rocade

French

Etymology

Equivalent to roquer (“to castle (in chess)”) +‎ -ade, by analogy to how the king and rook move behind the line of pawns.

Pronunciation

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Noun

rocade f (plural rocades)

(military) a communication channel behind the front line, allowing soldiers and materiel to move about
bypass, ring road
(technology) a kind of twisted-pair cable

Descendants

→ Bulgarian: рокада (rokada)
→ Danish: rokade
→ Dutch: rokade (see there for further descendants)
→ German: Rochade
→ Macedonian: рокада (rokada)
→ Romanian: rocadă
→ Serbo-Croatian: рокада
→ Swedish: rockad

See also

(bypass): autoroute, départementale, nationale

Further reading

“rocade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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