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roz

pink /ˈroz/

adjective#2706 most common

Also: rose-colored, the color pink (as a noun)

Example sentences

Rochia mea este roz.
My dress is pink.
Ea are o bicicletă roz.
She has a pink bicycle.
Copiii au desenat un porc roz.
The children drew a pink pig.
Cerul de seară avea nuanțe de roz.
The evening sky had shades of pink.
Nu-mi plac florile roz, prefer pe cele albe.
I don't like pink flowers, I prefer the white ones.
Vedea viața în roz, deși totul în jur se prăbușea.
He saw life through rose-colored glasses, even as everything around him was falling apart.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativerozroz
Genitiverozroz
Accusativerozroz
Vocativerozroz

Word family

roziupinkish, tending toward pink
trandafiriurosy, pink-hued (from trandafir, 'rose')
roz-bombonhot pink, bright candy pink
rozulthe color pink (roz used with the definite article as a neuter noun)

Etymology

Romanian took "roz" from French "rose", the color adjective meaning pink. French "rose" goes back to Latin "rosa", the word for the rose flower. The deeper origin of Latin "rosa" is disputed among scholars, so no single root can be given with confidence.

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