HOW TO PRONOUNCE
baroque
/bɚˈoʊk/
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Stress the ending that sounds like “roke.”
In bur-OHK, the first vowel is light and r-colored. The ending has an oh vowel followed by k; the written que adds no syllable.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The concert features baroque music.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does baroque mean?
adjective
- Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
- Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
- Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
More meanings (7)
adjective
- Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
- Characteristic of Western art and music of the Early Modern period.
- (figuratively) Overly and needlessly complicated.
- From or characteristic of the Baroque period.
noun
- An ornate, detailed style.
proper noun
- A period in Western architecture, art, and music from c. 1600–1760 CE, known for its abundance of drama, rich color, and extensive ornamentation.
- The chess variant invented in 1962 by mathematician Robert Abbott, or any of its descendants, where pieces move alike, but have differing methods of capture.
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IPA pronunciation
/bɚˈoʊk/
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And in those baroque sects, chiefly American, which admit them they show no eagerness to put on the stole and chasuble.