rosse
French, noun
rosse is spelled R-O-S-S-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 66,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rosse is a French feminine noun meaning “nag (old useless horse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of rosser. With an accent, rossé is a different word: “past participle of rosser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cheval sans force, sans vigueur”.
What does rosse mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfemininenag (old useless horse)
- 2
derogatoryfemininea bitch, a harpy or cow
- 3
derogatoryfemininea bastard or asshole
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of rosser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cheval sans force, sans vigueur. 2. Personne maligne et dure, méchante.
adjective: 1. Dur, intransigeant, mauvais, méchant, sévère. → voir vachard, vache
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 rosse
- rosses plural
- rossée feminine
- rossés masculine plural
- rossées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rosse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rosse in French?
rosse appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).