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masculine

/ʁɔ.ʃe/

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Translation

rock, boulder

Word origin

From roche ('rock'), from Late Latin rocca, a word of uncertain pre-Latin origin. Despite the ending, it is a noun and not a verb.

Origin: Late Latin
Root: rocca
English cognates: rock

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralrochers

Examples

The boat struck a rock.

sortent l'.

Black rocks rise out of the water.

' .

He sat down on a large boulder.

A boulder has fallen onto the road.

She is looking out at the sea from the rock.

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This word is part of lesson 53.