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English
Pronunciation
Noun
choc (countable and uncountable, plural chocs)
- (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)
- hit, strike
- shock (surprise, startling)
- electrical shock
- clash
- episode
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
choc m (plural chocs)
- (Louisiana) alternative form of tchoque (“blackbird”)
Further reading
Huave
Noun
choc
- 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)
- shock
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French choc.
Pronunciation
Noun
choc m (invariable)
- alternative spelling of shock
Polish
Pronunciation
Conjunction
choc
- (Western Lublin, Pożóg) alternative form of choć
Particle
choc
- (Western Lublin, Pożóg) alternative form of choć
Further reading
- Hieronim Łopaciński (1892) “choc”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 187