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English
Etymology
French
Noun
rocher (plural rochers)
- (cooking) A quenelle (in the sense of food moulded into an elliptical shape) made using one spoon rather than two.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French rochier, from roche.
Pronunciation
Noun
rocher m (plural rochers)
- rock (mass of projecting rock)
Usage notes
- roche is usually the material of rock, while rocher is a discrete rock or boulder that e.g. someone can roll about. The former can also mean a discrete rock, but the latter can never refer to the material in general.
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