roots

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹuːts/
• (Midwestern US) also IPA^(key): /ɹʊts/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːts

Noun

roots

1. plural of root

Noun

roots

1. Ancestry.

   I have both Irish and German roots.

2. Beginnings; origin.

   Jazz has its roots in blues.

3. (of hair) Grown-out hair, often of a grey or natural colour.

   I just coloured my hair and already my roots are showing.

Derived terms

• grassroots
• pegroots

Translations

ancestors

• French: aïeux (fr) m pl
• Ingrian: juuret
• Italian: antenati (it)
• Japanese: ルーツ (ja) (rūtsu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: باوباپیران (bawbapîran)

• Polish: korzenie nvir pl
• Slovak: korene pl

beginnings

• French: sources (fr) f pl, origines (fr) f pl
• Italian: origini (it), radici (it)
• Japanese: ルーツ (ja) (rūtsu), 起源 (ja) (きげん, kigen)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ناخ (nax)

• Polish: korzenie nvir pl, źródła nvir pl
• Slovak: korene pl

grown-out hair

• Polish: odrosty nvir pl

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Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} Ahnen (de) f, ^{(please verify)} Wurzeln (de) f, ^{(please verify)} Anfänge (de) f
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} radices f, ^{(please verify)} fontes (la) m (3)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} rötter (sv) c

See also

• root
• rootsy

Anagrams

• Toors, stoor, torso, rotos, ostro, toros, Oorts, roost, Sorto

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English roots.

Pronunciation

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Noun

roots pl (plural only, no diminutive)

1. roots (ancestry, origin)

   Synonym: wortels

   Ik ga terug naar mijn roots in Arnhem.

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French

Noun

roots

1. plural of root

Portuguese

Noun

roots

1. plural of root