How to pronounce baroque
American English pronunciation
buh-ROHK
- IPA
- /bəˈɹoʊk/
- Syllables
- buh · ROHK (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What baroque means
Very fancy and full of swirling decoration
In a sentence: The theater's baroque ceiling was covered with gold curls, carved flowers and painted clouds.
Where it comes from: It came through French, where it first meant an oddly shaped pearl, from a Portuguese word for such a pearl. Where that word came from is uncertain.
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