kocka

Borrowed from a West Slavic language, probably from Czech or Slovak. Compare Czech kostka, Slovak kocka.

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• Hyphenation: koc‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

kocka (plural kockák)

1. (geometry) cube (regular polyhedron having six identical square faces)
   • 1998–1999, “Kitűzött kémiafeladatok”, in Firka‎, volume 8, number 2:

     Egy 40 cm élhosszúságú kocka alakú jégtömb tömege 58,88 kg.

     The mass of a block of ice in the shape of a cube measuring 40 cm on each side is 58.88 kg.

2. block, cube (any object in an approximately cuboid shape)
   • 2014, Etelka Lám, “Megjön a Mikulás”, in Irodalmi Epreskert 5‎, volume 4, number 4:

     A kisfiú vonatozott, a húga kockákból épített várat.

     The little boy was playing with trains, his sister was building a castle out of blocks.

3. die, dice (regular polyhedron used in games, with numbers or symbols on each side)

   Synonym: dobókocka

   • 1969, Alfréd Rényi, “A természet könyvének nyelve”, in Dialógusok a matematikáról:

     Ezzel szemben 12-t csak egyféleképpen dobhatunk: úgy, hogy mindkét kockával hatost dobunk.

     However, there is only one way to roll a twelve, which is to roll a six with both dice.

4. dice game (game played predominantly or solely by rolling dice)

   Synonym: kockajáték

   • 1932, Lajos Zilahy, A lélek kialszik:

     Elmondta, hogy akkor éjszaka több mint háromezer dollárt nyert kockán.

     He told me he had won more than three thousand dollars on dice that night.

5. square (rectangular cell in a grid or pattern)

   Synonym: négyzet

   • 1970, “Divatos kötött nadrágkosztüm”, in Új Ifjúság‎, volume 19, number 13:

     Eredeti színezése: a kabát fehér, piros kockákkal, a nadrág piros.

     The original colors are: the jacket is white with red squares, the trousers are red.

6. (film, photography) frame (one of the many single photographic images on a roll of film)

   Synonyms: filmkocka, képkocka

   • 2012, Gabriella Hámori, László Szabó G. (interviewer), “Amerikai válogatásokra jár...”, in Új Szó‎, volume 65, number 192:

     Olyan kamerával vették fel, amely másodpercenként háromezer kockát rögzít.

     It was shot with a camera that records three thousand frames per second.

7. (comics) panel (an individual drawing in a comic strip or comic book)

   Synonym: képregénykocka

   • 2004, “A képregény rejtelmes útja”, in Új Szó‎, volume 57, number 300:

     Számos mozifilmhős a képregények kockáin született meg először.

     Many movie heroes were originally born in the panels of a comic book.

8. (slang) nerd, geek (person who is intellectual but possibly socially inept, particularly an expert in computers)

   Synonym: kockafej

   • 2012, “Levelek”, in Full Circle‎, number 58:

     Nem vagyok sem programozó, sem kódolásmániás kocka.

     I’m neither a programmer, nor a coding geek.

(Expressions):

• a kocka el van vetve
• fordul a kocka
• kockán forog
• kockára tesz

• kocka in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

kocka f (masculine kocor)

1. superseded spelling of kócka

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

kocka

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kostъka (“small bone”), since dice were made of bones (Proto-Slavic *kostь).

kȍcka f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏цка)

1. (geometry) cube
2. (games) die

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

kocka

Wikipedia ^sk

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kostъka (“small bone”), since dice were made of bones (Proto-Slavic *kostь).

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kocka f (relational adjective kockový, diminutive kocôčka)

1. (geometry) cube
2. (games) die

• “kocka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

kocka

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From Proto-Slavic *kostъka (“small bone”), since dice were made of bones (Proto-Slavic *kostь).

• IPA^(key): /kóːt͡ska/

kọ̑cka f

1. die (used in games of chance)

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• “kocka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

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kocka

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kock (“chef, cook”) +‎ -a

kocka c

1. a female cook (on a ship or for a work crew or the like)

kocka (present kockar, preterite kockade, supine kockat, imperative kocka)

1. (Finland, colloquial) to cook

From Coca-Cola.

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kocka c

1. (slang, Scania, countable, uncountable) coke (cola-based soft drink)

• kocka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kocka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kocka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kocka in Finlandssvensk ordbok