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Hungarian
(2) három kocka csokoládé
(3) dobókockák
(5) skót kockák
Etymology
Borrowed from a West Slavic language, probably from Czech or Slovak. Compare Czech kostka , Slovak kocka .
Pronunciation
Noun
kocka (plural kockák )
( 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.
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 .
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 .
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.
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.
( 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.
( 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.
( 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 .
Declension
Derived terms
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References
Further reading
kocka in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh . A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz. ). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Lower Sorbian
Noun
kocka f animal (masculine kocor )
Superseded spelling of kócka .
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kostъka ( “ small bone ” ) , since dice were made of bones (Proto-Slavic *kostь ).
Noun
kȍcka f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏цка )
( geometry ) cube
( games ) die
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kostъka ( “ small bone ” ) , since dice were made of bones (Proto-Slavic *kostь ).
Pronunciation
Noun
kocka f (genitive singular kocky , nominative plural kocky , genitive plural kociek , declension pattern of žena )
( geometry ) cube
( games ) die
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
“kocka ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk , 2024
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kostъka ( “ small bone ” ) , since dice were made of bones (Proto-Slavic *kostь ).
Pronunciation
Noun
kọ̑cka f
die (used in games of chance)
Inflection
Further reading
“kocka ”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU , portal Fran