rocky

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• Received-Pronunciation: rŏk′ē
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒki/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɹwɒki]
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• General-American: /ˈɹɑki/
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• General-American: [ˈɹwɑki]
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• Australian: /ˈɹɔki/
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• Australian: [ˈɹwɔki]
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• rhymes with -ɒki
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• CMU ARPABET: R AA1 K IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English rokki, rokky (“rocky”), from rok, rokke (“rock; a rock or stone; large rock by a coast or in the sea; rocky outcrop on a mountain, cliff; castle, citadel, stronghold”) [and other forms] + -i (suffix forming adjectives). Rok, rokke are derived from: * Old English *rocc (“rock”); and * Anglo-Norman roc, roce, roque, and Old French roce, roke, roque, variants of roche (“rock”); both from Medieval Latin roca, rocca; further etymology uncertain, possibly of Celtic origin. The English word is analysable as rock + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).

From rock (“to move back and forth”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’). Rock is derived from Middle English rokken (“to move (something, such as a cradle) back and forth; to move or sway back and forth in an unstable manner; to go”) [...], from Old English roccian (“to rock”), from Proto-Germanic *rukkōną (“to move; to move back and forth, rock”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h3rewk- (“to dig; to till (soil)”).

From rock (“rock and roll music”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).

Diminutives with -y.

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: gurishte — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Armenian: քարքարոտ (kʻarkʻarot) — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Bulgarian: скалист (skalist) — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Bulgarian: каменист (kamenist) — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Czech: skalnatý — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Dutch: rotsig — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Esperanto: roka — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Esperanto: rokriĉa — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Finnish: kallioinen — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Finnish: kivinen — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• French: rocheux — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Galician: rochoso — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Georgian: კლდოვანი (ḳldovani) — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Georgian: კლდიანი (ḳldiani) — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• German: felsig — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• German: steinig — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍃 (stainahs) — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Greek: βραχώδης (vrachódis) — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Ancient Greek: πετρώδης (petrṓdēs) — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Hindi: पथरीला (pathrīlā) — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Hungarian: sziklás — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Icelandic: grýttur — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Icelandic: hraunóttur — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Icelandic: hrjóstrugur — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Icelandic: klettóttur — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Icelandic: klungróttur — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Icelandic: steinóttur — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Irish: achrannach — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Irish: boireannach — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Irish: carrach — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Irish: carraigeach — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Irish: creagach — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Irish: sceireach — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Italian: roccioso — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Italian: petroso — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Italian: rupestre — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Italian: sassoso — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Kazakh: тасты (tasty) — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Kazakh: тастақ (tastaq) — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Latin: lapidosus — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Latin: saxōsus — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Norman: rotcheux — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Norwegian Bokmål: steinete — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Norwegian Nynorsk: steinete — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Old Norse: grjót — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Polish: skalisty — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Portuguese: rochoso — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Portuguese: pedregoso — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Russian: камени́стый (kamenístyj) — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Russian: скали́стый (skalístyj) — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Southern Altai: кайалу (kayalu) — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Southern Altai: ташту (taštu) — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Spanish: rocoso — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Spanish: pedroso — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Swedish: stenig — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Swedish: klippig — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Ukrainian: ске́льний (skélʹnyj) — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Ukrainian: скеля́стий (skeljástyj) — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Welsh: creigiog — abounding in, or full of, rocks
• Albanian: siguri — like a rock — see also rigid, rocklike, solid
• Esperanto: roka — like a rock — see also rigid, rocklike, solid
• Finnish: kivikova — like a rock — see also rigid, rocklike, solid
• Georgian: კლდისებრი (ḳldisebri) — like a rock — see also rigid, rocklike, solid
• Hindi: कठोर (kaṭhor) — like a rock — see also rigid, rocklike, solid
• Malayalam: കല്ലൻ (kallaṉ) — like a rock — see also rigid, rocklike, solid
• Turkish: dimdik — like a rock — see also rigid, rocklike, solid
• Albanian: ngurtësi — not easily affected or impressed
• Bulgarian: твърд (tvǎrd) — not easily affected or impressed
• Bulgarian: непоколебим (nepokolebim) — not easily affected or impressed
• Finnish: kivisydäminen — not easily affected or impressed
• Finnish: kova — not easily affected or impressed
• Swedish: tuff — not easily affected or impressed
• Swedish: hård — not easily affected or impressed
• Bulgarian: нестабилен (nestabilen) — easily rocked — see also unstable
• Finnish: heiluva — easily rocked — see also unstable
• Italian: instabile — easily rocked — see also unstable
• Italian: malfermo — easily rocked — see also unstable
• Italian: traballante — easily rocked — see also unstable
• Italian: vacillante — easily rocked — see also unstable
• Turkish: sallantılı — easily rocked — see also unstable
• Finnish: kova — encountering many problems — see also difficult, troubled
• Italian: travagliato — encountering many problems — see also difficult, troubled