ROSETTA STONE

Meaning of ROSETTA STONE in English

n. a key to previously unattainable understanding.

Etymology: a stone found near Rosetta in Egypt, with a trilingual inscription of the 2nd c. BC in Egyptian hieroglyphs, demotic, and Greek, important in the decipherment of hieroglyphs

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

ROSETTA STONE — noun Etymology: Rosetta, Egyptian Date: 1822 a black basalt stone found in 1799 that bears an inscription in hieroglyphics, demotic …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ROSETTA STONE — Inscribed stone slab, now in the British Museum, that provided an important key to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyph s. …
Английский словарь Британика
ROSETTA STONE — rōˈze]d.ə-, ]tə- noun Usage: usually capitalized R Etymology: Rosetta stone, stone found in 1799 that is celebrated for having furnished …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROSETTA STONE — 1. a stone slab, found in 1799 near Rosetta, bearing parallel inscriptions in Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphic, and demotic characters, making …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROSETTA STONE — n. inscribed black stone slab found by French troops in 1799 near Rosetta in Egypt that included the same text …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ROSETTA STONE — noun Etymology: Rosetta, Egyptian Date: 1822 1. : a black basalt stone found in 1799 that bears an inscription in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROSETTA STONE — [Ro.set.ta stone] n [Rosetta, Egypt] (ca. 1859) 1: a black basalt stone found in 1799 that bears an inscription in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROSETTA STONE — The Rosetta Stone, with Egyptian hieroglyphics in the top section, demotic characters in the ancient Egyptian stone bearing inscriptions the …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROSETTA STONE — Roˈsetta Stone, the BrE AmE a large ancient stone that was found in Egypt in 1799, which had the same …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROSETTA STONE — Inscribed stone slab, now in the British Museum, that provided an important key to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyph s. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ROSETTA STONE — Pronunciation: r ō - ' ze-t ə - Function: noun Etymology: Rosetta, Egyptian Date: 1822 1 : a black basalt …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ROSETTA STONE — / rəʊˈzetə; NAmE roʊ-/ noun [ sing. ] something, especially a discovery, that helps people to understand or find an …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROSETTA STONE — n. a key to previously unattainable understanding. [a stone found near Rosetta in Egypt, with a trilingual inscription of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROSETTA STONE — n. a key to previously unattainable understanding. [ a stone found near Rosetta in Egypt, with a trilingual inscription of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROSETTA STONE — a large, flat, black stone which was discovered in Egypt in 1799 and is now in the British Museum , …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
ROSETTA STONE — Розеттский камень
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ROSETTA — n rosette; also: [Arch.]
Interlingua English vocab
ROSETTA — or Arabic Rashīd or ancient Bolbitine geographical name river 146 miles (235 kilometers ) N Egypt forming W branch of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STONE — I In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite …
Английский словарь Британика
STONE — I. ˈstōn noun ( -s ; see sense 3 ) Etymology: Middle English stan, ston, stoon, from Old English stān; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STONE — — stonable, stoneable , adj. — stoneless , adj. — stonelessness , n. — stonelike , adj. — stoner , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROSETTA — /roh zet"euh/ , n. 1. a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile. 36,700. 2. a female …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROSETTA — n. anglicized name of Rashid, city in Egypt located on the Mediterranean coast; female first name; family name
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STONE — I. ˈstōn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stān; akin to Old High German stein stone, Old Church Slavic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROSETTA — geographical name or Arabic Ra·shīd rä-ˈshēd ; or ancient Bol·bi·ti·ne ˌbäl-bə-ˈtī-nē 1. river 146 miles (235 kilometers ) N Egypt …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STONE
Webster English vocab
STONE — [stone] n (bef. 12c) 1: a concretion of earthy or mineral matter: a (1): such a concretion of indeterminate size …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROSETTA — Arabic Rashid, town, northern al-Buhayrah muhafazah (governorate), in the northwestern Nile Delta, Lower Egypt. It lies on the left bank …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROSETTA — Rosetta BrE AmE rə ʊ ˈzet ə AmE roʊ ˈzet̬ ə ▶ Ro ˌ setta ˈ stone AmE •ˈ•• • …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STONE — / stəʊn; NAmE stoʊn/ noun , verb ■ noun HARD SUBSTANCE 1. [ U ] (often used before nouns or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STONE — I. stone 1 S2 W1 /stəʊn $ stoʊn/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ stoned , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STONE — n. & v. --n. 1 a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STONE — n. & v. n. 1 a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STONE — n. & v. --n. 1. a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Oxford English vocab
STONE — ( stones, stoning, stoned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The plural …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STONE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brick/stone/wooden building ▪ The farmhouse is a long stone building about a century …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STONE — n. bird stone Black Stone of Mecca kidney stone Middle Stone Age New Stone Age Old Stone Age Rosetta Stone …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STONE — n. In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STONE — Synonyms and related words : Irish confetti, Lydian stone, Tarmac, Tarvia, aa, abyssal rock, acorn, adamant, adamantine, adobe, agate, alexandrite, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STONE — I. noun 1 hard solid substance ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ hard ▪ rough , smooth ▪ weathered ▪ carved ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ROSETTA — rotates toaster
Anagrams English vocabulary
STONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) камень, булыжник; драгоценный камень to hurl, throw a stone ≈ бросить камень foundation stone paving stone …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROSETTA — Rosetta
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROSETTA — Rosetta
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROSETTA — Розетта
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
STONE — stone.ogg 1. stəʋn n 1. 1> камень meteoric stone - аэролит, каменный метеорит a road covered with stones - дорога, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STONE — 1) камень || облицовывать камнем; выстилать камнем 2) оселок; абразивный брусок || править [доводить] на оселке 3) "камень" ( дефект …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
STONE — 1) камень || облицовывать камнем; выстилать камнем 2) оселок; абразивный брусок || править [доводить] на оселке 3) "камень" (дефект стекла) 4) жернов, жерновой …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
STONE — 1) бутовой 2) жерновой камень 3) каменный 4) каменосечный 5) камень 6) камне 7) косточка 8) полевой 9) стоуновский • bronek stone ballasting — балластировка щебнем cut stone to size — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
STONE — 1. stəʋn n 1. 1> камень meteoric stone - аэролит, каменный метеорит a road covered with stones - дорога, покрытая …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) камень, булыжник to hurl, throw a stone — бросить камень - foundation stone - paving stone …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) камень, булыжник to hurl, throw a stone — бросить камень - foundation stone - paving stone б) камень (как материал), брусчатка a house …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
STONE — 1) (строительный) камень (обычно больше чем 254 мм, но меньше, чем 604 мм) 2) оселок, абразивный брусок 3) каменный 4) обкладывать камнем; выстилать …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
STONE — камень stones per carat — число алмазов на карат (единица измерения величины или зернистости алмазов) - asphaltic stone - blunt stone - blunt-edge stone - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
STONE — камень; каменный блок - abutment stone - apex stone - arch stone - artificial stone - bond stone - border …
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
STONE — I adj sl He's a stone genius — Он настоящий гений II adv infml esp AmE The man was stone blind — Мужчина …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
STONE — stone adj sl He's a stone genius Он настоящий гений stone adv infml esp AmE The man was stone blind …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
STONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) камень, булыжник; драгоценный камень to hurl, throw a stone ≈ бросить камень foundation stone paving stone …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROSETTA — Rosetta
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROSETTA — Rosetta
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROSETTA STONE, THE — Roˈsetta Stone, the BrE AmE a large ancient stone that was found in Egypt in 1799, which had the same …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
YOUNG, THOMAS — born June 13, 1773, Milverton, Somerset, Eng. died May 10, 1829, London English physicist. Trained as a physician, he practiced …
Английский словарь Британика
YOUNG, THOMAS — born June 13, 1773, Milverton, Somerset, Eng. died May 10, 1829, London The Rosetta Stone, with Egyptian hieroglyphics in the …
Britannica English vocabulary
KAFR ASH-SHAYKH — also spelled Kafr El-sheikh muhafazah (governorate) in the central Nile Delta, Lower Egypt, with the Rosetta Branch of the river …
Britannica English vocabulary

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