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rosse

1. inflection of ros:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

• sores

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔs/

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From Middle French rosse, from Old French roche, *rosse (“bad horse”), from Old Frankish *hross (“horse”), from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse, steed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Cognate with Old High German hros, ros (“horse, steed”), Old English hors (“horse”). More at horse.

rosse f (plural rosses)

1. (derogatory, of a woman) a bitch, a harpy or cow
2. (derogatory, of a man) a bastard or asshole

From rosser.

rosse

1. inflection of rosser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “rosse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• essor, roses

• IPA^(key): /ˈros.se/
• Rhymes: -osse
• Hyphenation: rós‧se

rosse f pl

1. feminine plural of rosso

• sorse

rosse f pl

1. feminine plural of russo

Borrowed from French rosse, from Old French roche, *rosse (“bad horse”), from Frankish *hros (“horse”), from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse, steed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).

rosse f (plural rosses)

1. (Jersey) nasty person