rocalla

Catalan

Etymology

From rocall (“rocks, rocky debris”) +‎ -a. Compare French rocaille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ruˈka.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [roˈka.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [roˈka.ʎa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

rocalla f (plural rocalles)

1. a rocky place

   Synonym: roquetar

2. rockery, rock garden
3. (art) rocaille, rococo

   Synonym: rococó

Further reading

• “rocalla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Spanish

Etymology

From roca (“rock”) +‎ -alla. Compare French rocaille.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /roˈkaʝa/ [roˈka.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /roˈkaʝa/ [roˈka.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /roˈkaʎa/ [roˈka.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /roˈkaʃa/ [roˈka.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /roˈkaʒa/ [roˈka.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• Rhymes: -aʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -aʎa (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -aʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: ro‧ca‧lla

Noun

rocalla f (plural rocallas)

1. rocks, pebbles; rockery
2. rocaille, rococo

   Synonym: rococó

Derived terms

• rocalloso

Further reading

• “rocalla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025