Meaning

20 senses
  1. An element or ornament resembling a rose, especially on a wall or other surface, mostly for decorative purposes.

    розе́ттаrozɛ́tta

    an ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor

  2. An element or ornament resembling a rose, especially on a wall or other surface, mostly for decorative purposes.

    (uncommon)A rose window.

    circular window filled with tracery

  3. An imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material, worn as an ornament or symbol, especially:

    A rose-shaped arrangement awarded as a prize won in a competition (e.g., a horse show).

  4. A rose-shaped badge of support or membership (e.g., of a political party).

  5. 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).

  6. A decorative inlay surrounding the sound hole of a guitar.

  7. A red color.

  8. A rose burner.

  9. One or more whorls of leaves, clustered tightly at the base of a plant.

    розе́ттаrozɛ́tta

  10. A plant growth form in which the plant grows outward in all directions for a short distance, producing a small round shape.

  11. Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins.

    розе́ттаrozɛ́tta

  12. A flowerlike color marking, as on the leopard.

Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: rosettes
Singularrosette
Pluralrosettes

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

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