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masculine

/ʁɔk/

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Translation

rock, rock music

Word origin

Borrowed in the 1950s from English rock (and roll), from the verb 'to rock' ('to sway, to rock back and forth'). French kept the short form rock for the musical genre.

Origin: English
Root: rock
English cognates: rock, rock and roll

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralrocks

Examples

My brother listens to rock all day long.

C' soixante-.

It is a French rock band from the seventies.

jazz ?

Do you like rock or jazz rather?

The rock concert starts at eight o'clock.

She learnt the guitar by playing rock.

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This word is part of lesson 35.