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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle English roten, rotten, from Old English rotian (to rot, become corrupted, ulcerate, putrefy), from Proto-West Germanic *rotēn, from Proto-Germanic *rutāną (to rot).

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rot (third-person singular simple present rots, present participle rotting, simple past and past participle rotted)

  1. (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
    The apple left in the cupboard all that time had started to rot.
  2. (intransitive) To decline in function or utility.
    Your brain will rot if you spend so much time on the computer, Tony!
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
  4. (transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
    to rot vegetable fiber
  5. (intransitive, figurative) To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place or state).
    to rot in prison
    to rot in Hell
    If I hadn't rotted in bed all day I would've come...
  6. (transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
  7. (dated, slang) To talk nonsense.
    • 1894, H. G. Wells, The Hammerpond Park Burglary:
      “Did they hang you well?” said Porson.
      “Don’t rot,” said Mr Watkins; “I don’t like it.”
    • 1991, Stephen Fry, chapter III, in The Liar, London: William Heinemann, →ISBN, page 26:
      Adrian thought it worth while to try out his new slang. ‘I say, you fellows, here's a rum go. Old Biffo was jolly odd this morning. He gave me a lot of pi-jaw about slacking and then invited me to tea. No rotting! He did really.’

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rot (countable and uncountable, plural rots)

  1. The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
  2. Decaying matter.
    • 2016, Nathanael Johnson, Unseen City, →ISBN, page 115:
      When a turkey vulture detects the scent of rot, it circles down, tracing the plume of chemicals to its source.
  3. (chiefly in compounds) Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
    • 1658–1663, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
      His cattle must of rot and murrain die.
  4. (uncountable) Verbal nonsense.
    You're talking rot! I don't believe a word.

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch rot, dialectal form of rat.

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rot (plural rotte)

  1. rat

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Alemannic German

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From Middle High German rōt (red, red-haired), from Old High German rōt (red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red), from Proto-Germanic *raudaz. Cognate with German rot, Dutch rood, English red, West Frisian read, Danish rød.

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rot

  1. (Formazza) red

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Catalan

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From Latin ructus.

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rot m (plural rots)

  1. belch
    Synonym: eructe
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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From rotten.

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rot (comparative rotter, superlative rotst)

  1. rotten, spoiled, decayed, putrid
  2. rotten, tedious, unkind, mean
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Declension of rot
uninflected rot
inflected rotte
comparative rotter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial rot rotter het rotst
het rotste
indefinite m./f. sing. rotte rottere rotste
n. sing. rot rotter rotste
plural rotte rottere rotste
definite rotte rottere rotste
partitive rots rotters
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rot n (plural rotten, diminutive rotje n)

  1. rot, something rotten, something rotting

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From Middle Dutch rotte.

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rot f (plural rotten, diminutive rotje n)

  1. (dialectal, Northern) Alternative form of rat
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From Middle Dutch rote.

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rot n or f (plural rotten, diminutive rotje n)

  1. (military) a file (of men)
  2. (obsolete) multitude, band, throng
    Synonyms: drom, massa, menigte, schare

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French

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Inherited from Latin ructus.

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rot m (plural rots)

  1. (colloquial) belch, burp
    Synonyms: éructation, renvoi
    • 2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:
      Des habitudes, des façons de se comporter qui m’avaient façonné et qui pourtant, déjà, me semblaient déplacées — comme les habitudes de ma famille : se promener nu dans la maison, les rots à table, les mains qui n’étaient pas lavées avant le repas.
      Habits and ways of behaving which had moulded me, and yet already seemed inappropriate to me – like the way my family would walk around the house naked, burp at the table, not wash their hands before a meal.
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Friulian

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From Latin ruptus.

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rot (feminine rote)

  1. broken

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German

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From Middle High German rōt (red, red-haired), from Old High German rōt (red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red), from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ-.

Compare Low German root, rod, rot, Dutch rood, English red, West Frisian read, Danish rød.

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rot (strong nominative masculine singular roter, comparative röter or roter, superlative am rötesten or am rotesten)

  1. red (colour)
  2. (politics, relational) red (pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense: social democratic, socialist, communist)
    1. (politics, Germany, in particular, relational) of the social democratic SPD or the more rigidly socialist Linke
  3. (possibly mildly offensive) red-haired
  4. (historical, possibly offensive) redskin; Native American; Indian

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  • rot” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • rot” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • rot” in Duden online
  • rot” in OpenThesaurus.de
  •   rot on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

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rot

  1. Alternative spelling of root

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rot n (genitive singular rots, no plural)

  1. unconsciousness, insensibility
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See rotna.

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rot n (genitive singular rots, nominative plural rot)

  1. rot, decay, putrefaction
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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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rot

  1. Alternative form of rote (root)

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rot

  1. Alternative form of roten (to rot)

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A back-formation from roten (to rot).

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rot (uncountable)

  1. Rotting or decomposition; the situation where something rots.
  2. Any disease which causes decaying and decomposition in humans.
  3. A disease that afflicts sheep; footrot, the rot.
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  • English: rot
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.

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rot m or f (definite singular rota or roten, indefinite plural røtter, definite plural røttene)

  1. root (part of a plant normally below ground level)
  2. root (of a tooth)
  3. root (of a hair)
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rot

  1. imperative of rote

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Akin to English root.

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rot f (definite singular rota, indefinite plural røter, definite plural røtene)

  1. root (of a plant)
  2. root (of a tooth)
  3. root (of a hair)
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From Old Norse rót.

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rot n (definite singular rotet, uncountable)

  1. a mess, untidiness, chaos
    Det er for mykje rot på loftet. Me må rydda.
    The attic is a mess. We have to tidy it up.
    Når me prøver å samarbeida med dei, blir det berre rot.
    When we try working with them, it just turns into chaos.

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Old Dutch

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From Proto-West Germanic *raud.

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rōt

  1. red

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  • rōt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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rōt (comparative rōtra, superlative rōtost)

  1. glad, cheerful
  2. noble, great

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From Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ-.

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rōt

  1. red

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Old Swedish

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From Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts.

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rōt f

  1. root

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Pennsylvania German

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From Middle High German and Old High German rōt, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz. Compare German rot, Dutch rood, English red.

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rot

  1. red

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rot f

  1. genitive plural of rota

Swedish

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From Old Swedish rōt, from Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.

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rot c

  1. root; the part of a plant that anchors the plant body
  2. the part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place
  3. source; an underlying cause
    Kärleken till pengar är roten till allt ont.
    The love of money is the root of all evil.
  4. (mathematics) of a number n, a positive number which, when raised to a specified power, yields n; the square root is understood if no power is specified
    Kubikroten ur 27 är 3.
    The cube root of 27 is 3.
    Multiplicera med roten ur 2.
    Multiply by root 2.
  5. (mathematics) a zero (of a function).
  6. (mathematics) a designated node in a tree.
  7. (mathematics) curl; a measure on how fast a vector field rotates: it can be described as the cross product of del and a given vectorial field
  8. (computing) root directory
  9. (linguistics) a word from which another word is derived.

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Declension of rot
nominative genitive
singular indefinite rot rots
definite roten rotens
plural indefinite rötter rötters
definite rötterna rötternas

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Tok Pisin

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From English road.

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rot

  1. road, street
    • '2003, Mühlhäusler et al., Tok Pisin texts, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 9:
      Planti liklik rot i stap long ailan hia.
      Many little roads exist on this island.

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Tok Pisin texts: from the beginning to the present / edited by Peter Mühlhäusler, Thomas E. Dutton, Suzanne Romaine. / John Benjamins Publishing Company / Copyright 2003 / →ISBN / page 106

Vilamovian

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From Italian rata (installment).

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rōt f (plural rota)

  1. installment (a kind of payment)