rocher
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
rocher (plural rochers)
- (cooking) A quenelle (in the sense of food moulded into an elliptical shape) made using one spoon rather than two.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French rochier, from roche.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rocher m (plural rochers)
- rock (mass of projecting rock)
Usage notes[edit]
- 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[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “rocher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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