rosemaling

Examples of rosemaling in a sentence

• For them the movement began with rosemaling, which in Minnesota has roots going back to about 1940.1989, Marion J. Nelson, “Folk Art in Minnesota and the Case of the Norwegian American”, in Circles of Tradition: Folk Arts in Minnesota...
• Among the traditions the immigrants [from Norway to the US Upper Midwest] brought with them was rosemaling, decorative painting of stylized flowers and scrolls, with occasional figures.2006, Philip Nusbaum, “Rosemaling”, in Richard Sisson, Christian Zacher, Andrew [R. L.] Cayton, editors, The American Midwest: An...

Forms of rosemaling

Origin of rosemaling

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål rosemaling (“rose painting”), from rose (“rose”) + maling (“painting”) (from male (“to paint”) (cognate with Old Danish malæ (Danish male), Old Norse mála, Old Swedish mala (Swedish mala), from Middle Low German mālen (“to paint”)) + -ing (suffix used to form nouns from verbs)). The form rosemåling is borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk rosemåling with unadapted script.

Words formed from rosemaling

• rosemaled
• rosemaler

Questions about rosemaling

What does rosemaling mean?

Rosemaling means a Norwegian style of stylized floral decoration with scrollwork and geometric elements.

How do you use rosemaling in a sentence?

For them the movement began with rosemaling, which in Minnesota has roots going back to about 1940.

What part of speech is rosemaling?

Rosemaling is a noun.

How do you pronounce rosemaling?

Rosemaling is pronounced /ˈɹəʊzəˌmɑːlɪŋ/ (UK).