rocaille
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French rocaille.
Noun[edit]
rocaille (countable and uncountable, plural rocailles)
- Artificial rockwork made of rough stones and cement, as for gardens.
- The rococo system of scroll ornament, based in part on the forms of shells and water-worn rocks.
- A seed bead.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rocaille f (plural rocailles)
Derived terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
rocaille (invariable)
Further reading[edit]
- “rocaille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from French rocaille.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rocaille f (invariable)
Further reading[edit]
- rocaille in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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