rocade
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French
Etymology
Equivalent to roquer (“to castle (in chess)”) + -ade, by analogy to how the king and rook move behind the line of pawns.
Pronunciation
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Noun
rocade f (plural rocades)
- (military) a communication channel behind the front line, allowing soldiers and materiel to move about
- bypass, ring road
- (technology) a kind of twisted-pair cable
Descendants
- → Bulgarian: рокада (rokada)
- → Danish: rokade
- → Dutch: rokade (see there for further descendants)
- → German: Rochade
- → Macedonian: рокада (rokada)
- → Romanian: rocadă
- → Russian: рока́да (rokáda)
- → Serbo-Croatian: рокада
- → Swedish: rockad
See also
- (bypass): autoroute, départementale, nationale
Further reading
- “rocade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.