Rock

• As an English surname, from the noun rock. Compare Roach.
• Also as an English surname, misdivision of Middle English atter oke (“at the oak”). Compare Nock.
• As an English occupational surname, from Old Norse rokkr (“distaff”). Compare Rocker.
• As an Irish surname, translated from names like Mac Conchairge (“son of the hound of the rock”), from cú + carraig, see also McHarg.
• As a German surname Röck, variant of the personal name Rocco, see Roche.
• Also as a German surname, from the noun Rock (“skirt gown”).
• As a French surname, shortened from Roquebrune, Rocquebrune (see Rocque) or Larock.

Compare Roch.

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Rock

1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a rock or an oak ( atter + oke ).
   • 2022 June 1, Kristen Rogers, “What causes alopecia, a ‘devastating’ hair loss condition affecting Jada Pinkett Smith”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Jada Pinkett Smith found herself at the center of conflict when her husband Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars ceremony March 27. Rock joked about Pinkett Smith’s shaved head – a look she has said is more than a style preference.

2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A number of places in England:
   1. A coastal village in St Minver Lowlands parish, north Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9375).
   2. A hamlet in Membury parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2702). ^[1]
   3. A village in Rennington parish, northern Northumberland (OS grid ref NU2020).
   4. A hamlet in Curry Mallet parish, South Somerset district and North Curry parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3222). ^[2]
   5. A hamlet in Washington parish, Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ1214).
   6. A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO7371). ^[3]
4. A place in Wales:
   1. A hamlet in Blackwood community, Caerphilly borough county borough (OS grid ref ST1898). ^[4]
   2. A hamlet north-east of Cwmavon, Neath Port Talbot borough county borough (OS grid ref SS7993).
5. The Rock, a village south-west of Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas.
   2. An unincorporated community in Maple Ridge Township, Delta County, Michigan.
   3. An unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia.
   4. A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
   5. A town in Wood County, Wisconsin.
   6. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Rock Township.
7. the Rock
   1. (preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of Gibraltar.
   2. (Australia, preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of Uluru.
   3. (preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of the prison on Alcatraz Island, USA.
   4. (Canada, preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

• The given name is rare, but had some vogue in the 1950s due to an American film star named Rock Hudson.
• When used as a nickname for Gibraltar, Alcatraz prison, or Newfoundland, the preceding the is often capitalized.

• Cork, Kroc, cork

From Middle High German roc, from Old High German roc, from Proto-West Germanic *hrokk, from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *rukn-, *ruk-, *rug-, *ruǵ- (“to spin”); or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kreḱ- (“to weave”). Doublet of Frack.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔk/

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Rock m (strong, genitive Rockes or Rocks, plural Röcke, diminutive Röckchen n or Röcklein n)

1. skirt (garment)
2. (regional) (men's) jacket
3. (Switzerland) dress

• Latexrock
• Minirock
• Morgenrock
• Reifrock
• Schlafrock
• Unterrock

Borrowed from English rock.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔk/ (standard)

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• IPA^(key): /ɹɔk/ (less commonly, approximating English pronunciation)

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Rock m (strong, genitive Rocks, no plural)

1. rock (style of music)

• “Rock” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Rock” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Rock” in Duden online
• Rock on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

From Middle High German and Old High German roc, from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz.

• IPA^(key): /rok/

Rock m (plural Reck, diminutive Reckche or Reckelche)

1. skirt

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From Middle High German and Old High German roc, from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz. Cognate with German Rock, Dutch rok, Icelandic rokkur.

• IPA^(key): /ʀok/

Rock m (plural Réck)

1. skirt

From Middle High German roc, from Old High German roc(h), from Proto-Germanic *rukkaz. Compare German Rock.

Rock m (plural Reck)

1. coat

From Middle Low German rock, from Old Saxon *hrokk, from Proto-Germanic *rukkaz.

Rock m (plural Rakj)

1. skirt