Roche

See also: roche and röche

English

Etymology

(Cornish village) Recorded as La Roche 1233; from Anglo-Norman roche (“rock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹoʊʃ/

Proper noun

Roche

1. An Irish and French surname from Anglo-Norman of Norman origin.
2. A village and civil parish in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9860).

Related terms

• Baulme-la-Roche

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Roche is the 1895^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18,940 individuals. Roche is most common among White (79.74%) and Hispanic/Latino (13.66%) individuals.

See also

• Roche lobe

Anagrams

• -chore, chore, ocher, ochre

German

Etymology

From Middle High German roc, from Old French roche, ultimately from Persian رخ (rox, “rook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔʃ/

Noun

Roche m (strong, genitive Roche, plural Roches)

1. (chess, obsolete) rook

   Synonym: Turm

Declension

Declension of Roche [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Roche	die	Roches
genitive	eines	des	Roche	der	Roches
dative	einem	dem	Roche	den	Roches
accusative	einen	den	Roche	die	Roches

See also

• Rochade
• rochieren

Further reading

• “Roche” in Duden online