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roș
red /ˈroʃ/
adjective#2237 most common
Also: ruddy, red-colored
Example sentences
Mărul este roș.
The apple is red.
Am cules un mac roș din câmp.
I picked a red poppy from the field.
Calul roș aleargă repede pe câmpie.
The red horse runs fast across the plain.
Soarele roș asfințea încet peste deal.
The red sun was setting slowly over the hill.
Florile roșii din grădină înfloresc primăvara.
The red flowers in the garden bloom in spring.
Foaie verde, mărul roș, cine trece pe la noi?
Green leaf, the red apple, who is passing by our house?
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | roș (m.) / roșie (f.) | roși (m.) / roșii (f.) |
| Genitive | roș (m.) / roșie (f.) | roși (m.) / roșii (f.) |
| Accusative | roș (m.) / roșie (f.) | roși (m.) / roșii (f.) |
| Vocative | roș (m.) / roșie (f.) | roși (m.) / roșii (f.) |
Word family
roșured (standard modern form)
roșcatreddish, ginger-haired
înroșito turn red, to redden
roșeațăredness, blush
roșietomatoEtymology
Roș comes from Latin russus, meaning red. It is a shortened, older form of the standard Romanian word roșu, kept alive mainly in regional speech and in the fixed lines of traditional folk songs. Poets and singers favored the clipped form because it fit the meter of verse more easily than the longer roșu.
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