rocim

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rocin, of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include:

Old Occitan roci, from Medieval Latin runcinus;
Old High German ros (“horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *hross (“horse”);
Italian rozzo (“rough”);
French roncin (“stallion”).

Cognate with Spanish rocín.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈsĩ/ [hoˈsĩ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈsĩ/ [χoˈsĩ]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈsĩ/

Hyphenation: ro‧cim

Noun

rocim m (plural rocins)

nag (useless horse)