rosella
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Uncertain; perhaps a variant of Rosehill.
Noun edit
rosella (plural rosellas)
- A parrot belonging to any of the five to eight species in the genus Platycercus (originally specifically Platycercus eximius) which is native to Australia and nearby islands. [from 19th c.]
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 138:
- Molly […] had glimpsed a future, like a rosella, hardly seen, swooping through the high umbrellas of the bush.
Derived terms edit
- crimson rosella
- eastern rosella
- green rosella
- northern rosella
- pale-headed rosella
- western rosella
Translations edit
parrot of the genus Platycercus
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
rosella (countable and uncountable, plural rosellas)
- Alternative form of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
- 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 122:
- Rosellas, a fruit, I imagine, not very well known, we grew most successfully, its delicious sub-acid making the most splendid substitute for the English red currant; and we varied its uses by transforming the raw material into jam and jelly, and freshly-stewed fruit.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From rosa + -ella, literally “small rose”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rosella f (plural roselles)
Derived terms edit
- rosella borda
- rosella d'Islàndia
- rosella de Califòrnia
- rosella de flor petita
- rosella de l'opi
- rosella marina
- rosella morada
Further reading edit
- “rosella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “rosella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “rosella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “rosella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rosella
- rosella (parrot of the genus Platycercus)
Declension edit
| Inflection of rosella (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | rosella | rosellat | ||
| genitive | rosellan | roselloiden roselloitten rosellojen | ||
| partitive | rosellaa | roselloita roselloja | ||
| illative | rosellaan | roselloihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | rosella | rosellat | ||
| accusative | nom. | rosella | rosellat | |
| gen. | rosellan | |||
| genitive | rosellan | roselloiden roselloitten rosellojen rosellainrare | ||
| partitive | rosellaa | roselloita roselloja | ||
| inessive | rosellassa | roselloissa | ||
| elative | rosellasta | roselloista | ||
| illative | rosellaan | roselloihin | ||
| adessive | rosellalla | roselloilla | ||
| ablative | rosellalta | roselloilta | ||
| allative | rosellalle | roselloille | ||
| essive | rosellana | roselloina | ||
| translative | rosellaksi | roselloiksi | ||
| abessive | rosellatta | roselloitta | ||
| instructive | — | roselloin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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