French
Masculine

roseau

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  1. (masculine) common reed (Phragmites australis)
  2. (broadly, masculine) any reed
  3. (masculine) quill, feather pen

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44k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁo.zo/
Etymology

Cognate with Old French
rosel
Cognate with Old High German
rōr
Cognate with German
German
Rohr
Cognate with Old Norse
reyrr
Cognate with Danish
rør
Cognate with Old English
rysc
In summary

From Old French rosel (“reed”), a derivative of Old French ros (“reed, tooth of a weaver's comb”), from Frankish *rausa (“reed”), from Proto-Germanic *rausą, *rauzą (“pipe, reed, shaft, tube”), from Proto-Indo-European *er- (“to move, excite, grow”). The base word survives as the obsolete ros (“weaver's comb”). Cognate with Old High German rōr (“pipe”) (German Rohr (“tube”)), Old Norse reyrr (“reed”) (Danish rør (“reed, pipe, tube”)), Old English rysc (“reed, rush”). More at rush.

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