rococo

See also: rococó and rococò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French rococo.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -əʊkəʊ

Noun

rococo (uncountable)

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

Translations

style of baroque architecture etc.

Catalan: rococó m
Czech: rokoko (cs) n
Danish: rokoko c
German: Rokoko (de) n
Hungarian: rokokó (hu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rokokko m

Nynorsk: rokokko m

Portuguese: rococó (pt) m
Russian: рококо́ (ru) n (rokokó)
Slovene: rokoko m
Swedish: rokoko (sv) c
Turkish: rokoko (tr)

Adjective

rococo (not comparable)

Of, or relating to the rococo style.
Over-elaborate or complicated; opulent.
Old-fashioned.

Translations

in the rococo style

Danish: rokoko-
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rokokko-

Nynorsk: rokokko-

Slovene: rokokojski
Swedish: rokoko-

French

A rococo cabinet, designed in 1774 by Jean-Joseph Lemaire for the future King Louis XVI.

Etymology

Undoubtedly, a word from rocaille and barroco, to denote pejoratively a "rock" style, then gone out-of-fashion; invented in 1797 by Pierre-Maurice Quays, pupil of Jacques-Louis David and firebrand of an austere neoclassical style.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.kɔ.ko/

Adjective

rococo (plural rococos)

rococo (architectural style, all senses)
(abstract, derogatory) Relating to old traditions, which may be seen as foolishly outdated; archaic, old-fashioned, obsolete, backwards.

Further reading

“rococo” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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