Roch

See also: Appendix:Variations of "roch"

English

Etymology

From Middle English Rechedham, from Old English Reċedhām, of Brythonic origin, from the intensive Proto-Brythonic prefix *ar- + *koɨd (“wood”), meaning "river opposite of the wood." More at Roch.

Proper noun

Roch

1. A river in Greater Manchester, England, which joins the River Irwell.
2. A village in Nolton and Roch community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8721).

Derived terms

• Rochdale (English town)
• Nolton and Roch (Welsh community)

See also

• Roach (alternative spelling for the river)
• Riemann-Roch theorem, Hirzebruch-Riemann-Roch theorem (etymologically unrelated)

References

• Mills, A.D.: A Dictionary of English Place Names, 2nd Edition, page 289, s.n. Rochdale. Oxford University Press, 1998

Anagrams

• OCHR, chor

French

Etymology

Of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔk/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Roch m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rocco

German

Etymology

From Middle High German roch, from Arabic رُخّ (ruḵḵ), from Middle Persian lhw'. The /x/ must be compared to the word Schach. In both of these cases it is either due to direct borrowing from Arabic (during the Crusades) or alternatively to borrowing via Middle Dutch roc, from Old French roc, with artificial application of the High German consonant shift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔx/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Roch m (strong, genitive Roches or Rochs, plural Roche)

1. (chess, obsolete) synonym of Turm (“rook”)

Declension

Declension of Roch [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Roch	die	Roche
genitive	eines	des	Roches, Rochs	der	Roche
dative	einem	dem	Roch, Roche1	den	Rochen
accusative	einen	den	Roch	die	Roche

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Rochade
• rochieren

Polish

Etymology

Derived from:

• Saint Roch
• truncation of Polish personal names beginning with Ro- (e.g. Rościsław and Rodsław) + -ch
• Old Polish roch ("rook", chess piece), from Old French roc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔx/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔx
• Syllabification: Roch

Proper noun

Roch m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Roch

	singular	plural
nominative	Roch	Rochowie
genitive	Rocha	Rochów
dative	Rochowi	Rochom
accusative	Rocha	Rochów
instrumental	Rochem	Rochami
locative	Rochu	Rochach
vocative	Rochu	Rochowie

Proper noun

Roch f (indeclinable, traditional married form Rochowa, traditional unmarried form Rochówna)

1. a female surname

Further reading

• “Roch”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030