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roc.

rock

3 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʁɔk/
  1. rock

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle French roc (15th c.), ultimately from Latin rocca, hence doublet of roche. The Trésor informatisé considers it a “masculine form” of the latter, but the derivation is dubious, unless it were from a dialect with preserved /k/ (such as Picard or Occitan).

noun/ʁɔk/
  1. rook

    dated · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old French roc, ultimately from Persian رخ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”), possibly from Sanskrit रथ (ratha, “chariot”).

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