Meanings
plural rose windows
- Any circular window, especially one of those found in churches of the Gothic architectural style and divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery.
Synonyms: Catherine wheel, marigold window, rose's-eye, rayonnant window
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny circular window, especially one of those found in churches of the Gothic architectural style and divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery.
More synonyms by meaning
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Origin
From the resemblance to the petals of a rose.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan rosassa, rosetó
- rosassacircular window
- rosetócircular window
Finnish ruusuikkuna
- ruusuikkunacircular window
French rosace
- rosacecircular window
Hungarian rózsaablak
- rózsaablakcircular window
Italian rosone
- rosonecircular window
Polish rozeta, różyca
- rozetacircular window
- różycacircular window
Portuguese rosácea
- rosáceacircular window
Russian ро́за
- ро́за (róza)circular window
Spanish rosetón
- rosetóncircular window
Ukrainian троя́нда
- троя́нда (trojánda)circular window
Cite this entry
rose window. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rose%20window
“rose window.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rose%20window. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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