"roots" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹuːts/, /ɹʊts/ [Midwestern-US] Audio: en-us-roots.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -uːts Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} roots
  1. plural of root Tags: form-of, plural Form of: root
    Sense id: en-roots-en-noun-OWQGPRhG

Noun

IPA: /ɹuːts/, /ɹʊts/ [Midwestern-US] Audio: en-us-roots.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -uːts Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} roots
  1. Ancestry. Translations (ancestors): باوباپیران (bawbapîran) (Central Kurdish), aïeux [masculine, plural] (French), juuret (Ingrian), antenati (Italian), ルーツ (rūtsu) (Japanese), korzenie [masculine, plural] (Polish), korene [plural] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-roots-en-noun-qobPj0q1 Disambiguation of 'ancestors': 71 21 8
  2. Beginnings; origin. Translations (beginnings): ناخ (nax) (Central Kurdish), sources [feminine, plural] (French), origines [feminine, plural] (French), origini (Italian), radici (Italian), ルーツ (rūtsu) (Japanese), 起源 (kigen) (alt: きげん) (Japanese), korzenie [masculine, plural] (Polish), źródła [neuter, plural] (Polish), korene [plural] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-roots-en-noun-80crqYuQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 2 87 7 Disambiguation of 'beginnings': 2 98 0
  3. (of hair) Grown-out hair, often of a grey or natural colour.
    Sense id: en-roots-en-noun-4RG4Z5MB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: root, rootsy

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