different between russeting vs russet

English

Alternative forms

• russetting

Etymology

russet +? -ing

Noun

russeting (countable and uncountable, plural russetings)

1. Russet (a coarse reddish fabric).
2. Russet (a kind of apple).
3. Early season damage to citrus fruit caused by rust mites.

Verb

russeting

1. present participle of russet

English

Etymology

From Middle English russet, from Anglo-Norman russet, rossat, roset, and Middle French rosset, rousset (“reddish, reddish-brown; a rough wool cloth”), from Middle French rous, rus (“to rouse”) + -et (“suffix indicating diminution”); compare Late Latin rossetum, russetum, russeta (“rough wool cloth”), Latin russus (“red”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h?rewd?- (“red”)), Occitan rosseta (“rough wool cloth”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: r?s??t, IPA^(key): /???s?t/
• Rhymes: -?s?t
• Hyphenation: rus?set

Noun

russet (countable and uncountable, plural russets)

1. A reddish-brown color.
2. A coarse, reddish-brown, homespun fabric; clothes made with such fabric.
3. A variety of apple with rough, russet-colored skin.

   Synonym: russeting

   Coordinate term: reinette
4. A variety of potato with rough, dark gray-brown skin.

Translations

Adjective

russet (comparative more russet, superlative most russet)

1. Having a reddish-brown color.
2. (archaic) Gray or ash-colored.
3. Rustic, homespun, coarse, plain.
4. The condition of leather when its treatment is complete, but it is not yet colored (stained) and polished.
5. (botany) Having a rough skin that is reddish-brown or greyish; russeted.

Translations

Verb

russet (third-person singular simple present russets, present participle russeting or russetting, simple past and past participle russeted or russetted)

1. (transitive, intransitive, of apples, pears, etc.) To develop reddish-brown spots; to cause russeting.

Derived terms

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• russet (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Suters, estrus, struse, surest, tusser

German

Pronunciation

Verb

russet

1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of rußet.