Definitions and meaning of roc
roc
Pronunciation
- enPR: rŏk, IPA(key): /ɹɒk/
- Rhymes: -ɒk
- Homophones: rock, rawk
Etymology 1
Spanish rocho, ruc, from Arabic رُخّ (ruḵḵ), from Persian رخ (rox).
Alternative forms
Noun
roc (plural rocs)
- An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.
- The Arabian Nights Entertainment. Tale 4. Sinbad. The Second Voyage.
- "By this time the sun was about to set, and all of a sudden the sky became as dark as if it had been covered with a thick cloud. I was much astonished at this sudden darkness, but much more when I found it occasioned by a bird of a monstrous size, that came flying toward me. I remembered that I had often heard mariners speak of a miraculous bird called Roc, and conceived that the great dome which I so much admired must be its egg. In short, the bird alighted, and sat over the egg. As I perceived her coming, I crept to the egg, so that I had before me one of the legs of the bird, which was as big as the trunk of a tree. I tied myself strongly to it with my turban, in hopes that the roc next morning would carry me with her out of this desert island. After having passed the night in this condition, the bird flew away as soon as it was daylight, and carried me so high, that I could not discern the earth;
Synonyms
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
roc
- (medicine, colloquial) Rocuronium.
Anagrams
- COR, CRO, CoR, Cor., OCR, ORC, cor, cor-, orc
Catalan
Etymology
From roca.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈrɔk/
Noun
roc m (plural rocs)
- rock, stone
See also
Further reading
- “roc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Variant of roche.
Noun
roc m (plural rocs)
- rock
Related terms
Etymology 2
Old French roc, ultimately from Persian رخ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”), possibly from Sanskrit रथ (ratha, “chariot”).
Noun
roc m (plural rocs)
- (dated, chess) rook
Synonyms
Related terms
Further reading
- “roc” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Interlingua
Noun
roc (plural roches)
- rook (chess piece)
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Noun
roc m (genitive singular roic, nominative plural roic)
- ray (fish)
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Irish roc (“wrinkle”).
Noun
roc m (genitive singular roic, nominative plural roic)
- wrinkle, ruck, crease, pucker
Declension
Verb
roc (present analytic rocann, future analytic rocfaidh, verbal noun rocadh, past participle roctha) (transitive, intransitive)
- wrinkle, crease, pucker
- corrugate
- kink
- crimp
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- "roc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Latvian
Verb
roc
- 2nd person singular present indicative form of rakt
- 2nd person singular imperative form of rakt
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French roc
Noun
roc m (plural rocs)
- (chess) rook
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (roc)
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic رُخّ (ruḵḵ), from Persian رخ (rukh).
Noun
roc m (oblique plural ros, nominative singular ros, nominative plural roc)
- (chess) rook
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (roc)
Old Khmer
Verb
roc
- Latin script form of រោច៑ (“to withdraw”)
Noun
roc
- Latin script form of រោច៑ (“fortnight following full moon”)
Old Saxon
Noun
roc m
- Alternative spelling of rok
Source: wiktionary.org- ROBUSTNESS, the state of being robust.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)