bloc
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English
Etymology
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
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /blɒk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /blɑk/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒk
- Homophone: block
Noun
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.
- 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)
- military bloc
Derived terms
Translations
group of voters or politicians
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group of countries
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See also
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
bloc m (plural blocs)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
bloc m (plural blocs)
Usage notes
- Recommend spelling (by TERMCAT) until 2013, when blog was accepted by the IEC.
Further reading
- “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
Etymology
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
Noun
bloc m (plural blocs)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “bloc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English block or from a Romance language.
Noun
bloc m (genitive singular bloic, nominative plural bloic)
Declension
Declension of bloc
Derived terms
- 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
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bloc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bloc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French bloc, German Blockhaus.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Declension of bloc
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French bloc. Doublet of block and bloque.
Pronunciation
Noun
bloc m (plural blocs)
- pad (such as of paper)
Further reading
- “bloc”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014