roque
English edit
Etymology edit
Coined 1899 by removing the first and last letters from croquet.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹoʊk/
- Rhymes: -əʊk
Noun edit
roque (uncountable)
References edit
- ^ The American Roque League, 1958–59, Official Rules of Roque. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From roquer.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
roque m (plural roques)
Verb edit
roque
- inflection of roquer:
Further reading edit
- “roque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Noun edit
roque m (plural roques)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Chess pieces in Galician · pezas de xadrez (layout · text) | |||||
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rei | dama, raíña | torre, roque | alfil | cabalo | peón |
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Old French roc.
Noun edit
roque m (plural roques)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
roque
- inflection of rocar:
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
roque m (plural roques)
- Alternative form of rock
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic رُخّ (ruḵḵ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
roque m (plural roques)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Chess pieces in Spanish · piezas de ajedrez (layout · text) | |||||
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rey | dama, reina | torre, roque | alfil | caballo | peón |
Further reading edit
- “roque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014