different between roseola vs rosella

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from diminutive of Latin rosa (“a rose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??(?)?zi??l?/, /????z????l?/
• Hyphenation: ro?se?o?la

Noun

roseola (countable and uncountable, plural roseolas or roseolae)

1. (pathology) A rosy rash occurring in measles, typhoid fever, syphilis and some other diseases.
2. (medicine) The common name for roseola infantum.
3. (medicine) German measles.

Translations

References

• roseola in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• aerosol

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??(?)?z?l?/

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of Rosehill.

Noun

rosella (plural rosellas)

1. A parrot belonging to any of the five to eight species in the genus Platycercus (originally specifically Platycercus eximius) which is native to Australia and nearby islands. [from 19th c.]
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 138:

     Molly […] had glimpsed a future, like a rosella, hardly seen, swooping through the high umbrellas of the bush.

Derived terms

• crimson rosella
• eastern rosella
• green rosella
• northern rosella
• pale-headed rosella
• western rosella

Translations

See also

• lorikeet

Etymology 2

Noun

rosella (plural rosellas)

1. Alternative form of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)

Anagrams

• loreals

Catalan

Etymology

rosa +? -ella, literally “small rose”

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ro?ze.??/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ru?ze.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ro?ze.?a/

Noun

rosella f (plural roselles)

1. poppy (plant of the genus Papaver)

   Synonyms: ababol, babol, gall

Further reading

• “rosella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rosella” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “rosella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rosella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Finnish

Noun

rosella

1. rosella (parrot of the genus Platycercus)

Declension

Hypernyms

• papukaija