Rosette is the French diminutive of ''

rose A rose is either a woody perennial plant, perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred Rose species, species and Garden roses, tens of thousands of cultivar ...

''. It may refer to:

Flower shaped designs

Rosette (award) A trophy is a tangible, decorative item used to remind of a specific achievement, serving as recognition or evidence of merit. Trophies are most commonly awarded for sporting events, ranging from youth sports to professional level athletics. Add ...

, a mark awarded by an organisation *

Rosette (design) A rosette is a round, stylized flower design. Origin The rosette derives from the natural shape of the botanical rosette, formed by leaves radiating out from the stem of a plant and visible even after the flowers have withered. History The ...

, a small flower design *hence, various flower-shaped or rotational symmetric forms: **

Rosette (decoration) A rosette is a small, circular device that is typically presented with a medal. The rosettes are either worn on the medal to denote a higher rank, or for situations where wearing the medal is deemed inappropriate, such as on a Suit (clothing), ...

, a small circular device that can be awarded with medal ** Rosette (politics), worn by political candidates in an election ** Rosette, a type of

chain stitch Chain stitch is a sewing and embroidery technique in which a series of looped stitches form a chain-like pattern. Chain stitch is an ancient craft – examples of surviving Chinese chain stitch embroidery worked in silk thread have been dat ...

in sewing **

Rose window Rose window is often used as a generic term applied to a circular window, but is especially used for those found in Gothic cathedrals and churches. The windows are divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery. The term ''rose window'' wa ...

, a Gothic circular architectonic component cut most frequently in shape similar to a rose **

Rosette (botany) In botany, a rosette is a circular arrangement of leaves or of structures resembling leaves. In flowering plants, rosettes usually sit near the soil, but they can also be at the top of an otherwise naked branch or trunk. Their structure is an ex ...

, a circular arrangement of leaves **

Rosette (zoology) A rosette is a rose-like Animal markings, marking or formation found on the fur and skin of some animals, particularly Felidae, cats. Rosettes are used to camouflage the animal, either as a defense mechanism or as a stalking tool. Predators use t ...

, markings like those of a jaguar ** a structure near the

beak The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in turtles, non-avian dinosaurs and a few mammals. A beak is used for pecking, grasping, and holding (in probing for food, eating, manipulating and ...

of some birds ** Pliska rosette, an ancient bronze artifact found in Pliska, Bulgaria in 1961 **

Rosette sampler A rosette sampler (also known as a CTD-rosette or carousel) is a device used for water sampling in deep water. Rosette samplers are used in the ocean and large inland water bodies such as the North American Great Lakes in order to investigate q ...

, a circular arrangement of Nansen bottles ** a trophy attached on the head of a bull in the French ''course camarguaise''

bullfighting Bullfighting is a physical contest that involves a bullfighter attempting to subdue, immobilize, or kill a bull, usually according to a set of rules, guidelines, or cultural expectations. There are several variations, including some forms wh ...

event **

Klemperer rosette A Klemperer rosette is a gravitational system of (optionally) alternating heavier and lighter bodies orbiting in a symmetrical pattern around a common barycenter. It was first described by W.B. Klemperer in 1962, and is a special case of a cent ...

, a term used in interstellar cosmology and science fiction to indicate a group of cosmic bodies in a gravitational relationship. *

Rosette (music) A rosette (from French, meaning ''little rose''), rose, or knot, in the context of musical instruments, is a form of soundhole decoration. The name originated during the medieval period, as a comparison with church windows which were called rose w ...

, soundhole decoration on musical instruments.

Placename

Rosetta Rosetta ( ) or Rashid (, ; ) is a port city of the Nile Delta, east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Beheira governorate. The Rosetta Stone was discovered there in 1799. Founded around the 9th century on the site of the ancient town of Bolbitine, R ...

, aka Rosetta or Rashid, a port city on the Mediterranean coast *

Rosette, Utah Rosette is an unincorporated ranching community in northwestern Box Elder County, Utah, United States. Description Rosette is located about west of Park Valley, south of the Raft River Mountains. The community was named by the town's fi ...

, an unincorporated ranching community in Box Elder County, United States * a site near

Round Hill, Nova Scotia Round Hill is an historic community on the Annapolis River in Nova Scotia’s verdant Annapolis Valley halfway between the Valley market towns of Bridgetown and Annapolis Royal. It is 10 kilometres east of Annapolis Royal on Route 201 and the ...

, Canada * La Rosette, a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre *

Sainte-Rosette, New Brunswick Sainte-Rosette is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. History Notable people See also *List of communities in New Brunswick This is a list of communities in New Brunswick, a province in Canada. For ...

, an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Canada

People

Rosette (actress) Rosette (real name Françoise Quéré; born 6 September 1959) is a French actress and producer. Roles * '' Immoral Women'' (1979) * '' Pauline at the Beach'' (1983) * '' The Green Ray'' (1986) * ''A Tale of Winter'' (1992) : Irma * ''The Lady an ...

(real name Françoise Quéré, born 1959), a French actress * La Belle Rosette, real name

Beryl McBurnie Beryl Eugenia McBurnie OBE (2 November 1913 – 30 March 2000) was a Trinidadian dancer, who also performed as La Belle Rosette. She established the Little Carib Theatre in Woodbrook, Port of Spain, and promoted the culture and arts of Trinidad ...

(1915–2000), a Trinidadian dance legend *

Rosette Bir Rosette Bir (1926-1992) was a French sculptor. She lived in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Born in 1926, she started her work at 42, when she finished raising her children in a wealthy family. She learned from the artist Albert Féra ...

(1926–1992), French sculptor *

Rosette Anday Piroska Anday (12 December 1899, in Budapest – 22 December 1977, in Vienna) known as Rosette Anday, was a leading Hungarian mezzo-soprano. Life On 23 September 1921, Bizet's opera ''Carmen'' was performed at the Vienna State Opera and a hith ...

Rosette Sharma Rosette Sharma, also known by her stage names Rosette, Rosette Luve, Rozette, and Rosetta, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Born in October 1986. Early life Sharma was born in British Columbia. She is of Indo-Fijian descent. She graduated ...

(born 1982), Canadian singer, songwriter and actress *

Clinton Rosette Clinton E. Rosette (c. April 1850 – July 24, 1909) was a prominent citizen of DeKalb, Illinois, during the 19th century. Rosette was closely associated with well-known men from the same city, such as Isaac Ellwood. He was the first editor of t ...

(1850–1909), prominent citizen of DeKalb, Illinois

Fictional characters

* Rosette Lambert in ''

The Secret of Rosette Lambert ''The Secret of Rosette Lambert'' () is a 1920 French film directed by Raymond Bernard. Cast * Lois Meredith as Rosette Lambert * Sylvia Grey as Claire * Paul Amiot as Lambert * Camille Bert as Branchu * Charles Dullin as Bertrand * Henri ...

'', a 1920 French film by Raymond Bernard * Rosette Christopher, the protagonist of the ''

Chrono Crusade , originally known in Japan (due to a typo) as ''Chrno Crusade'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Moriyama. It was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's ''Monthly Comic Dragon'' from 1998 to 2003 and later in ''Monthly Dr ...

'' anime and manga series *

Princess Rosette Princess Rosette () is a French literary fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy. Andrew Lang included it in ''The Red Fairy Book''. Italo Calvino included an orally collected tale, ''The King of the Peacocks'', in his ''Italian Folktales'', but ob ...

, a French literary fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy * Rosette, a character in ''

Manon ''Manon'' () is an ''opéra comique'' in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel '' L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut'' by the Abbé Prévost. It was f ...

'', an opéra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet

Food

Rosette (grape) Rosette or Seibel 1000 is a wine Hybrid grapes, hybrid grape red grape variety, red-berries variety which originated with the work of French physician and viticulturist Albert Seibel by a crossing of Jaeger 70 with ''Vitis vinifera''. Rosette is ...

, a wine grape variety **

Rufete (grape) Rufete is a red Spanish/Portuguese wine grape variety that is grown primarily used in port wine production in the Douro region of Portugal. It is also grown up along the Duero basin across the border in the Spanish province of Castile and León and ...

, a Portuguese/Spanish wine grape variety that is also known as Rosette *

Rosette (cookie) Rosettes are thin, cookie-like fritters made with iron molds that are found in many cultures. They are crispy and characterized by their lacy pattern. Preparation The batter is a blend of wheat, flour, eggs, sugar, and whole milk. Rosette cook ...

, a thin crispy moulded cookie apparently of Scandinavian origin * Rosette, a white

Bergerac wine The Bergerac () wine-growing region, a subregion of South West France around the town of Bergerac in the Dordogne department, comprises 93 communes. Its boundaries correspond more or less with those of the Arrondissement of Bergerac, immediate ...

Rosette (cake) Rosette is the French diminutive of ''rose''. It may refer to: Flower shaped designs * Rosette (award), a mark awarded by an organisation * Rosette (design), a small flower design *hence, various flower-shaped or rotational symmetric forms: ** R ...

, a decoration made by

cream Cream is a dairy product composed of the higher-fat layer skimmed from the top of milk before homogenization. In un-homogenized milk, the fat, which is less dense, eventually rises to the top. In the industrial production of cream, this proces ...

or frosting, with a piping tip. "a food decoration or garnish in the shape of a rose" * Rosette de Lyon, a French pork saucisson or sausage * a dish from Emalia-Romagna consisting of a pasta filled with bechamel, cream, ham and others: see List of Italian dishes#Emilia-Romagna * a kind of bread from Italian province of

Veneto Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of 4,851,851 as of 2025. Venice is t ...

Music

* ''Rosette'' (album), an album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudō

Scientific names which include the element "rosette"

* a

Point group In geometry, a point group is a group (mathematics), mathematical group of symmetry operations (isometry, isometries in a Euclidean space) that have a Fixed point (mathematics), fixed point in common. The Origin (mathematics), coordinate origin o ...

in geometry is also known as a rosette group * Rosette Nebula, a nebula in the Monoceros constellation *

, a device used to assess water quality * Gypsum rosette, an alternative name for a

Desert rose (crystal) A desert rose, sand rose, Sahara rose, rose rock, selenite rose, gypsum rose, or baryte rose is an intricate rose-like formation of crystal clusters of gypsum or baryte, which include abundant sand grains. The "petals" are crystals flattene ...

, a symmetrical arrangement of orbiting bodies arranged around a common center of mass * The Rosette terminal complex is a structure in vascular plants that produces

cellulose Cellulose is an organic compound with the chemical formula, formula , a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of glycosidic bond, β(1→4) linked glucose, D-glucose units. Cellulose is an important s ...

* Erythrocyte rosetting is formation of red blood cells arranging themselves around a central cell so that the entire cluster looks more or less like a flower * Rosette or

palisade (pathology) In histopathology, a palisade is a single layer of relatively long cells, arranged loosely perpendicular to a surface and parallel to each other. A rosette is a palisade in a halo or spoke-and-wheel arrangement, surrounding a central core or hub. ...

of cells in a halo or spoken-wheel arrangement * Furstenberg's rosette, an anatomical structure located in the internal streak canal of the teat *

Mossy fiber (cerebellum) Mossy fibers are one of the major inputs to cerebellum. There are many sources of this pathway, the largest of which is the cerebral cortex, which sends input to the cerebellum via the pontocerebellar pathway. Other contributors include the ve ...

is sometimes called a mossy fiber rosette * The

anterior olfactory nucleus The anterior olfactory nucleus (AON) also called the anterior olfactory cortex, is a major early processing area for olfaction located behind the olfactory bulb, and in the olfactory tract (olfactory peduncle). The AON connects the olfactory pro ...

of fishes can be called the olfactory rosette * A rosette agent is ''

Sphaerothecum destruens ''Sphaerothecum destruens'' (the rosette agent) is a parasite of fish. It was first discovered in the United States in association with invasive species including topmouth gudgeon, but was found to be the causative agent of a disease in the UK a ...

'', a protist parasite of fish * Rosette (schizont appearance), a formation characteristic of schizonts in protozoal infections by the reptile parasites ''Plasmodium tropiduri'' and ''P. holaspi'' or fish parasite ''Babesiosoma'' * Groundnut rosette virus, a plant pathogenic virus *

Peach rosette mosaic virus Peach rosette mosaic virus (PRMV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family ''Secoviridae ''Secoviridae'' is a family of viruses A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organis ...

, a plant pathogenic virus * Rose rosette disease, a disease of the rose caused by a phytoplasm: see

list of pests and diseases of roses Roses (''Rosa'' species) are susceptible to a number of pests, diseases and disorders. Many of the problems affecting roses are seasonal and climatic.Ross, D.,''Rose-growing for Pleasure'', Lothian Publishing, Melbourne, 1985, pp. 27 ...

CD2 CD2 (cluster of differentiation 2) is a cell adhesion molecule found on the surface of T cells and natural killer (NK) cells. It has also been called T-cell surface antigen T11/Leu-5, LFA-2, LFA-3 receptor, erythrocyte receptor and rosette re ...

, a protein also known as rosette receptor

Similar spellings

Claudia Rosett Claudia Rosett (May 29, 1955 – May 27, 2023) was an American author and journalist. An editorial board member of ''The Wall Street Journal'', she was the only print journalist to witness the Tiananmen Square massacre and later broke the United N ...

, an American writer and journalist *

Rosete (disambiguation) Rosete may refer to: * Héctor Rosete, a football player * Jimena Navarrete Rosete (born 1988), a Mexican model * Maira Rosete, a dancer at the Dancesport at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games, 2005 Southeast Asian Games dancesport competition * Martin ...

Roset (disambiguation) Roset may refer to: Business * Ligne Roset, a French modern furniture company Places * Roset-Fluans, a commune in the Doubs department, France * Ogașu lui Roșeț, a tributary of the Cerna River in Romania * Roset, Vestland, a village in Str ...

Rozet (disambiguation) Rozet may refer to : * Rozet, Wyoming, an unincorporated community in Campbell County, Wyoming, United States * Rozet-Saint-Albin, a commune in the Aisne department in Picardie in northern France * François Rozet (1899–1994), a French Canadian ...

* Rozetes, symbols of the Eleusinian cult visible at the Archaeological Museum of Eleusis, Greece *

Roxette Roxette is a Swedish pop rock duo originally consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle, both of whom were already established musicians in Sweden prior to the band's formation. Fredriksson had released a number of successful solo albums, ...

, a Swedish pop duo