different between ross vs roes

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

ross (uncountable)

1. (US, dialect) The rough, scaly surface on the bark of trees.

Verb

ross (third-person singular simple present rosses, present participle rossing, simple past and past participle rossed)

1. (US, dialect, transitive) To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface.

   to ross bark

Etymology 2

Noun

ross (plural rosses)

1. (Britain, dialect) A swamp.

Anagrams

• RSOs, SROs, sors

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German ros, from Old High German ros, hros, from Proto-West Germanic *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hruss? (“horse”). Cognate with German Ross, English horse.

Noun

ross n (diminutive rössle)

1. (Luserna) horse

References

• “ross” 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

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hross, from Proto-Germanic *hursaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kers- (“run”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s?/

Noun

ross n (genitive singular ross, plural ross)

1. horse (Equus caballus)

Declension

Hyponyms

• hestur (stallion)
• ryssa (mare)

Lombard

Etymology

From rosso.

Adjective

ross

1. red

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (ruzz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?s/

Noun

ross m

1. rice

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??z

Noun

roes

1. plural of roe

Anagrams

• 'orse, EROS, Eros, Rose, eros, ores, orse, rose, rosé, sero-, sore, öres

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to ruisen (“to clangour, to din”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rus/
• Hyphenation: roes
• Rhymes: -us

Noun

roes m (plural roezen, diminutive roesje n)

1. intoxication
2. haze

3. high

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

roes

1. passive form of roe

Spanish

Verb

roes

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of roer.