rocaille
noun
rocaille is a noun meaning “Artificial rockwork made of rough stones and cement, as for gardens” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-O-C-A-I-L-L-E, and it appears about once in every 81 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of rocaille is rocailles.
What does rocaille mean?
noun
- 1
Artificial rockwork made of rough stones and cement, as for gardens.
- 2
The rococo system of scroll ornament, based in part on the forms of shells and water-worn rocks.
- 3
A seed bead.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of rocaille
- rocailles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rocaille?
Rocaille appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does rocaille come from?
Borrowed from French rocaille.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).