блок

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Bulgarian

блок от лед

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bloc, possibly via Russian блок (blok) or German Block, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blukką (beam, log).

Pronunciation

Noun

блок (blokm (relational adjective бло́ков, diminutive бло́кче)

  1. block (cuboid chunk of material)
  2. bloc, alliance (group of countries)
  3. clump, grouping
  4. high-rise building
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English block, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

IPA(key):

Noun

блок (blokm

  1. act of blocking
  2. (sports) block, interception (defensive maneuver)
Declension
Derived terms

References

  • блок”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

блок (blokm (diminutive блокче)

  1. block (city)
  2. bloc (group of countries)
  3. drawing pad

Declension

Russian

Pronunciation

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  • Homophones: блог

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bloc.

Noun

блок (blokm inan (genitive бло́ка, nominative plural бло́ки, genitive plural бло́ков, relational adjective бло́чный)

  1. block (cuboid object)
  2. set, unit
    Synonym: агрега́т (agregát)
  3. block, section (of a prefabricated building)
  4. (politics) bloc, coalition
    Synonyms: коали́ция (koalícija), алья́нс (alʹjáns)
Declension
Descendants
  • Armenian: բլոկ (blok)
  • Yakut: блок (blok)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Block.

Noun

блок (blokm inan (genitive бло́ка, nominative plural бло́ки, genitive plural бло́ков, relational adjective бло́чный)

  1. pulley
    Synonyms: полиспаст (polispast), таль (talʹ)
Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English block.

Noun

блок (blokm inan (genitive бло́ка, nominative plural бло́ки, genitive plural бло́ков)

  1. (sports) block
    Synonym: блокиро́вка (blokiróvka)
Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

бло̏к m (Latin spelling blȍk)

  1. block (a cuboid piece)
  2. (sports) block
  3. (politics) bloc, coalition
  4. block of flats

Declension

Ukrainian

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Block.[1]

Noun

блок (blokm inan (genitive бло́ка, nominative plural бло́ки, genitive plural бло́ків, relational adjective бло́ковий)

  1. pulley, pulley block
Declension

Noun

блок (blokm inan (genitive бло́ка, nominative plural бло́ки, genitive plural бло́ків, relational adjective бло́ковий)

  1. block (cuboid object)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bloc.[1]

Noun

блок (blokm inan (genitive бло́ку, nominative plural бло́ки, genitive plural бло́ків, relational adjective бло́ковий)

  1. (politics) bloc
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Possibly borrowed from English block.

Noun

блок (blokm inan (genitive бло́ку, nominative plural бло́ки, genitive plural бло́ків)

  1. (sports) block (an action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play)
Declension

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “блок”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

Further reading

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian блок (blok).

Noun

блок (blok)

  1. (politics) bloc
  2. block (solid, often cuboid, mass)

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