roque

== English == === Etymology === Coined 1899 by removing the first and last letters from croquet. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ɹoʊk/ Rhymes: -əʊk === Noun === roque (uncountable) (US) A form of croquet using short-handled mallets, and played on a hard surface. === References === === Anagrams === Quero, quero == French == === Etymology === From roquer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁɔk/ === Noun === roque m (plural roques) (chess) an instance of castling === Verb === roque inflection of roquer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive 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) (chess) rook Synonym: torre ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== == Old French == === Noun === roque oblique singular, f (oblique plural roques, nominative singular roque, nominative plural roques) (Old Northern French) alternative form of roche == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English rock. ==== Noun ==== roque m (plural roques) alternative spelling of rock === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Old French roc. ==== Noun ==== roque m (plural roques) (chess) castling (move in chess) === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== roque inflection of rocar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive 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) (chess) rook Synonym: torre ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== === 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