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In the West, we look at art through life. Well, that's one way of living. In the Orient they look at life through art. They even drink their tea without sugar, for the same reason that they don't like a lot of frilly decorations on a painting. I can't stand butter on my bread for the same reason. I'm allergic to goo and rococo.
Paul Rand

Meaning of "rococo" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ROCOCO

From French, from rocaille, from rocrock1.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ROCOCO

rococo  [rəˈkəʊkəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROCOCO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rococo can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES ROCOCO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

rococo

Rococo

Rococo, less commonly roccoco, or "Late Baroque", is an 18th-century artistic movement and style, affecting many aspects of the arts including painting, sculpture, architecture, interior design, decoration, literature, music, and theatre. It developed in the early 18th century in Paris, France as a reaction against the grandeur, symmetry, and strict regulations of the Baroque, especially of the Palace of Versailles. Rococo artists and architects used a more jocular, florid, and graceful approach to the Baroque. Their style was ornate and used light colours, asymmetrical designs, curves, and gold. Unlike the political Baroque, the Rococo had playful and witty themes. The interior decoration of Rococo rooms was designed as a total work of art with elegant and ornate furniture, small sculptures, ornamental mirrors, and tapestry complementing architecture, reliefs, and wall paintings. The Rococo was also important in theatre.

Definition of rococo in the English dictionary

The first definition of rococo in the dictionary is a style of architecture and decoration that originated in France in the early 18th century, characterized by elaborate but graceful, light, ornamentation, often containing asymmetrical motifs. Other definition of rococo is an 18th-century style of music characterized by petite prettiness, a decline in the use of counterpoint, and extreme use of ornamentation. Rococo is also any florid or excessively ornamental style.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROCOCO


Bioko
baɪˈəʊkəʊ
choko
ˈtʃəʊkəʊ
coco
ˈkəʊkəʊ
cocoa
ˈkəʊkəʊ
iroko
ɪˈrəʊkəʊ
loco
ˈləʊkəʊ
locofoco
ˌləʊkəʊˈfəʊkəʊ
moko
ˈməʊkəʊ
Orinoco
ˌɒrɪˈnəʊkəʊ
pakoko
ˈpɑːkəʊkəʊ
poco
ˈpəʊkəʊ
smokeho
ˈsməʊkəʊ
smoko
ˈsməʊkəʊ
toco
ˈtəʊkəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROCOCO

rockingly
rockless
rocklike
rockling
rocknroller
rockoon
rockrose
rocks
rockshaft
rockslide
rockwater
rockweed
Rockwell
rockwork
rocky
Rocky Mountain goat
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Rocky Mountains
rocquet
rod

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROCOCO

Blanco
Cerro de Pasco
chico
choco
cisco
co
con fuoco
disco
doco
eco
Franco
joco
Mexico
Monaco
morocco
poco a poco
Puerto Rico
San Francisco
suo loco
un poco

Synonyms and antonyms of rococo in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «ROCOCO»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rococo» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of rococo

Translation of «rococo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROCOCO

Find out the translation of rococo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rococo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rococo» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

洛可可
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rococó
570 millions of speakers

English

rococo
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रोकोको
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الروكوكو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рококо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rococó
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রকোকো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rococo
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rococo
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rokoko
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ロココ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

로코코
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rococo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xưa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

rococo
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रोक्को
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rokoko
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rococò
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rokoko
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рококо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rococo
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ροκοκό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rococo
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rokoko
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rokokko
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rococo

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROCOCO»

The term «rococo» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.697 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROCOCO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rococo

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3 QUOTES WITH «ROCOCO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rococo.
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Paul Rand
In the West, we look at art through life. Well, that's one way of living. In the Orient they look at life through art. They even drink their tea without sugar, for the same reason that they don't like a lot of frilly decorations on a painting. I can't stand butter on my bread for the same reason. I'm allergic to goo and rococo.
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Ben Schott
If I'm researching something strange and rococo, I'll go to the London Library or the British Library and look it up in books.
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Ben Schott
I spend a lot of time looking at rococo books. And almanacs used to be huge sellers - they were pretty much part of the fabric of life. I thought, this is bizarre, I'd love to buy a book like this, and there isn't one. So I thought, all right then, this could be fun. I'll write an almanac.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROCOCO»

Discover the use of rococo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rococo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rococo: A Novel
New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani, beloved by millions of readers around the world for her humor, warmth, and captivating storytelling in the Big Stone Gap trilogy and Lucia, Lucia, takes on love, lust, tricky family ...
Adriana Trigiani, 2005
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Rococo: Mastering the Art of Chocolate
Rococo makes the finest chocolates in the world. Its founder, Chantal Coady, has been a pioneer of the nouveau chocolat revolution for 30 years.
Chantal Coady, 2013
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Rococo
Rococo was dominant in interiors, decorative art, and painting throughout Europe in the 18th century.
Eva Gesine Baur, Ingo F Walther, 2007
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Making Up the Rococo: François Boucher and His Critics
Exploring how the discrediting of Boucher and his school intersected with cultural debates about gender and class, this account of Boucher's art should persuade critics and admirers alike to take another, more considered look.
Melissa Lee Hyde, François Boucher, 2006
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Baroque and Rococo Pictorial Imagery: The 1758-60 Hertel ...
Excellent royalty-free reprint of 200 plates from rare 18th-century edition of 1593 classic that codified symbolism of baroque and rococo periods. New introduction, translations of captions and index, plate descriptions.
Cesare Ripa, 1971
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Rococo
It had to wait nearly a century before art historians could restore it to the radiance of its golden age, which is rediscovered in this work by Klaus H. Carl and Victoria Charles.
Victoria Charles, Klaus Carl, 2014
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Baroque & Rococo
This beautifully produced exploration of both movements guides the reader through more than a century of art history—exploring the lives and works of sculptors such as Bernini, painters such as Watteau, Boucher, Rubens, and Hogarth, and ...
Marco Bussagli, Mattia Reiche, 2009
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Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art
This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Rococo art.
Jennifer D. Milam, 2011
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Italian Baroque and Rococo Architecture
Examines the designs of Italian buildings in the baroque and rococo architectural styles and discusses the careers of architects such as Gianlorenzo Bernini, Francesco Borromini, and Pietra da Cortona
John L. Varriano, 1986
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Rococo: the continuing curve, 1730-2008
From the Publisher: Book accompanies a major exhibition opening March 2008 at Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York. This groundbreaking work explores the sensuous & organic rococo style & its many revivals.
Sarah Coffin, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROCOCO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rococo is used in the context of the following news items.
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Flamingo Dr. Med Revival House is a Little bit Baroque, a Little bit …
It kept its effervescence, with Baroque and Rococo touches, and maybe even a little bit of Vienna thrown in, while still being a comfortable but not enormous ... «Curbed Miami, Jul 15»
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Folk singer Judy Collins coming to Rococo
The origins of funk music are kind of complex, writes a man who would know about the subject as much as anyone else does, George Clinton. Read more ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jun 15»
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Review: Elvis Costello captivates in brilliant Rococo show
Singer Elvis Costello performs at the "Right to Rock Benefit" in October 2013 in New York. He'll play a solo show March 3 at the Rococo Theatre in Lincoln. «Lincoln Journal Star, Mar 15»
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Rococo Steak set to unveil expanded dining room next week
Rococo Steak Owner Joe Orsino hears the murmurs too: The impending arrival of Ruth's Chris at Sundial spells trouble, if not doom, for his place, the first ... «Tampa Bay Business Journal, Jan 15»
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Elvis Costello to play first show in Lincoln
The Rococo Theatre date is the second of 13 “solo” appearances Costello is making in the Midwest and in Florida on a tour that has been dubbed “Detour.”. «Lincoln Journal Star, Dec 14»
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Golden Age of Bavarian Rococo Displayed at Kunsthalle Munich
For the great sculptors of Munich, the art of Rococo was a predominantly religious affair. Unlike its French and Italian counterparts, which were mainly geared ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Nov 14»
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The story behind Dave Chappelle's long Rococo run
In early September, Pam Gregorious, executive director of the Rococo Theatre, got a call from a Live Nation rep about a potential performer who might be going ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Oct 14»
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'Rococo Rouge,' Company XIV's Burlesque Show
The orgiastic Moulin Rouge revelry painted there is fair warning of what lies ahead in Company XIV's glitteringly sexy, exuberantly celebratory show “Rococo ... «New York Times, Oct 14»
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Palindrome band will add much-needed imagination to the scene
Specifically To Rococo Rot, the Berlin-based trio whose texturally meticulous music draws on techno, dub, ambient and electronic minimalism, a group whose ... «Herald Scotland, Oct 14»
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Zantigo, Rocky Rococo, Pannekoeken: How cult food brands live …
Back in the 1980s, you could find square slices of Rocky Rococo pizza all over town, including downtown Minneapolis, Uptown and Dinkytown. Today a single ... «MinnPost, Sep 14»

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