rocambole, n.f., (hort.) rocambole, seasoning; a trite, sorry joke; ☉piquancy, point, zest; cream (of anything). Et la —; (pop.) and the rest of it.
roccelle, n.f., (bot.) archil, orchil.
roche, n.f., rock, boulder; quartz, stony mass (inland); rock (insensibility), flint, steel. Cœur de —; heart of flint. Homme de la vieille —; man of the old stamp or school. Il y a quelque anguille sous —; there is a snake in the grass; I can smell a rat. — crayeuse; chalk rock. Eau de —; spring water.
rocher, n.m., rock, boulder, crag (sea-girt usually); (conch.) murex; (artificial) rockery. Plein de —s; rocky. Cœur de —; heart of flint. — escarpé; steep rock.
rocheraie (ro-shré), n.f., (orni.) stock-dove.
rochet, n.m., rocket (surplice); (horl.) rack, ratch; (of machinery) clink; (locksmith’s work) ratchet.
rocheu-x, -se, adj., (geol.) rocky, stony.
rock or rouc, n.m., roc (fabulous bird).
rococo, n.m., and adj., antiquated style, rococo style, bad taste (in arts); antiquated, trumpery, old, old-fashioned.
rocou, rocouer, rocouyer. V. roucou, roucouer, roucouyer.