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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Noun 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Adjective 3.2 Noun 3.3 Verb 3.3.1 Derived terms 4 French 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Synonyms 5 German 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Etymology 5.3 Adjective 5.3.1 Derived terms 5.3.2 Related terms 6 Norwegian 6.1 Verb 7 Old High German 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Adjective 8 Swedish 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Noun 8.2.1 Synonyms 8.2.2 See also

[ English

[ Pronunciation

GenAm IPA: [ɹɑt]

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• Rhymes: -ɒt

[ Verb

Infinitive to rot

Third person singular rots

Simple past rotted

Past participle rotten

Present participle rotting

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

1. to decay or decompose; to become bad

[ Derived terms

• potter's rot

[ Translations

Arabic: افسد (’áfsada), فسد (fásada) Basque: please add this translation if you can Chinese: 腐化 (fǔhuà) Dutch: rotten, vergaan Finnish: mädäntyä fi(fi) French: pourrir Georgian: ლპობა (lpoba), დალპობა (dalpoba), ჩალპობა (čalpoba), ხრწნა (xrts‘na) German: verrotten, verderben Greek: σαπίζω el(el) (sapízo) Italian: marcire it(it)

Japanese: 腐る (くさる, kusáru) Korean: 썩다 (sseokda), 부패하아 (bupaehada) Latin: pūtesco, tābesco Russian: гнить (gnit’) Romanian: putrezi, descompune Spanish: pudrir, podrir Swedish: ruttna Turkish: çürümek

[ Noun

Singular rot

Plural rots

rot (plural rots)

1. The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction
2. Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs
3. nonsensical talk

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[ Catalan

[ Etymology

Latin ructus

[ Noun

rot

1. belcher

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[ Dutch

[ Adjective

	positive degree	comparative degree	superlative degree
uninflected form	rot	rotter	rotst
inflected form	rotte	rottere	rotste

rot

1. rotten, spoiled, decayed, putrid
2. rotten, tedious, unkind, mean

[ Noun

rot n. (Plural: rotten, diminutive: rotje, plural diminutive: rotjes)

1. rot, something rotten, something rotting
2. a military term meaning a lineup of men: file

[ Verb

rot

1. singular conjugation of the verb rotten: to rot

[ Derived terms

• een oude rot an old hand
• rot op a not so friendly way to say go away (i.e.: fuck off)
• rot- noun prefix to give it a negative meaning. For example: rotweer = shitty weather, die rothond = that damn dog'

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[ French

[ Noun

rot f.

1. belch, burp

[ Synonyms

• renvoi

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[ German

[ Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ʁoːt]

[ Etymology

Old High German rōt, akin to Old Saxon rōd, compare Dutch rood

[ Adjective

rot (comparative röter, superlative am rötesten)

1. red
2. (politics, Germany) pertaining to the SPD (a large social democratic party in Germany)

[ Derived terms

• rothaarig
• Rotkehlchen
• Rotstift
• Rotwein
• röten
• Rötung

[ Related terms

• Rot

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[ Norwegian

[ Verb

rot

1. imperative of rote.

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[ Old High German

[ Etymology

Common Germanic *raudhaz, whence also Old English rēad, Old Norse rauðr

[ Adjective

rōt

1. red

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[ Swedish

[ Pronunciation

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[ Noun

rot c.

Inflection for rot	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rot	roten	rötter	rötterna
Genitive	rots	rotens	rötters	rötternas

1. root; the part of a plant under the surface.
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 thee cross product of del and a given vectorial field
8. (computing) root directory
9. (philology) A word from which another word is derived.

[ Synonyms

• källa (3)
• nollställe (5)

[ See also

• rötter
• rota (sig)