roost
Significado (English)
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- The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
- A group of birds roosting together.
- A bedroom.
- The open cross-joists or inner roof of a cottage or living space.
Synonyms
Frecuencia
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ɹuːst/
Etimoloxía (English)
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”).
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