roost

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
2. A group of birds roosting together.
3. A bedroom.
4. (Scotland) The open cross-joists or inner roof of a cottage or living space.
5. A kick which causes the ball to travel a long distance.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest.
2. (figuratively) To spend the night.
3. (transitive) To kick (a ball) a long distance.

Verb

Alternative form of roust.

Conceptes

dormir

😴

adormir

posar-se

parar-se

emperxar

encimbellar

encimbellar-se

Sinònims

perch

rest

nest

sit

🪑

alight

hen house

sleep

😴

slumber

hen-house

sleep or rest in a roost

steady down

hennery

hen-roost

aerie

temporary accommodations

catnap

drowse

henhouse

incubate

nesting place

settle

Traduccions

perchoir

appollaiarsi

Hühnerstange

percha

κουρνιάζω

pollaio

schlafen

😴

dormir

😴

roest

slapen

😴

dormire

😴

Schlafplatz

juchoir

tünek

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɹuːst/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: roste

Heretat de anglès antic: hrōst

Cognat amb neerlandès: roest

Cognat amb alemany: Rost

In summary

From Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōst, from Proto-Germanic *hrōstaz (“wooden framework; grill”); see *raustijan.
Cognate with Dutch roest (“roost”), German Low German Rust (“roost”), German Rost (“grate; gridiron; grill”).

Frases

Curses , like chickens come home to roost .