rok
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch rok, from Middle Dutch roc, from Old Dutch rok, from Proto-Germanic *rukkaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɔk/
Audio (file)
Breton
References
- Walter W[illiam] Skeat (1910), “ROGUE”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, new (4th) revised and enlarged edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: At the Clarendon Press, published 1963, OCLC 713911278.
Czech
Etymology
From Old Czech rok, from Proto-Slavic *rokъ. Cognate with Slovak rok, Polish rok, Old Church Slavonic рокъ (rokŭ), Russian срок (srok), Ukrainian рік (rik) and Serbo-Croatian rȍk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrok]
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ok
Noun
rok m inan
Declension
Synonyms
- (365.25 days): léto
- (period between set dates): kalendářní rok
Derived terms
- roční
- ročník
- ročenka
- kalendářní rok
- školní rok
- přestupný rok
- finanční rok
See also
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɔk/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: rok
- Rhymes: -ɔk
- Homophone: rock
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch roc, from Old Dutch rok, from Proto-Germanic *rukkaz.
Noun
Descendants
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrok/, [ˈro̞k]
- Rhymes: -ok
- Syllabification(key): rok
Usage notes
- Often used in the form rok-lintu ("roc-bird").
Declension
Inflection of rok (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | rok | rokit | |
genitive | rokin | rokien | |
partitive | rokia | rokeja | |
illative | rokiin | rokeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | rok | rokit | |
accusative | nom. | rok | rokit |
gen. | rokin | ||
genitive | rokin | rokien | |
partitive | rokia | rokeja | |
inessive | rokissa | rokeissa | |
elative | rokista | rokeista | |
illative | rokiin | rokeihin | |
adessive | rokilla | rokeilla | |
ablative | rokilta | rokeilta | |
allative | rokille | rokeille | |
essive | rokina | rokeina | |
translative | rokiksi | rokeiksi | |
instructive | — | rokein | |
abessive | rokitta | rokeitta | |
comitative | — | rokeineen |
Possessive forms of rok (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | rokini | rokimme |
2nd person | rokisi | rokinne |
3rd person | rokinsa |
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɔːk/
- Rhymes: -ɔːk
Indonesian

Etymology 1
From Dutch rok, from Middle Dutch roc, from Old Dutch rok, from Proto-Germanic *rukkaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrɔk]
- Hyphenation: rok
Derived terms
- rok asimetris
- rok balerina
- rok balet
- rok balon
- rok berulas
- rok celana
- rok dalam
- rok duyung
- rok kerut
- rok ketat
- rok landung
- rok lilit
- rok lipat
- rok lonceng
- rok lurus
- rok maksi
- rok midi
- rok mini
- rok pantai
- rok pias
- rok rimpel
- rok sarung
- rok sepan
- rok Skotlandia
- rok terompet
- rok tulip
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrɔk]
- Hyphenation: rok
Noun
rok
Further reading
- “rok” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latvian
Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *rokka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *rokka. Cognates include Finnish rokka.
Maranao
Related terms
- roh (“spirit”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *rauki, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz, whence also Old English rēc, Old Frisian rēk, Old Dutch rouc, Old High German rouh, Old Norse reykr.
Polish
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rokъ.[1] Cognate with Russian срок (srok), Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, and Slovene rok.[1]
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Rock, from Middle High German rok, from Old High German roc, from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *rukn-, *ruk-, *rug-, *ruǵ-. Doublet of frak.
Noun
rok m inan
- (Upper Silesia) skirt (article of clothing)
- (obsolete) court case
- (obsolete) engagement, betrothal
Declension
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 438
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *rokъ. Cognate with Russian срок (srok), Czech, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, and Slovene rok.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [rok]
Noun
rok m (genitive singular roka, roku, nominative plural roky, genitive plural rokov, declension pattern of dub)
- year
- Nový rok New Year’s Day
- roku Pána anno Domini
Declension
Slovene
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *rokъ.
Ternate
Etymology
From Dutch rok, possibly through Indonesian rok, from Middle Dutch roc, from Old Dutch rok, from Proto-Germanic *rukkaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɾok]
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh