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)

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

Anagrams

• corco, corcò, croco