cuc

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See also: CUC, cuć, cúc, Cúc, cục, cực, and ċuċ

Catalan

Etymology

Possibly of onomatopoeic origin.[1] Compare to Sardinian cucurra.

Pronunciation

Noun

cuc m (plural cucs)

  1. worm

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “cuc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology 1

From Late Latin cucus or cuccus, compare also Latin cuculus.

Noun

cuc m (plural cucs)

  1. cuckoo
  2. (figurative) fool

Etymology 2

Noun

cuc m (plural cucs)

  1. look, glance, peep

Jakaltek

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *kuuʼk.

Noun

cuc

  1. squirrel

References

  • Church, Clarence, Church, Katherine (1955) Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano‎ (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 6; 10

Romanian

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cuc

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin cucus or cuccus. Compare Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux), Classical Latin cuculus.

Pronunciation

Noun

cuc m (plural cuci)

  1. cuckoo (bird)
  2. (figurative) an extravagant thing
  3. (adverbial) alone, isolated
  4. a game played by little kids (like hide and go seek)
  5. (figurative, euphemistic) a penis

Declension

Declension of cuc
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) cuc cucul (niște) cuci cucii
genitive/dative (unui) cuc cucului (unor) cuci cucilor
vocative cucule cucilor

Derived terms

terms derived from cuc

See also

References

Romansch

Noun

cuc m (plural cucs)

  1. (Surmiran) nap

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From the ISO 4217 code CUC.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuk/
  • Rhymes: -uk
  • Syllabification: cuc

Noun

cuc m (plural cuc)

  1. (Cuba, informal) Cuban convertible peso

Yucatec Maya

Noun

cuc

  1. Obsolete spelling of kúuk.
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