roke

== English == === Alternative forms === roak, rook, rouk === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɹəʊk/ Rhymes: -əʊk === Etymology 1 === From Middle English roke (“fog, vapour, cloud”), probably from Old Norse roka ("whirlwind, fine spray"; compare Old Norse særoka (“seaspray”)), reinforced later by Middle Dutch roke, rooc (“smoke”), from Old Dutch rouc (“steam, vapour”), from Proto-Germanic *raukiz (“smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewg- (“to erupt, vomit, burp”), from *rew- (“to roar, growl, grumble”). Cognate with Scots rok, roik, rouk (“mist, fog, cloud”), Dutch rook (“smoke, fog”), German Rauch (“smoke, fume”), Swedish rök (“smoke, fume, steam, reek”), West Frisian reek, riik (“smoke, fume”). More at reek. Compare dialectal rawk, which is related, and rag (“fog”) (see raggy (“foggy”)), which may or may not be. ==== Noun ==== roke (countable and uncountable, plural rokes) (UK, dialect) Fog, mist; light rain; smoke, vapour; damp. ===== Related terms ===== roky, rawk === Etymology 2 === Unclear; perhaps related to dialect rauk, rawk, a northern English dialectal word for a mark, including e.g. a defect on cloth. ==== Noun ==== roke (plural rokes) A defect in an ingot of steel: a depression lined with scale. (UK, dialect, mining) A measurement of coal ore. ===== Related terms ===== roky === References === “roke”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Kore, kero, kore, oker == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === roke (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of ruiken (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of rieken (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of roken === Anagrams === oker, roek == Japanese == === Romanization === roke Rōmaji transcription of ロケ == Māori == === Noun === roke dung, poop, poo, faeces, feces, doodoo Synonyms: hamuti, tūtae, hamiti === Further reading === John C. Moorfield (2011), “roke”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN == Middle English == === Noun === roke alternative form of rooke == Old French == === Noun === roke oblique singular, f (oblique plural rokes, nominative singular roke, nominative plural rokes) (Old Northern French) alternative form of roche