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maceration
English
Etymology
Latin maceratio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mæs???e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
maceration (countable and uncountable, plural macerations)
- The act or process of macerating.
- 2001, Ralph E. Molnar, H. Trevor Clifford, "An Ankylosaurian Cololite from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia", in The Armored Dinosaurs, edited by Kenneth Carpenter page 404
- […] proposed that the small size of the teeth […] implied that most of the maceration of the food occurred after swallowing.
- 2001, Ralph E. Molnar, H. Trevor Clifford, "An Ankylosaurian Cololite from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia", in The Armored Dinosaurs, edited by Kenneth Carpenter page 404
Derived terms
- cryomaceration
Translations
Anagrams
- aeromantic, cameration, racemation
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rot
English
Etymology
From Middle English rotten, roten, from Old English rotian (“to rot, become corrupted, ulcerate, putrefy”), from Proto-Germanic *rut?n? (“to rot”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??t/
- (General American) IPA(key): [??t]
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /??t/
- Rhymes: -?t
- Homophone: wrought (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Verb
rot (third-person singular simple present rots, present participle rotting, simple past and past participle rotted)
- (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- (intransitive) To decline in function or utility.
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- (transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
- Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Book of Snobs
- Rot, poor bachelor, in your club.
- (transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- (dated, slang) To talk nonsense.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 37:
- Adrian thought it worth while to try out his new slang. ‘I say, you fellows, here's a rum go. Old Biffo was jolly odd this morning. He gave me a lot of pi-jaw about slacking and then invited me to tea. No rotting! He did really.’
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 37:
Synonyms
- putrefy
Derived terms
- brown rot
- potter's rot
Translations
Noun
rot (countable and uncountable, plural rots)
- The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
- Decaying matter.
- Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
- (uncountable) Verbal nonsense.
Synonyms
- (nonsense): See also Thesaurus:nonsense
Translations
Anagrams
- ORT, OTR, RTO, TOR, TRO, Tor, ort, tor
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch rot, dialectal form of rat.
Noun
rot (plural rotte)
- rat
See also
- muis
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- rout, ruat, ròt, röts
Etymology
From Middle High German r?t (“red, red-haired”), from Old High German r?t (“red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red”), from Proto-Germanic *raudaz. Cognate with German rot, Dutch rood, English red, West Frisian read, Danish rød.
Adjective
rot
- (Formazza) red
References
- “rot” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin ructus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ot
Noun
rot m (plural rots)
- belch
Related terms
- rotar
Further reading
- “rot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
See rotten
Adjective
rot (comparative rotter, superlative rotst)
- rotten, spoiled, decayed, putrid
- rotten, tedious, unkind, mean
Inflection
Noun
rot n (plural rotten, diminutive rotje n)
- rot, something rotten, something rotting
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch rotte.
Noun
rot f (plural rotten, diminutive rotje n)
- (dialectal, Northern) Alternative form of rat.
Derived terms
- oude rot
- landrot
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch rote.
Noun
rot n or f (plural rotten, diminutive rotje n)
- (military) a file (of men)
- (obsolete) multitude, band, throng
- Synonyms: drom, massa, menigte, schare
Anagrams
- tor
French
Etymology
From Latin ructus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o/
- Homophones: rhô, ros, rôt
Noun
rot m (plural rots)
- (colloquial) belch, burp
Synonyms
- renvoi
Related terms
- roter
Further reading
- “rot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin ruptus.
Adjective
rot (feminine rote)
- broken
Derived terms
- rote
Related terms
- rompi
- roture
German
Alternative forms
- roth (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle High German r?t (“red, red-haired”), from Old High German r?t (“red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red”), from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?rowd?ós, from *h?rewd?-. Compare Low German root, rod, rot, Dutch rood, English red, West Frisian read, Danish rød.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ro?t/, [?o?t(?)], [ro?t]
- Rhymes: -o?t
Adjective
rot (comparative röter or roter, superlative am rötesten or am rotesten)
- red (colour)
- (politics) red; pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense; social democratic; socialist; communist
- (politics, Germany, in particular) pertaining to the social democratic SPD or the more rigidly socialist Linke
- (possibly mildly offensive) red-haired
- (historical, possibly offensive) redskin; Native American; Indian
Declension
Synonyms
- (red-haired): rothaarig
- (redskin): rothäutig
Derived terms
Related terms
- Rot
Further reading
- “rot” in Duden online
German Low German
Adjective
rot
- Alternative spelling of root
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r??t/
- Rhymes: -??t
Etymology 1
Noun
rot n (genitive singular rots, no plural)
- unconsciousness, insensibility
Declension
Related terms
- rota
Etymology 2
See rotna
Noun
rot n (genitive singular rots, nominative plural rot)
- rot, decay, putrefaction
Declension
Related terms
- rotna
- rotinn
- rota
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
rot
- Alternative form of rote (“root”)
Etymology 2
Verb
rot
- Alternative form of roten (“to rot”)
Etymology 3
A back-formation from roten (“to rot”).
Alternative forms
- rote, root, rotte, rott
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?t/, /r??t/
Noun
rot (uncountable)
- Rotting or decomposition; the situation where something rots.
- Any disease which causes decaying and decomposition in humans.
- A disease that afflicts sheep; footrot, the rot.
Descendants
- English: rot
References
- “r??t, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-24.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wr?ts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh?ds.
Noun
rot m or f (definite singular rota or roten, indefinite plural røtter, definite plural røttene)
- root (part of a plant normally below ground level)
- root (of a tooth)
- root (of a hair)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
rot
- imperative of rote
References
- “rot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ru?t/ (example of pronunciation)
Etymology 1
From Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wr?ts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh?ds. Akin to English root.
Noun
rot f (definite singular rota, indefinite plural røter, definite plural røtene)
- root (of a plant)
- root (of a tooth)
- root (of a hair)
Inflection
Derived terms
- gulrot
- kvadratrot
- kålrot
- rotfrukt
Etymology 2
From Old Norse rót.
Noun
rot n (definite singular rotet, uncountable)
- a mess, untidiness, chaos
- Det er for mykje rot på loftet. Me må rydda.
- The attic is a mess. We have to tidy it up.
- Når me prøver å samarbeida med dei, blir det berre rot.
- When we try working with them, it just turns into chaos.
- Det er for mykje rot på loftet. Me må rydda.
References
- “rot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- ort, Tor, tor, tro
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *raud.
Adjective
r?t
- red
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: rôot
- Dutch: rood
- Afrikaans: rooi
- Limburgish: roead
- Dutch: rood
Further reading
- “r?t”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?rowd?ós, from *h?rewd?-.
Adjective
r?t
- red
Descendants
- Middle High German: r?t
- Alemannic German: rot, rout, ruat, ròt, röts (Italian Walser)
- German: rot
- Hunsrik: rod
- Luxembourgish: rout
- Mòcheno: roat
- Pennsylvania German: rot
- Vilamovian: rut
- Yiddish: ????? (royt)
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wr?ts.
Noun
r?t f
- root
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: rot
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German r?t, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz. Compare German rot, Dutch rood, English red.
Adjective
rot
- red
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?t/
Noun
rot f
- genitive plural of rota
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish r?t, from Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wr?ts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh?ds.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ru?t/
Noun
rot c
- root; the part of a plant under the surface.
- the part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place
- source; an underlying cause
- (mathematics) of a number n, a positive number which, when raised to a specified power, yields n; the square root is understood if no power is specified
- (mathematics) a zero (of a function).
- (mathematics) a designated node in a tree.
- (mathematics) curl; a measure on how fast a vector field rotates: it can be described as the cross product of del and a given vectorial field
- (computing) root directory
- (linguistics) a word from which another word is derived.
Declension
Synonyms
- källa (3)
- nollställe (5)
Related terms
- ört
See also
- rötter
- rota (sig)
Anagrams
- Tor, ort, tro
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English road.
Noun
rot
- road, street
- '2003, Mühlhäusler et al., Tok Pisin texts, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 9:
- Planti liklik rot i stap long ailan hia.
- Many little roads exist on this island.
- Planti liklik rot i stap long ailan hia.
- '2003, Mühlhäusler et al., Tok Pisin texts, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 9:
References
Tok Pisin texts: from the beginning to the present / edited by Peter Mühlhäusler, Thomas E. Dutton, Suzanne Romaine. / John Benjamins Publishing Company / Copyright 2003 / ?ISBN / page 106
Vilamovian
Etymology
From Italian rata (“installment”)
Pronunciation
Noun
r?t f (plural rota)
- installment (a kind of payment)
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