rocher

English

Etymology

French

Noun

rocher (plural rochers)

1. (cooking) A quenelle (in the sense of food moulded into an elliptical shape) made using one spoon rather than two.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French rochier, from roche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.ʃe/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Rhymes: -e
• Homophone: rochers

Noun

rocher m (plural rochers)

1. rock (mass of projecting rock)

Usage notes

• roche is usually the material of rock, while rocher is a discrete rock or boulder that e.g. someone can roll about. The former can also mean a discrete rock, but the latter can never refer to the material in general.

Derived terms

• hirondelle de rochers
• rocher de Sisyphe

 

Further reading

• “rocher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.