roke Meaning & Definition
What Does Roke Mean?
As a noun, roke means Fog, mist; light rain; smoke, vapour; damp.
Roke at a Glance
| Part of speech | noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ɹəʊk/ |
| Plural | rokes |
Roke Definition (Noun)
- Fog, mist; light rain; smoke, vapour; damp.
Noun
- A defect in an ingot of steel: a depression lined with scale.
- A measurement of coal ore.
Synonyms of Roke
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Roke synonyms and antonyms →Word Forms & Grammar
roke (countable and uncountable, plural rokes)
roke (plural rokes)
Origin of Roke
Origin 1: From Middle English roke (“fog, vapour, cloud”), probably from Old Norse roka ("whirlwind, fine spray"; compare Old Norse særoka (“seaspray”)), reinforced later by Middle Dutch roke, rooc (“smoke”), from Old Dutch rouc (“steam, vapour”), from Proto-Germanic *raukiz (“smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewg- (“to erupt, vomit, burp”), from *rew- (“to roar, growl, grumble”). Cognate with Scots rok, roik, rouk (“mist, fog, cloud”), Dutch rook (“smoke, fog”), German Rauch (“smoke, fume”), Swedish rök (“smoke, fume, steam, reek”), West Frisian reek, riik (“smoke, fume”). More at reek. Compare dialectal rawk, which is related, and rag (“fog”) (see raggy (“foggy”)), which may or may not be.
Origin 2: Unclear; perhaps related to dialect rauk, rawk,[1] a northern English dialectal word for a mark, including e.g. a defect on cloth.