rococo

See also: rococó and rococò

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French rococo

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊkəʊ

Noun

Wikipedia

rococo ‎(uncountable)

1. A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th century France, having elaborate ornamentation.

Translations

style of baroque architecture etc.

• Catalan: rococó m
• Czech: rokoko (cs) n
• Danish: rokoko c
• German: Rokoko (de) n
• Hungarian: rokokó (hu)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rokokko m

  Nynorsk: rokokko m

• Portuguese: rococó (pt) m
• Russian: рококо́ (ru) n ‎(rokokó)
• Slovene: rokoko m
• Swedish: rokoko (sv) c
• Turkish: rokoko (tr)

Adjective

rococo ‎(not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to the rococo style.
2. Over-elaborate or complicated.
3. Old-fashioned.

Translations

in the rococo style

• Danish: rokoko-
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rokokko-

  Nynorsk: rokokko-

• Slovene: rokokojski
• Swedish: rokoko-

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French

Adjective

rococo m, f ‎(plural rococos)

1. rococo

External links

• “rococo” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).