English–Afrikaans dictionary
Afrikaans translation of the English word rock
| English | Afrikaans (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
🔗 All of the Hawaiian Islands are made of just one kind of rock. | ||
| (shake; shock; agitate) | ||
🔗 The capital has been rocked by explosions in recent days, but it is far from encircled. | ||
| (hesitate; waver; falter; stagger; totter; vacillate; wobble; lurch) | ||
| ; | ||
🔗 Today the rocks were bare. | ||
rock hyrax (Cape hyrax; rock‐rabbit; dassie) | ||
| (rock hyrax; Cape hyrax; dassie) | ||
| English | Afrikaans |
|---|---|
| rock | ⇆ hobbel; ⇆ klip; ⇆ kliprots; ⇆ laat skud; ⇆ rots; ⇆ skommel; ⇆ skud; ⇆ slinger; ⇆ waggel; ⇆ wankel; ⇆ wieg; ⇆ wiegel; ⇆ wikkel |
| be on the rocks | ⇆ geldgebrek ly; ⇆ in die knyp sit; ⇆ in gevaar wees |
| blind rock | ⇆ blinde klip |
| country rock | ⇆ newensgesteente |
| Edinburgh rock | ⇆ klipsorbet |
| fall of rock | ⇆ rotsstorting |
| firm as a rock | ⇆ rotsvas |
| igneous rock | ⇆ stollingsgesteente; ⇆ stolrots |
| Indian rock python | ⇆ Indiese luislang; ⇆ tierluislang |
| intrusive rock | ⇆ intrusiegesteente |
| ledge of rock | ⇆ rotslys |
| mother rock | ⇆ moedergesteente |
| parent rock | ⇆ moedergesteente |
| rock dove | ⇆ wildeposduif |
| rock garden | ⇆ rotstuin |
| rock hyrax | ⇆ klipdassie |
| rock pigeon | ⇆ bosduif; ⇆ kransduif; ⇆ wildeposduif |
| rock shelter | ⇆ rotsskuiling |
| rock to sleep | ⇆ aan die slaap wieg |
| rock with laughter | ⇆ skud van die lag |
| run onto the rocks | ⇆ skipbreuk ly |
| silicate rock | ⇆ silikaatgesteente |
| steady as a rock | ⇆ rotsvas |
| sunken rock | ⇆ blinde klip |
| volcanic rock | ⇆ effusiegesteente |
| para‐rocks | ⇆ para‐gesteente |
| rock‐alum | ⇆ aluinsteen |
| rock‐bed | ⇆ rotsbodem |
| rock‐bound | ⇆ door rotse ingesluit |
| rock‐burst | ⇆ rotsbarsting |
| rock‐cork | ⇆ bergkurk |
| rock‐crystal | ⇆ bergkristal |
| rock‐drill | ⇆ diamantboor; ⇆ klipboor |
| rock‐engraving | ⇆ rotsgravure |
| rocker | ⇆ skommelaar; ⇆ tuimelaar; ⇆ wiegpoot |
| rockery | ⇆ kliptuin; ⇆ rotstuin |
| rock‐face | ⇆ bergwand |
| rockfall | ⇆ rotsstorting |
| rock‐fish | ⇆ klipvis |
| rock‐hare | ⇆ kolhaas; ⇆ rooihaas |
| rock‐hewn | ⇆ uit klip gekap; ⇆ uit rots gekap |
| rocking | ⇆ skommelrig; ⇆ wiegeling; ⇆ wiegend; ⇆ wikkeling |
| rock‐lobster | ⇆ Afrikaanse kreef |
| rock‐oil | ⇆ aardolie; ⇆ petroleum; ⇆ steenolie |
| rock‐painting | ⇆ rotsskildery |
| rock‐phosphate | ⇆ rotsfosfaat |
| rock‐plant | ⇆ rotsplant |
| rock‐rabbit | ⇆ dassie; ⇆ klipdassie |
| rock‐salt | ⇆ klipsout |
| rock‐shaft | ⇆ rotsskag |
| rock‐silk | ⇆ bergvlas |
| rockslide | ⇆ bergstorting |
| rock‐sulphur | ⇆ rotsswael; ⇆ rotsswawel |
| rocky | ⇆ klipperig; ⇆ rotsagtig |