| Principales traductions |
| rock n | (individual stone) | pierre nf |
| | (plus petit) | caillou nm |
| | A demonstrator threw a rock. |
| | Un manifestant lança une pierre. |
| rock n | (stone mass) | rocher nm |
| | A giant rock sits on the hill. |
| | Il y a un énorme rocher sur la colline. |
| rock n | uncountable (hard substance: mineral) | roche nf |
| | We must dig through solid rock. |
| | On doit creuser à travers de la roche dure. |
| rock n | (pop music: rock and roll) (musique, anglicisme) | rock nm |
| | Elvis played rock. |
| | Elvis jouait du rock. |
| rock [sth]⇒ vtr | (shake violently) | ébranler⇒, secouer⇒ vtr |
| | The explosion rocked the building. |
| | L'explosion ébranla (or: secoua) le building. |
| rock [sth] vtr | (make unstable) | faire balancer⇒ vtr |
| | The rowers' movement rocked the boat. |
| | Les mouvements des rameurs faisaient balancer le bateau. |
| rock⇒ vi | (move back and forth) (objet) | balancer⇒ vi |
| | (personne) | se balancer⇒ v pron |
| | The chair began to rock. |
| | La chaise commença à balancer. |
| rock [sb]⇒ vtr | (baby: move side to side) | bercer⇒ vtr |
| | The mother sang her baby a lullaby as she rocked him in her arms. |
| | La mère chantait une berceuse à son bébé tout en le berçant dans ses bras. |
| Traductions supplémentaires |
| rock n | figurative (point of stability) (figuré) | point de repère nm |
| | My brother is my rock. |
| | Mon frère est mon point de repère. |
| rock n | UK, uncountable (long stick of hard candy) | sucre d'orge nm |
| | She brought back sticks of rock from her holiday at the seaside. |
| | Elle a rapporté des sucres d'orge de son séjour au bord de la mer. |
| rock n | slang (diamond) (figuré : diamant) | pierre nf |
| | That's quite a rock you're wearing. |
| | C'est une sacrée pierre que tu portes. |
| rock n | slang (cocaine) (familier, anglicisme) | coke nf |
| | | cocaïne nf |
| | The junkies are smoking rock. |
| | Les toxicos fument de la coke. |
| rock n | (rocking) (d'un bateau) | roulis nm |
| | The rock of the ship was hypnotic. |
| | Le roulis du bateau était hypnotique. |
| rock n as adj | (relating to rock and roll) | de rock loc adj |
| | The guitarist has released two albums of classical music and a rock album. |
| rock⇒ vi | (shake violently) | être secoué vi + adj |
| | The entire plane rocked. |
| | L'avion entier fut secoué. |
| rock vi | (play rock music) | jouer du rock, faire du rock loc v |
| | That new band likes to rock. |
| | Le nouveau groupe aime jouer du rock (or: faire du rock). |
| rock vi | slang (be exciting) | être génial vi + adj |
| | (familier) | assurer⇒ vi |
| | (familier, jeune) | déchirer⇒ vtr |
| | This roller coaster rocks! |
| | Ces montagnes russes sont géniales ! |
| | Ces montagnes russes assurent ! |
| rock vi | (dance to rock music) | danser le rock loc v |
| | The band is playing. Let's rock! |
| | Le groupe joue. Allons danser le rock ! |
| rock [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (disturb, upset) | déstabiliser⇒ vtr |
| | The crisis rocked them from their routine. |
| | La crise les a déstabilisés dans leur routine. |
| rock [sth]⇒ vtr | slang (clothing, look: wear with style) (changement de sujet) | bien aller à [qqn] adv + vtr ind |
| Note: Commonly used in the continuous. |
| | She's rocking the goth look today. |
| | Les vêtements gothiques qu'elle porte aujourd'hui lui vont bien. |