different between rox vs rok

English

Pronunciation

Verb

rox

1. (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)

1. red

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /?o??/
• Tone numbers: ro⁴
• Hyphenation: rox

Etymology 1

Compare Lao ??? (l??); Thai ???? (r???).

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Conjunction

rox (old orthography ro?)

1. 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?)

1. to know

Derived terms

See also

• caek
• gyaek
• sux

English

Noun

rok (plural roks)

1. Alternative form of roc

Anagrams

• KOR, OKR, kor, ork

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch rok, from Middle Dutch roc, from Old Dutch rok, from Proto-Germanic *rukkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?k/

Noun

rok (plural rokke, diminutive rokkie)

1. A dress.

Descendants

• ? Sotho: roko
• ? Xhosa: ilokhwe

Breton

Etymology

Related to Irish rucas (“pride, arrogance”). Possibly borrowed into English as rogue.

Adjective

rok

1. arrogant
2. hard

References

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rok?. Cognate with Slovak rok, Polish rok, Old Church Slavonic ???? (rok?), Russian ???? (srok), Ukrainian ??? (rik) and Serbo-Croatian r?k.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rok/
• Rhymes: -ok

Noun

rok m inan

1. year, the time it takes a planetary body to complete one revolution around a star
2. (sciences) year, exactly 365.25 days
3. year, a period between set dates that denotes a year

4. year, a scheduled part of a year spent in a given activity

Declension

Synonyms

• (365.25 days): léto
• (period between set dates): kalendá?ní rok

Derived terms

• ro?ní
• ro?ník
• ro?enka
• kalendá?ní rok
• školní rok
• p?estupný rok
• finan?ní rok

See also

• letos

Further reading

• rok in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• rok in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?k/
• Hyphenation: rok
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch roc, from Old Dutch rok, from Proto-Germanic *rukkaz.

Noun

rok m (plural rokken, diminutive rokje n)

1. skirt (clothing)
2. full dress, white tie (formal clothing)

Derived terms

• borstrok
• hoepelrok
• lijfrok
• minirok
• rokkenjager

Descendants

• Afrikaans: rok
  • ? Sotho: roko
  • ? Xhosa: ilokhwe
• ? Indonesian: rok

Etymology 2

Noun

rok m (plural rokken, diminutive rokje n)

1. Alternative form of rokken

Finnish

Noun

rok

1. roc (mythical bird)

Usage notes

• Often used in the form rok-lintu ("roc-bird").

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

rok n (genitive singular roks, nominative plural rok)

1. storm, whole gale

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch rok, from Middle Dutch roc, from Old Dutch rok, from Proto-Germanic *rukkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r?k]
• Hyphenation: rok

Noun

rok

1. skirt (clothing)
2. full dress, white tie (formal clothing)

Etymology 2

From English rock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r?k]
• Hyphenation: rok

Noun

rok

1. (music) rock, a style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals.

Further reading

• “rok” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latvian

Verb

rok

1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of rakt
2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of rakt
3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of rakt
4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of rakt

Livonian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish rokka.

Noun

rok

1. soup

Maranao

Noun

rok

1. soul

Related terms

• roh (“spirit”)

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rok n (definite singular roket, indefinite plural rok, definite plural roka or rokene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by rokk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rok n (definite singular roket, indefinite plural rok, definite plural roka)

1. alternative spelling of rokk

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rauki, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz, whence also Old English r?c, Old Frisian r?k, Old Dutch rouc, Old High German rouh, Old Norse reykr.

Noun

r?k m

1. smoke

Descendants

• Middle Low German: r?k
  • Low German: Röök

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rok?. Cognate with Russian ???? (srok), Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, and Slovene rok.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “How the heck does rok become lata in the plural? Did this arise via suppletion?”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?k/

Noun

rok m inan

1. year

Declension

Noun

rok m inan

1. (Upper Silesia) skirt (article of clothing)
2. (obsolete) court case
3. (obsolete) engagement, betrothal

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• rok in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• rok in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *rok?. Cognate with Russian ???? (srok) and Polish rok.

Noun

r?k m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. deadline
2. term, date (period during which something ought to be performed or completed)

Declension

Etymology 2

From English rock.

Noun

r?k m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (uninflected) rock and roll

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rok?. Cognate with Russian ???? (srok), Czech, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, and Slovene rok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?k/

Noun

rok m (genitive singular roka, roku, nominative plural roky, genitive plural rokov, declension pattern of dub)

1. year

   Nový rok New Year’s Day

   roku Pána anno Domini

Declension

Derived terms

• rô?ik
• ro?ný
• ro?ne
• storo?ie

Further reading

• rok in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Noun

rok (rôk)

Etymology 1

1. genitive plural of roka
2. genitive dual of roka

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *rok?.

Noun

rok (rók)

1. deadline
2. term, date (period during which something ought to be performed or completed)

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish rokko.

Noun

rok

1. pox (disease)

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From räka.

Noun

rok

1. A lounger, loafer.