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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
roce
- locative singular of rok
Galician
Verb
roce
- inflection of rozar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Old French
Noun
roce oblique singular, f (oblique plural roces, nominative singular roce, nominative plural roces)
- Alternative form of roche
Pali
Verb
roce
- singular optative active of rocati (“to please”)
Portuguese
Verb
roce
- inflection of roçar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈroθe/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈrose/
- Rhymes: -oθe
- Rhymes: -ose
- Syllabification: ro‧ce
Etymology 1
Deverbal from rozar.
Noun
roce m (plural roces)
- rubbing
- Synonym: frote
- contact
- (figurative, in the plural) friction
- Synonym: fricción
2020 November 15, Xavier Vidal-Folch, “Visca el català!”, in El País, retrieved 2020-11-16:Y en el caso que absorbe más polémicas periódicas, el catalán, sucede lo mismo: nunca como hoy más personas han hablado y escrito en este idioma; nunca su lengua gozó de mayor prestigio; nunca la escuela fue más exitosa en brindarlo a todos sus usuarios, y nunca los escolares catalanes mostraron mejor dominio que sus pares en el manejo del castellano. Y con roces escasísimos.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
roce
- inflection of rozar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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