roost

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

roest

slapen

kippenrek

op stok gaan

slaapplaats

druilen

dutten

maffen

sluimeren

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɹuːst/

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).