Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en ros

rose, praiseAlso the passive of ro./ruːs/

Meaning

rose; praise

In Swedish: taggig buske (av släktet Rosa) med vackra blommor

Forms

Forms of ros
Singular, indefiniteen ros
Singular, definiterosen
Plural, indefiniterosor
Plural, definiterosorna

ros is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor ros, den stora rosen. Check another noun

Practise ros

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Is it en ros or ett ros?

ros in a sentence

  • ge en bukett rosor till sin älskade
    give a bouquet of roses to one's love
  • Spelet har fått mycket ros av kritikerna.
    The game has received much critical acclaim.
  • ris och ros
    praise and criticism (idiomatic – also the name of a readers' section in some newspapers (for commending or criticizing))

Words built with ros

  • rosenbuske rose bush

Questions

What does ros mean in English?

ros means “rose, praise”.

Is it en ros or ett ros?

It is en ros, and “the rose” is rosen.

What is the plural of ros?

The plural of ros is rosor, and the definite plural is rosorna.

Origin

From Old Swedish ros‚ from Middle Low German rose, from Latin rosa.

Nearby common words

ros is number 2,721 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary