Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rochet

/ˈɹɒtʃɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables: ro-chet
IPA: /ˈɹɒtʃɪt/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A white vestment, worn by a bishop, similar to a surplice but with narrower sleeves, extending either to below the knee (in the Catholic church) or to the hem of the cassock in the Anglican church.

noun

A frock or outer garment worn in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Archaic

noun

The red gurnard.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Each priest adorn'd was in a surplice white, / The bishops don'd their albes and copes of state, // Above their rochets button'd fair before, / And mitres on their heads like crowns they wore."
"Or elſe they vvould ſtraine us out a certaine figurative Prelat, by vvringing the collective allegory of thoſe ſeven Angels into ſeven ſingle Rochets."
"They will tell you that they see no difference between an idler with a hat and national cockade, and an idler in a cowl or in a rochet."

Etymology

From Middle English roket, rochet, from Anglo-Norman rochet, Middle French rochet, from Frankish (cf. Old English rocc (“overgarment”)).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: roket, rochet, roget, rouget

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈɹɒtʃɪt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

rochets (plural)

Derived Forms

rocheted

Questions

How do you pronounce rochet?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɒtʃɪt/.
What does rochet mean?: A white vestment, worn by a bishop, similar to a surplice but with narrower sleeves, extending either to below the knee (in the Catholic church) or to the hem of the cassock in the Anglican church.
Where does rochet come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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