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

French

Etymology

From roquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔk/

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Noun

roque m (plural roques)

1. (chess) an instance of castling

Verb

roque

1. inflection of roquer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “roque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• orque

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroke/ [ˈro.kɪ]
• Rhymes: -oke
• Hyphenation: ro‧que

Noun

roque m (plural roques)

1. (chess) rook

   Synonym: torre

Derived terms

• enrocar
• enroque

Old French

Noun

roque oblique singular, f (oblique plural roques, nominative singular roque, nominative plural roques)

1. (Old Northern French) alternative form of roche

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ki/ [ˈhɔ.ki]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ki/ [ˈhɔ.ki]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ki/ [ˈχɔ.ki]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ke/ [ˈhɔ.ke]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.kɨ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English rock.

Noun

roque m (plural roques)

1. alternative spelling of rock

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French roc.

Noun

roque m (plural roques)

1. (chess) castling (move in chess)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

roque

1. inflection of rocar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “roque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “roque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic رخ (ruḵḵ), from Arabic رُخّ (ruḵḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroke/ [ˈro.ke]
• Rhymes: -oke
• Syllabification: ro‧que

Noun

roque m (plural roques)

1. (chess) rook

   Synonym: torre

Derived terms

• enrocar
• enroque
• ni rey ni roque

Further reading

• “roque”, 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

Anagrams

• quero