Rock

See also: rock, röck, The Rock, and the Rock

English

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Rock

1. for someone living near a rock or an oak ( atter + oke ).
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. Any of three villages in England.
4. (preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of Gibraltar.
5. (Australia, preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of Uluru.
6. (preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of the prison on Alcatraz Island, USA.
7. (Canada, preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Usage notes

• The given name is rare, but had some vogue in the 1950s due to an American film star named Rock Hudson.
• When used as a nickname for Gibraltar, Alcatraz prison, or Newfoundland, the preceding the is often capitalized.

Anagrams

• Cork, cork

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German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German roc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔk/

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Noun

Rock m (genitive Rockes or Rocks, plural Röcke, diminutive Röckchen n or Röcklein n)

1. skirt (garment)
2. (regional) (men's) jacket
3. (Switzerland) dress

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English rock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔk/
• IPA^(key): /ɹɔk/

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Noun

Rock m (genitive Rocks, no plural)

1. rock (style of music)

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rok/

Noun

Rock m (plural Reck, diminutive Reckche or Reckelche)

1. skirt

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German roc, from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz. Cognate with German Rock, Dutch rok, Icelandic rokkur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʀok/

Noun

Rock m (plural Réck)

1. skirt

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Rock.

Noun

Rock m (plural Reck)

1. coat

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Plautdietsch

Noun

Rock m (plural Rakj)

1. skirt