rossa

From Vulgar Latin *rossa.

• ròssa (pre-2016)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈrɔ.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈrɔ.sa]

rossa f (plural rosses)

1. (dialectal) horse
2. a horse, ass, or mule that is skinny, old, and useless; a nag, a hack
3. an old, worn-out, useless person
4. carrion

   Synonym: carronya

• rossam (“herd of horses”)
• rossí (“nag”)

• rossegar (“to drag”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈro.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈro.sa]

rossa

1. feminine singular of ros

rossa f (plural rosses)

1. female equivalent of ros (“blond person”)

• “rossa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “rossa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “rossa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rossa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

rossa

1. feminine singular of ros

rossa

1. third-person singular past historic of rosser

• IPA^(key): /ˈros.sa/
• Rhymes: -ossa
• Hyphenation: rós‧sa

rossa

1. feminine singular of rosso

rossa f sg

1. feminine singular of russo

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rossa

1. feminine singular of ros