rocco

See also: Rocco

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Persian رخ‎ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔk.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ɔkko
  • Hyphenation: ròc‧co

Noun

rocco m (plural rocchi)

  1. (chess, obsolete) rook; castle
    Synonym: torre
  2. (architecture) drum of a column
  3. (historical) a type of crook, used by archbishops in Ravenna, with a small tower on its top

Further reading
  • rocco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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