rosso – Italian adjective declension

Italian adjective forms of rosso

Adjective: rosso

Hyphenation: rós‧so
Singular m.rosso
Singular f.rossa
Plural m.rossi
Plural f.rosse

Sample Sentences

  • Costui, rosso di pel, Foscolo è detto (He, of red hair, is called Foscolo) [c. 1795, Vincenzo Monti, Opere inedite e rare: di Vincenzo Monti, by Urbano Lampredi, published 1843, page 126:]
  • […] Ed ei mi disse: «Il foco etterno ¶ ch'entro l'affoca le dimostra rosse, ¶ come tu vedi in questo basso inferno». (And he to me: "The fire eternal that kindles them within makes them look red, as thou beholdest in this nether Hell".) [1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VIII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 73–75; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:]

Etymology

From Latin russus. Cognate with Sicilian russu. See: Latin Adjectives 'russus'.

Verbs referencing "rosso"

Romanian Adjectives roșu, Portuguese Adjectives roxo.

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