rosée
French, noun/ʁo.ze/
rosée is spelled R-O-S-É-E (5 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 21,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rosée is a French feminine noun meaning “dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of rosé. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vapeur d’eau de l’atmosphère, qui se condense par le refroidissement dû au rayonnement nocturne et qui se…”.
What does rosée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedew (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of rosé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vapeur d’eau de l’atmosphère, qui se condense par le refroidissement dû au rayonnement nocturne et qui se dépose surtout sur les corps qui sont mauvais conducteurs de la chaleur. 2. Serein, rosée du soir.
noun: 1. Espace compris entre deux dents des peignes de tisserands nommés ros. ^([1]) ^([2])
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rosée
- rosées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rosée?
- /ʁo.ze/
- \ʁo.ze\
- [ʁo.ze]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rosée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rosée in French?
rosée appears 1.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).