rust

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation.
2. A similar substance based on another metal.
3. A reddish-brown color.
4. A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus.
5. Damage caused to stamps and album pages by a fungal infection.

Verb

1. To oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
2. To cause to oxidize.
3. To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
4. To (cause to) degenerate in idleness; to make or become dull or impaired by inaction.
5. Of a black cat or its fur, to turn rust-coloured following long periods of exposure to sunlight.

Konzepte

Rost

rosten

verrosten

Moder

Schimmel

Rostbraun

einrosten

Rost ansetzen

Rostpilz

Tau

rostig werden

roter Rost

ätzen

Eisenrost

korrodieren

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ɹʌst/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English rust, rost, roust, from Old English rust, rūst (“rust”), from Proto-West Germanic *rust, from Proto-Germanic *rustaz (“rust”), from Proto-Indo-European *rudʰso- (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).
Cognate with Scots roust (“rust”), Saterland Frisian rust (“rust”), West Frisian roast (“rust”), Dutch roest (“rust”), German Rost (“rust”), Danish rust (“rust”), Swedish rost (“rust”), Norwegian rust, ryst (“rust”), Finnish ruoste, Estonian rooste. Related to red.

Sätze

Grime , rust and residual particles polluted the air .

Schmutz-, Rost- und Restpartikel verschmutzten die Luft.