roque

Coined 1899 by removing the first and last letters from croquet.[1]

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊk/
• Rhymes: -əʊk

roque (uncountable)

1. (US) A form of croquet using short-handled mallets, and played on a hard surface.

• Quero, quero

From roquer.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔk/

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roque m (plural roques)

1. (chess) an instance of castling

roque

1. inflection of roquer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “roque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• orque

roque m (plural roques)

1. (chess) rook

   Synonym: torre

• enroque
• enrocar

roque oblique singular, f (oblique plural roques, nominative singular roque, nominative plural roques)

1. (Old Northern French) Alternative form of roche

Borrowed from Old French roc.

roque m (plural roques)

1. (chess) castling (move in chess)

roque

1. inflection of rocar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Borrowed from English rock.

roque m (plural roques)

1. Alternative form of rock

From Andalusian Arabic رخ (ruḵḵ), from Arabic رُخّ (ruḵḵ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈroke/ [ˈro.ke]
• Rhymes: -oke
• Syllabification: ro‧que

roque m (plural roques)

1. (chess) rook

   Synonym: torre

• “roque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• quero