joc

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan joc, from Latin iocus (“pastime, sport”). Compare Occitan jòc, French jeu, Spanish juego.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

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Noun

joc m (plural jocs)

1. game (a playful or competitive activity)
2. (uncountable) play (activity for amusement)
3. gambling
4. kit, set, service (any collection of items needed for a certain purpose)
5. assembly (set of pieces working together in a mechanism)
6. (music) rank, register

Derived terms

Related terms

• joguet
• joguina
• jugar

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Frankish *juk (“perch, roost”).

Alternative forms

• jóc (pre-2016 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

joc m or f (plural jocs)

1. roost (for birds)
2. perch (in a bird cage)
3. nest

Derived terms

• anar a joc (“to put (birds) in their roost; (figuratively) to put to bed”)
• ésser a joc (“to be in bed”)

Adjective

joc (feminine joca, masculine plural jocs, feminine plural joques)

1. lying down, in bed

References

• “joc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “joc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “joc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “joc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old French

Alternative forms

• juc, jouc

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *juką (“yoke”).

Noun

joc oblique singular, m (oblique plural jos, nominative singular jos, nominative plural joc)

1. roost, perch for chickens

Derived terms

• joquier

Descendants

• French: juc, ⇒ juchoir
• → Sicilian: giuccu

References

Further reading

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (joc)

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin jocus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French geu.

Noun

joc m (oblique plural jocs, nominative singular jocs, nominative plural joc)

1. game

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “jocus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 42

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin jocus, iocus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒok/
• Rhymes: -ok

Noun

joc n (plural jocuri)

1. game, play
2. dance

Declension

Related terms

• juca
• jucărie
• jucător

Verb

joc

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of juca