roseta
Portuguese, noun/ʁoˈze.tɐ/
roseta is spelled R-O-S-E-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Roseta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rowel (small spiked wheel on the end of a spur)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of rosetar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nó de fita em forma de rosa”.
What does roseta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerowel (small spiked wheel on the end of a spur)
- 2
femininerosette (imitation of a rose used as an ornament or badge)
- 3
femininerosette (type of plant growth)
- 4
femininerosette (flowerlike color marking, as on the leopard)
- 5
femininerosette (ornament in the form of a rose or roundel)
- 6
femininesynonym of rosácea (“rose window”)
- 7
femininesound hole (opening in a stringed musical instrument)
- 8
femininea small plant with thorny seeds
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nó de fita em forma de rosa 2. peça circular da espora, em forma de estrela, que espeta a montaria quando acionada 3. diz-se das folhas distribuídas em uma porção muito curta do caule, dispostas espiraladamente
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of roseta
- rosetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce roseta?
- Brazil /ʁoˈze.tɐ/
- Brazil [hoˈze.tɐ]
- /ʁoˈze.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to roseta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is roseta in Portuguese?
roseta appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).