roots

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɹuːts/
  • (Midwestern US) also IPA(key): /ɹʊts/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • 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.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English roots.

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Noun

roots pl (plural only)

  1. roots (ancestry, origin)
    Ik ga terug naar mijn roots in Arnhem.

French

Noun

roots

  1. plural of root

Portuguese

Noun

roots

  1. plural of root
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