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See also: BUC, Buç, buč, buć, Buć, bục, bức, and bực

Catalan

Etymology

From Frankish *būk (“belly”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, stomach”). Compare Spanish buque (“vessel”) and Italian buco (“hole”).

Pronunciation

Noun

buc m (plural bucs)

  1. an object that has a cavity
  2. belly; abdomen
    Synonyms: abdomen, panxa, ventre
  3. (aeronautics) fuselage
    Synonym: fuselatge
  4. (automotive) the bodywork of a car
  5. (nautical) hull
  6. (vehicles) the body of a carriage
  7. beehive
    Synonyms: arna, casera, rusc
  8. (architecture) the shell or outer walls enclosing a house or a staircase
  9. (furniture) the cabinetwork enclosing the drawers, either fully or partially
  10. (geography) riverbed
    Synonym: llit
  11. (military, history) cuirass
    Synonym: cuirassa
  12. (engineering) the metal coating of a nuclear reactor vessel

Holonyms

Further reading

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

Possibly from a Latin root buculus (“young bull, ox, steer”). Compare French bugle, beugle.

Noun

buc m

  1. small ox

Etymology 2

Compare Catalan and Occitan buc. Probably of Germanic origin.

Noun

buc m

  1. beehive
Synonyms

K'iche'

Noun

buc

  1. (Classical K'iche') bird

Middle Dutch

Noun

buc m

  1. Alternative form of boc

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English būc.

Noun

buc (plural bucs)

  1. Alternative form of bouk

Etymology 2

From Old English bucca.

Noun

buc

  1. Alternative form of bukke

Occitan

buc

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Germanic, from Frankish *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“hollow body, cavity”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Languedocien)(file)

Noun

buc m

  1. beehive (home of bees)

Old Dutch

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

Noun

buc m

  2. buck, male goat
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Middle Dutch: boc, buc
    • Dutch: bok (see there for further descendants)
    • Limburgish: bók
    • West Flemish: buk
Further reading
  • “buk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.

Noun

būc m

  2. belly, stomach
  3. womb
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
Further reading
  • “būk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

būc m

  1. belly, stomach
  2. a vessel that bulges out, such as a bottle, jug, pitcher, etc.
Declension
Declension of buc (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative būc būcas
accusative būc būcas
genitive būces būca
dative būce būcum
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *bukk (“male deer”).

Pronunciation

Noun

buc m

  1. Alternative form of bucc (“buck”)

Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Derived from Old Polish bucić się.

Noun

buc m pers

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) jerk, douche, arrogant person
    Synonyms: dupek, kutas
Declension
Declension of buc
singular plural
nominative buc buce
genitive buca buców/bucy
dative bucowi bucom
accusative buca buców/bucy
instrumental bucem bucami
locative bucu bucach
vocative bucu buce

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Butzemann.

Noun

buc m animal

  1. (rare) bogeyman (menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories)
Declension
Declension of buc
singular plural
nominative buc buce
genitive buca buców
dative bucowi bucom
accusative buca buce
instrumental bucem bucami
locative bucu bucach
vocative bucu buce

Further reading

  • buc in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • buc in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly a substrate word, perhaps from Dacian *bukas, akin to Albanian byk (or alternatively derived from it). May be linked to Polish buch.

Pronunciation

Noun

buc m (plural buci)

  1. chaff

Declension

Declension of buc
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) buc bucul (niște) buci bucii
genitive/dative (unui) buc bucului (unor) buci bucilor
vocative bucule bucilor

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Adverb

buc

  1. (Sursilvan) not
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