rocim

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rocin, of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include:

• Old Occitan roci, from Medieval Latin runcinus;
• Old High German ros (“horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *hross (“horse”);
• Italian rozzo (“rough”);
• French roncin (“stallion”).

Cognate with Spanish rocín.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈsĩ/ [hoˈsĩ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈsĩ/ [hoˈsĩ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈsĩ/ [χoˈsĩ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈsĩ/

• Hyphenation: ro‧cim

Noun

rocim m (plural rocins)

1. nag (useless horse)

Further reading

• “rocim”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “rocim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025