рос-

See also: рос, poc, POC, PoC, póc, and poç

Russian

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • ро́з- (róz-)not before a voiceless consonant

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈros]

Prefix

ро́с- • (rós-)

  1. Stressed equivalent of рас- (ras-). Found primarily in deverbal nouns.
    рассыпа́ть (rassypátʹ, to strew)ро́ссыпь (róssypʹ, (geological) deposit)
    распуска́ть (raspuskátʹ, to dissolve)ро́спуск (róspusk, dissolution)
    расписа́ть (raspisátʹ, to paint, to decorate)ро́спись (róspisʹ, painting, mural)
    рассказа́ть (rasskazátʹ, to tell, to narrate)ро́ссказни (rósskazni, tale, yarn (colloquial))
    рас- (ras-) + deverbal from черка́ть (čerkátʹ, to scratch, to mark (colloquial))ро́счерк (rósčerk, flourish)
Usage notes

Etymology 2

Shortening of Россия (Rossija).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rəs]

Prefix

рос- • (ros-)

  1. Russian (used in the names of companies or organizations)
Derived terms
  • Росавиация (Rosaviacija, Federal Air Transport Agency)
  • Росатом (Rosatom, State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom)
  • Росгва́рдия (Rosgvárdija, Rosgvardia, National Guard of Russia)
  • Росгосстрах (Rosgosstrax, Russian insurance company)
  • Росздравнадзор (Roszdravnadzor, Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare)
  • Роскомнадзо́р (Roskomnadzór, Roskomnadzor)
  • Роско́смос (Roskósmos, Roskosmos)
  • Росмолодёжшь (Rosmolodjóžšʹ, Federal Agency for Youth Affairs)
  • Росне́дра (Rosnédra, Federal Agency for Mineral Resources)
  • Роснефть (Rosneftʹ)
  • Роспатент (Rospatent, Federal Service for Intellectual Property)
  • Роспечать (Rospečatʹ, Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications)
  • Роспотребнадзор (Rospotrebnadzor, Rospotrebnadzor, Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare)
  • Росреестр (Rosrejestr, The Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography)
  • Россотру́дничество (Rossotrúdničestvo, "Russo-Colleagueship", Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation)
  • Росстандарт (Rosstandart, Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology)
  • Росстат (Rosstat, Federal State Statistics Service)
  • Ростелеком (Rostelekom)
  • Ростехнадзо́р (Rostexnadzór)
  • Росэнерго (Rosɛnergo, Federal Agency for Energy)
See also

(other prefixes for Russia)

  • ру́сско- (rússko-)
  • ру́со- (rúso-)
  • росси́йско- (rossíjsko-)

(similar prefixes for other countries, states, and regions)

  • бел- (bel-) (Belarus)
  • каз- (kaz-) (Kazakhstan)
  • сов- (sov-) (Soviet Union)
  • укр (ukr), укр- (ukr-) (Ukraine)

(related to a government, especially the Russian government)

  • гос- (gos-)