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roque

See also: Roque and roqué

English

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Etymology

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Coined 1899 by removing the first and last letters from croquet.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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roque (uncountable)

  1. (US) A form of croquet using short-handled mallets, and played on a hard surface.

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  1. ^ The American Roque League, 1958–59, Official Rules of Roque. Retrieved 2014-10-18.

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French

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Etymology

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From roquer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʁɔk/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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roque m (plural roques)

  1. (chess) an instance of castling

Verb

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roque

  1. inflection of roquer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Galician

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Noun

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roque m (plural roques)

  1. (chess) rook
    Synonym: torre

Derived terms

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See also

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Chess pieces in Galician · pezas de xadrez (layout · text)
           
rei dama, raíña torre, roque alfil cabalo peón

Old French

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Noun

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roque oblique singular, f (oblique plural roques, nominative singular roque, nominative plural roques)

  1. (Old Northern French) Alternative form of roche

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old French roc.

Noun

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roque m (plural roques)

  1. (chess) castling (move in chess)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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roque

  1. inflection of rocar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English rock.

Noun

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roque m (plural roques)

  1. Alternative form of rock

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Andalusian Arabic رخ (ruḵḵ), from Arabic رُخّ (ruḵḵ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈroke/ [ˈro.ke]
  • Rhymes: -oke
  • Syllabification: ro‧que

Noun

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roque m (plural roques)

  1. (chess) rook
    Synonym: torre

Derived terms

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See also

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Chess pieces in Spanish · piezas de ajedrez (layout · text)
           
rey dama, reina torre, roque alfil caballo peón

Further reading

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Anagrams

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