roche
English
Etymology
From Middle English roche; compare Modern English rock and roach, as well as Old French roche.
Noun
roche (plural roches)
French
Etymology
From Old French roche (variants: roce, roke, roque), from Medieval Latin rocca, from Vulgar Latin *rocca, of uncertain origin, probably Celtic and most likely pre-Latin.
Compare Italian rocca, Spanish roca, as well as English rock and Breton roc'h.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɔʃ/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔʃ
- Homophone: roches
Derived terms
References
- “roche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Further reading
- “roche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin rocca, from Vulgar Latin *rocca, of uncertain origin, possibly Celtic. More at roche. Compare Jèrriais roque.
Noun
roche f (oblique plural roches, nominative singular roche, nominative plural roches)
- rock (large mass of stone)
Descendants
- French: roche
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (roche, supplement)
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