rocco
See also: Rocco
Italian
Alternative forms
- rocho (obsolete)
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)
- (chess, obsolete) rook; castle
- Synonym: torre
- (architecture) drum of a column
- (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
Anagrams
- corco, corcò, croco