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]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Noun
rocalla f (plural rocalles)
Further reading
- “rocalla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Spanish
Etymology
From roca (“rock”) + -alla. Compare French rocaille.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roˈkaʝa/ [roˈka.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /roˈkaʎa/ [roˈka.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /roˈkaʃa/ [roˈka.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /roˈkaʒa/ [roˈka.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -aʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -aʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -aʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: ro‧ca‧lla
Noun
rocalla f (plural rocallas)
Derived terms
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], 10 December 2024