roost

Signification (Anglais)

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. The open cross-joists or inner roof of a cottage or living space.

Verb

1. To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest.
2. To spend the night.

Verb

Alternative form of roust

Concepts

perchoir

juchoir

être perché

se percher

se jucher

perche

rassurer

reposer

rester

dormir

faire dodo

pioncer

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹuːst/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).