choc

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See also: choć, chốc, and chọc

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɒk/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒk
  • Homophone: chock

Noun

choc (countable and uncountable, plural chocs)

  1. (informal) Clipping of chocolate.
    mint choc chip ice cream; a box of chocs

Derived terms

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French

Etymology 1

16th century, from choquer (“to hit, to shock”); influenced by Italian ciocco.

Pronunciation

Noun

choc m (plural chocs)

  1. hit, strike
  2. shock (surprise, startling)
  3. electrical shock
  4. clash
  5. episode
Derived terms
Descendants
Descendants of choc in other languages
  • → Danish: chok
  • → Georgian: შოკი (šoḳi)
  • → Greek: σοκ (sok)
  • → Italian: choc
  • → Portuguese: choque
  • → Russian: шок (šok)
  • → Swedish: chock
  • → Turkish: şok

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

choc m (plural chocs)

  1. (Louisiana) Alternative form of tchoque (“blackbird”)

Further reading

Huave

Noun

choc

  1. insect

Derived terms

References

  • Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert, Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence, Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso, Ponce Villanueva, Tereso, Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981) Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 93

Interlingua

Noun

choc (plural chocs or choches)

  1. shock

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French choc.

Pronunciation

Noun

choc m (invariable)

  1. Alternative spelling of shock

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish choć. By surface analysis, clipping of chocziá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Syllabification: choc

Conjunction

choc

  1. even though, though

Particle

choc

  1. even
  2. at least

Further reading

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021) “choć”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 295-296
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