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rosette: rosette; rosette (decorative inlay surrounding the sound hole of a guitar); a french saucisson originating from Lyon; the rosy footman; an insignia worn by officers of the Légion d'Honneur
rosicrucianisme: Rosicrucianism
rosicrucien: Rosicrucian
rosier: rosebush
rosir: to blush; to become or make pink
rosissement: pinking (becoming pink)
rosisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of rosir
rosière: a young, virtuous girl
rosiériste: rose cultivator
rosolique: rosolic
rosse: nag (old useless horse); a bitch, a harpy or cow; a bastard or asshole
rosser: to beat; to hammer, to thrash, to defeat
rosserie: nastiness, malice; insult, sarcastic comment
rossignol: nightingale; picklock, skeleton key; piece of junk
rossignolade: birdsong of the nightingale
rossignole: female nightingale
rossignoler: (singing) to sing like a nightingale; to pick (a lock)
rossignolet: young nightingale
rostral: rostral
rostralement: rostrally
rosâtre: pinkish
rosé: pinkish
rosé: rosé (a pale pink wine)
rosée: dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc)
roséole: roseola
rot: belch, burp
rotarien: Rotarian
rotarien: Rotarian
rotateur: rotatory
rotateur: rotator (muscle)
rotatif: rotary; rotating, revolving, rotative
rotation: rotation
rotationnel: curl
rotationnel: rotational
rotative: rotary press
rotativiste: rotary press operator
rotatoire: rotary
rote: rote (musical instrument)
rotengle: rudd
roter: to belch; to burp
roteux: hot dog Named after its tendency to cause burps (rots) after eating.
rotifère: rotiferous
rotin: rattan
rotogravure: rotogravure
rotond: rotund, round (shape)
rotonde: rotunda
rotondité: roundness; rotundity
rotor: rotor
rotoïde: rotational
rotrouenge: a recognized type of lyric poetry during the Middle Ages with unknown characteristics
rottweiler: Rottweiler (dog)
rotule: kneecap; ball-and-socket joint
rotulien: patellar
roture: a landholding in New France, immediately below the level of seigneurie, and typically between 40 and 200 square arpents in size
roturier: common; not noble
roturier: commoner
roturièrement: commonly (not nobly)
roténone: rotenone
rouable: A wooden, rakelike tool used to spread crêpe batter on a bilig.
rouage: wheel (in a machine), cog; machinery (of an administration etc.); the parts, works; the workings