roc

Alternative forms

• roche
• rok
• ruc
• rukh

Etymology

Spanish rocho, ruc, from Arabic رُخّ‎ (ruḵḵ), from Persian رخ‎ (rox).

Pronunciation

• enPR: rŏk, IPA^(key): /ɹɒk/
• Rhymes: -ɒk
• Homophones: rock, rawk

Noun

roc (plural rocs)

1. 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;

Anagrams

• CRO, Cor., OCR, ORC, cor, cor-, orc

Etymology

From roca.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈrɔk/

Noun

roc m (plural rocs)

1. rock, stone

See also

• pedra

Further reading

• “roc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔk/

• roc

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Etymology 1

Variant of roche.

Etymology 2

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

Further reading

• “roc” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• cor

Noun

roc (plural roches)

1. rook (chess piece)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾˠɔk/

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

From Old Irish roc (“wrinkle”).

References

• "roc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Verb

roc

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of rakt
2. 2nd person singular imperative form of rakt

Etymology

From Old French roc

Noun

roc m (plural rocs)

1. (chess) rook

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (roc)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُخّ‎ (ruḵḵ), from Persian [Term?] رخ‎ (rukh).

Noun

roc m (oblique plural ros, nominative singular ros, nominative plural roc)

1. (chess) rook

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (roc)

Noun

roc m

1. Alternative spelling of rok