Pronunciation guide
How to pronounce baroque
buh-ROHK (US) or buh-ROK (UK); stress on the 2nd syllable, rhyming with 'oak' or 'rock'
US/bəˈɹoʊk/
bəɹoʊk
UK/bəˈɹɒk/
bəɹɒk
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Common mistake
Not 'BARE-oak' or 'buh-ROSH'; it is 'buh-ROHK', stress at the end.
What “baroque” means
Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
In a sentence
- Her baroque necklace glittered under the gallery lights.
- The report criticized the baroque bureaucracy for needless complexity.
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