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bloc lboc bolc oblc lobc olbc blco lbco bclo cblo lcbo clbo bocl obcl bcol cbol ocbl cobl locb olcb lcob clob oclb colb

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Definitions and meaning of bloc

bloc

Etymology

Borrowed from French bloc (“group, block”), ultimately of Old Dutch origin, from Frankish or Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”). Doublet of block.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /blɒk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /blɑk/
• Rhymes: -ɒk
• Homophone: block

Noun

bloc (plural blocs)

1. A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.
2. A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance: e.g., the eastern bloc, the western bloc, a trading bloc, the Eurozone, the European Union.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• choc-a-bloc

Anagrams

• CLOB, LCBO

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈblɔk]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bloc.

Noun

bloc m (plural blocs)

1. block
2. pad, notebook
3. bloc

Derived terms

Related terms

• monobloc

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English blog.

Noun

bloc m (plural blocs)

1. Obsolete spelling of blog

Usage notes

• Recommend spelling (by TERMCAT) until 2013, when blog was accepted by the IEC.

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Dutch *blok (“log”), from Frankish or Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɔk/

Noun

bloc m (plural blocs)

1. a block (e.g., of wood)
2. a bloc, an alliance
3. a pad of paper
4. (computing) block (of memory, of code)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

• “bloc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English block or from a Romance language.

Noun

bloc m (genitive singular bloic, nominative plural bloic)

1. block

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bloc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bloc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bloc, German Blockhaus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blok/

Noun

bloc n (plural blocuri)

1. block (a big chunk of solid matter)

   Synonym: bucată

   bloc de gheață ― block of ice

2. a heap or an ensemble of objects of the same type that form a unity

   bloc de desen ― drawing block

3. apartment building (a big residential building with apartments)

   Synonym: (rare) blochaus

4. alliance, union (a coalition between different states, parties, groups etc. to achieve a common goal)

   Synonym: alianță

Declension

Derived terms

• în bloc
• bloc de desen
• bloc motor
• bloc cardiac
• bloc operator

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bloc. Doublet of block and bloque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblok/ [ˈblok]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: bloc

Noun

bloc m (plural blocs)

1. pad (such as of paper)

Further reading

• “bloc”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014