609][1]
      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].]
    16. (oceanography) A rosette sampler.
    17. (pathology) Synonym of worm-star.

    Derived terms

    Translations

    References

    1. ^ rosette, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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    French

    Etymology

  • Inherited from Middle French rosette, from Old French rosete, from rose + -ete. By surface analysis, rose +‎ -ette.

    Pronunciation

    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

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    Italian

    Noun

    rosette f

    1. plural of rosetta

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    Middle French

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

  • Inherited from Old French rosete, from rose + -ete. 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

    References

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