rocalla

Catalan

Etymology

From rocall (“rocks, rocky debris”) +‎ -a. Compare French rocaille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ruˈka.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [roˈka.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [roˈka.ʎa]

Noun

rocalla f (plural rocalles)

1. a rocky place

   Synonym: roquetar

2. rockery, rock garden
3. (art) rocaille, rococo

   Synonym: rococó

Further reading

• “rocalla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

From roca (“rock”) +‎ -alla. Compare French rocaille.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /roˈkaʝa/ [roˈka.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /roˈkaʝa/ [roˈka.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /roˈkaʎa/ [roˈka.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /roˈkaʃa/ [roˈka.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /roˈkaʒa/ [roˈka.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Rhymes: -aʎa
• Rhymes: -aʃa
• Rhymes: -aʒa

• Syllabification: ro‧ca‧lla

Noun

rocalla f (plural rocallas)

1. rocks, pebbles; rockery
2. rocaille, rococo

   Synonym: rococó

Derived terms

• rocalloso

Further reading

• “rocalla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10