rocca

From early Medieval Latin rocca, of uncertain origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔk.ka/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔkka
• Hyphenation: ròc‧ca

rocca f (plural rocche)

1. fortress, stronghold
2. rock

• cristallo di rocca
• allume di rocca

From the older form rocca, from Gothic rukka, 𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌺𐌰 (rukka), from Proto-Germanic *rukkô, compare Old High German rocko.[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔk.ka/, (traditional) /ˈrok.ka/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔkka, (traditional) -okka
• Hyphenation: ròc‧ca, (traditional) róc‧ca

rocca f (plural rocche)

1. distaff (a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it)

• carco, carcò, corca

Of unknown origin; likely a loanword from a non-Indo-European substrate language. First attested in a document from France dating to 767 CE.[1]

rocca f (genitive roccae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. rock