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English
Etymology
From Middle English roche; compare English rock and roach, as well as Old French roche.
Noun
roche (plural roches)
- (UK, regional) One of various types of rock or geological strata.
- (obsolete) A stony hill.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French roche, from Early Medieval Latin rocca, of uncertain origin.
Compare Italian rocca, Spanish roca, as well as English rock, Dutch rots and Breton roc'h.
Pronunciation
Noun
roche f (plural roches)
- rock (large mass of stone)
Derived terms
Further reading
Italian
Adjective
roche
- feminine plural of roco
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Early Medieval Latin rocca, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- (classical) IPA(key): /ˈrɔt͡ʃə/, (northern) /ˈrɔkə/
Noun
roche oblique singular, f (oblique plural roches, nominative singular roche, nominative plural roches)
- rock (large mass of stone)
Descendants
References
Further reading
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (roche, supplement)
Romanian
Noun
roche f (plural rochi)
- Alternative form of rochie
Declension
Spanish
Verb
roche
- inflection of rochar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative