Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rococo

/ɹəˈkəʊkəʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables: ro-co-co
IPA: /ɹəˈkəʊkəʊ/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.

Uncountable

noun

A piece of ornamentation in this style.

Countable

adj

Of or relating to the rococo style.

adj

Over-elaborate or complicated; opulent.

adj

Example Sentences

"They built a rococo aedicule that stands around the Tomb today."
"Above the two chief figures are rococos on either side of the clock face. These, like all the other work, are in bold relief and wrought with great delicacy and grace. On the top of the clock is a realistic scene from nature."
"The marzipan and that kind of malleable ceramic, the rococo decorations, the flowers made of hard sugar, the frosted blue surfaces, kind of gray, the pearls, the legal coloring... all of it supposedly suitable for human consumption."

Etymology

Borrowed from French rococo.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɹəˈkəʊkəʊ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

rococos (plural) more rococo (comparative) most rococo (superlative)

Derived Forms

barococo rococoed rococoish rococoness unrococo

Rhymes With

coco dicocco cocoa boko loco orinoco toco smoko choko ohko

Questions

How do you pronounce rococo?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹəˈkəʊkəʊ/.
What does rococo mean?: A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
Where does rococo come from?: Borrowed from French rococo.

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