bloc
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French bloc (“group, block”), ultimately of Old Dutch origin, from Frankish or Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”). Doublet of block.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /blɒk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /blɑk/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒk
- Homophone: block
Noun
[edit]bloc (plural blocs)
- A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.
- 2020, Geoffrey Skelley, Nathaniel Rakich, “Two Special Elections On Tuesday Could Hint At Another Blue Wave In 2020”, in FiveThirtyEight:
- But a huge bloc of non-Hispanic white residents without bachelor’s degrees — 72 percent of the population age 25 or older — has turned the 7th District into Republican turf.
- A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance: e.g., the eastern bloc, the western bloc, a trading bloc, the Eurozone, the European Union.
- military bloc
- The ECB is considering three main options […] but two of them could hurt confidence in the bloc's most indebted states, […] (Reuters)
- Climate change a security risk for EU, say bloc's foreign policy chiefs (EUobserver)
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[edit]Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]bloc m (plural blocs)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]bloc m (plural blocs)
Usage notes
[edit]- Recommend spelling (by TERMCAT) until 2013, when blog was accepted by the IEC.
Further reading
[edit]- “bloc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bloc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “bloc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bloc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “bloc” in termcat, Centre de Terminologia, 2024.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Dutch *blok (“log”), from Frankish or Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bloc m (plural blocs)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bloc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English block or from a Romance language.
Noun
[edit]bloc m (genitive singular bloic, nominative plural bloic)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- bloc fir m (“stocky man”)
- bloc-chlár m (“blockboard”)
- blocadóir m (“block-maker”)
- blocáil (“block”, verb)
- blocán m (“small block; stocky person; blockhead; coal-fish”)
- blocdhéanmhas m (“block structure”)
- blocléaráid f (“block diagram”)
- bloclitir f (“block letter”)
- blocphriontáil f (“(act of) blockprinting”)
- craosbhloc m (“breech-block”)
- cróbhloc m (“deadeye”)
- mítéarbhloc m (“mitre-block”)
- próisbhloc m (“process-block”)
- sclóinbhloc m (“swivel block”)
- tacabhloc m (“pillow-block”)
- V-bhloc m (“V-block”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bloc | bhloc | mbloc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bloc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bloc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French bloc, German Blockhaus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bloc n (plural blocuri)
- block (a big chunk of solid matter)
- Synonym: bucată
- bloc de gheață ― block of ice
- a heap or an ensemble of objects of the same type that form a unity
- bloc de desen ― drawing block
- apartment building (a big residential building with apartments)
- alliance, union (a coalition between different states, parties, groups etc. to achieve a common goal)
- Synonym: alianță
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) bloc | blocul | (niște) blocuri | blocurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) bloc | blocului | (unor) blocuri | blocurilor |
vocative | blocule | blocurilor |
Derived terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French bloc. Doublet of block and bloque.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bloc m (plural blocs)
- pad (such as of paper)
Further reading
[edit]- “bloc”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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