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roseau.

common reed (Phragmites australis)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʁo.zo/

  1. common reed (Phragmites australis)

    masculine

  2. any reed

    broadly · masculine

  3. quill, feather pen

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old French rosel (“reed”), a derivative of Old French ros (“reed, tooth of a weaver's comb”), from Frankish *rausa (“reed”), from Proto-Germanic *rausą, *rauzą (“pipe, reed, shaft, tube”), from Proto-Indo-European *er- (“to move, excite, grow”). The base word survives as the obsolete ros (“weaver's comb”). Cognate with Old High German rōr (“pipe”) (German Rohr (“tube”)), Old Norse reyrr (“reed”) (Danish rør (“reed, pipe, tube”)), Old English rysc (“reed, rush”). More at rush.

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