roque

See also: Roque and roqué

English

Etymology

Coined 1899 by removing the first and last letters from croquet.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊk/
• Rhymes: -əʊk

Noun

roque (uncountable)

1. (US) a form of croquet using short-handled mallets, and played on a hard surface

Anagrams

• Quero, quero

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French

Etymology

From roquer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔk/

Noun

roque m (plural roques)

1. (chess) an instance of castling

Verb

roque

1. first-person singular present indicative of roquer
2. third-person singular present indicative of roquer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of roquer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of roquer
5. second-person singular imperative of roquer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• orque

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Galician

Noun

roque m (plural roques)

1. (chess) rook

Synonyms

• torre

Derived terms

• enroque
• enrocar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French roc.

Noun

roque m (plural roques)

1. (chess) castling (move in chess)
2. Alternative form of rock

Verb

roque

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of rocar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of rocar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of rocar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of rocar

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Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic رخ‎, from Arabic رخ‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroke/

Noun

roque m (plural roques)

1. (chess) rook

   Synonym: torre

Derived terms

• enroque
• enrocar