rosy

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊzi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊzi/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʉzi/

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• Rhymes: -əʊzi

Etymology 1

From Middle English rosy; equivalent to rose +‎ -y.

Adjective

rosy (comparative rosier, superlative rosiest)

1. Rose-coloured.
   • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 2, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:

     If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.

2. Resembling rose, as in scent of perfume.
3. (figuratively) Optimistic.

Derived terms

• everything in the garden is rosy
• everything is rosy in the garden
• paint a rosy picture
• rosy barb
• rosy boa
• rosy-cheeked
• rosy drop
• rosy feather star
• rosy-lipped batfish
• rosy marsh moth
• rosy minivet
• rosy pastor
• rosy periwinkle
• rosy-red
• rosy-red minnow
• rosy rustic
• rosy starling
• rosy tern
• rosy wave

 

Translations

rose-coloured

• Armenian: վարդագույն (hy) (vardaguyn)
• Bulgarian: розов (bg) (rozov)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薔薇色的／蔷薇色的 (zh) (qiángwēisè de)

• French: rosé (fr)
• German: rosig (de)
• Greek: τριανταφυλλής (el) (triantafyllís), ρόδινος (el) (ródinos)

  Ancient: ῥοδίνος (rhodínos)

• Italian: roseo (it)
• Japanese: 薔薇色の (ja) (ばらいろの, barairo no)
• Latin: roseus
• Russian: ро́зовый (ru) (rózovyj)
• Swedish: rosig (sv), rosenröd (sv)
• Ukrainian: роже́вий (rožévyj)
• Volapük: rosadakölik (vo), rosadaredik (vo)

optimistic

• Bulgarian: радостен (bg) (radosten), оптимистичен (bg) (optimističen)
• German: rosig (de)
• Greek: ρόδινος (el) (ródinos)
• Hungarian: rózsás (hu)
• Persian: امیدبخش (omid-baxš)
• Russian: ра́дужный (ru) (rádužnyj) ("'rainbowy"), ро́зовый (ru) (rózovyj)
• Spanish: halagüeño (es)
• Swedish: rosenröd (sv), rosenskimrande (sv)
• Ukrainian: ра́йдужний (rájdužnyj, literally “rainbow”)

Verb

rosy (third-person singular simple present rosies, present participle rosying, simple past and past participle rosied)

1. (transitive) To make pinkish in colour.
   • 2014, Lynn Viehl, Disenchanted & Co.:

     Two flags of color rosied the jut of his cheekbones, giving him an unexpectedly boyish look.

2. (transitive) To present in a deceptively optimistic or positive light.
   • 2003, Mary Abbott, Family Affairs:

     In suburban Kent, the owners of the Chislehurst Caves recognised their potential as communal shelters. Nottingham people used the caves under the castle. Retrospect has rosied the accounts of shelter life.

Etymology 2

Alternative form of Rosie, an ellipsis of Rosie Lee.

Noun

rosy (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of Rosie (“tea”).

   I fancy a cup of rosy.

Anagrams

• Syro-, roys, sory

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrosɪ]

Noun

rosy f

1. genitive singular of rosa

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɔsɨ]

Noun

rosy

1. dative singular of rosa
2. locative singular of rosa
3. nominative dual of rosa
4. accusative dual of rosa

Malagasy

Noun

rosy

1. The Russian language.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.sɨ/
• Rhymes: -ɔsɨ
• Syllabification: ro‧sy

Noun

rosy f

1. inflection of rosa:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural