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roc
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?k, IPA(key): /??k/
- Rhymes: -?k
- Homophones: rock, rawk
Etymology 1
Spanish rocho, ruc, from Arabic ????? (ru??), from Persian ??? (rox).
Alternative forms
- roche
- rok
- ruc
- rukh
Noun
roc (plural rocs)
- An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.
- The Arabian Nights Entertainment. Tale 4. Sinbad. The Second Voyage.
- "By this time the sun was about to set, and all of a sudden the sky became as dark as if it had been covered with a thick cloud. I was much astonished at this sudden darkness, but much more when I found it occasioned by a bird of a monstrous size, that came flying toward me. I remembered that I had often heard mariners speak of a miraculous bird called Roc, and conceived that the great dome which I so much admired must be its egg. In short, the bird alighted, and sat over the egg. As I perceived her coming, I crept to the egg, so that I had before me one of the legs of the bird, which was as big as the trunk of a tree. I tied myself strongly to it with my turban, in hopes that the roc next morning would carry me with her out of this desert island. After having passed the night in this condition, the bird flew away as soon as it was daylight, and carried me so high, that I could not discern the earth;
- The Arabian Nights Entertainment. Tale 4. Sinbad. The Second Voyage.
Synonyms
- peng (Chinese contexts)
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
roc
- (medicine, colloquial) Rocuronium.
Anagrams
- COR, CRO, CoR, Cor., OCR, ORC, cor, cor-, orc
Catalan
Etymology
From roca.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?r?k/
Noun
roc m (plural rocs)
- rock, stone
See also
- pedra
Further reading
- “roc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??k/
Etymology 1
Variant of roche.
Noun
roc m (plural rocs)
- rock
Related terms
- roche
- rocher
Etymology 2
Old French roc, ultimately from Persian ??? (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”), possibly from Sanskrit ?? (ratha, “chariot”).
Noun
roc m (plural rocs)
- (dated, chess) rook
Synonyms
- tour
Related terms
- roquer
- rocade
Further reading
- “roc” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- cor
Interlingua
Noun
roc (plural roches)
- rook (chess piece)
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???k/
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
roc m (genitive singular roic, nominative plural roic)
- ray (fish)
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Irish roc (“wrinkle”).
Noun
roc m (genitive singular roic, nominative plural roic)
- wrinkle, ruck, crease, pucker
Declension
Verb
roc (present analytic rocann, future analytic rocfaidh, verbal noun rocadh, past participle roctha) (transitive, intransitive)
- wrinkle, crease, pucker
- corrugate
- kink
- crimp
Conjugation
Derived terms
- rocach
References
- "roc" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Latvian
Verb
roc
- 2nd person singular present indicative form of rakt
- 2nd person singular imperative form of rakt
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French roc
Noun
roc m (plural rocs)
- (chess) rook
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (roc)
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic ????? (ru??), from Persian ??? (rukh).
Noun
roc m (oblique plural ros, nominative singular ros, nominative plural roc)
- (chess) rook
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (roc)
Old Khmer
Verb
roc
- Latin script form of ???? (“to withdraw”)
Noun
roc
- Latin script form of ???? (“fortnight following full moon”)
Old Saxon
Noun
roc m
- Alternative spelling of rok
roc From the web:
- what rock is this
- what rocks are fossils found in
- what rocks are magnetic
- what rocket blew up
- what rock contains fossils
- what rock star just died
- what rocks are metamorphic
- what rocket launched today
rox
English
Pronunciation
Verb
rox
- (slang, informal) Alternative spelling of rocks (“in sense of excelling, being great”)
Antonyms
- sux
Anagrams
- -xor, XOR, xor
Franco-Provençal
Etymology
From Latin russus.
Adjective
rox m (feminine singular rossi or rossa, masculine plural rox, feminine plural rosses)
- red
Zhuang
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /?o??/
- Tone numbers: ro4
- Hyphenation: rox
Etymology 1
Compare Lao ??? (l??); Thai ???? (r???).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Conjunction
rox (old orthography ro?)
- or
Derived terms
- roxnaeuz
Etymology 2
From Proto-Tai *r??w? (“to know”). Cognate with Thai ??? (rúu), Northern Thai ???, Isan ???, Lao ??? (h?), Lü ??? (huu2), Tai Dam ???, Shan ??? (h??u), Ahom ???????? (ruu) or ???????????????? (ruw), Saek ??.
Verb
rox (old orthography ro?)
- to know
Derived terms
See also
- caek
- gyaek
- sux
rox From the web:
- what rocks are fossils found in
- what rock is this
- what rock contains fossils
- what rock is marble
- what rocket blew up
- what rocks are magnetic
- what rocks are sedimentary
- what rocks are metamorphic
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