bloc

See also Bloc

English

Etymology

From French bloc (“group, block”), from Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), of Germanic origin, from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Saxon *blok (“log”), from Proto-Germanic *bluk(k)an (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhulg'-, from *bhelg'- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate with Old High German bloh, bloc (German Block, “block”), Old English bolca (“gangway of a ship, plank”), Old Norse bǫlkr (Norwegian bolk, “divider, partition”). More at balk.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /blɑk/

• Audio (US)

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• 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

Derived terms

• Eastern Bloc
• Soviet Bloc
• trading bloc

Translations

group of voters or politicians

Bulgarian: групировка (bg) f. German: Block (de) m. Italian: blocco (it) m.

Norwegian: blokk (no) m. Russian: блок (ru) (blók) m. Swedish: block (sv)

group of countries

Bulgarian: блок (bg) m. German: Block (de) m. Hebrew: גוש (he) (gush) m.

Italian: blocco (it) m. Norwegian: blokk (no) m. Russian: блок (ru) (blók) m. Swedish: block (sv)

Anagrams

• LCBO

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French

From Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), of Germanic origin, from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Saxon *blok (“log”), from Proto-Germanic *bluk(k)an (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhulg'-, from *bhelg'- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate with Old High German bloh, bloc (German Block, “block”), Old English bolca (“gangway of a ship, plank”), Old Norse bǫlkr (Norwegian bolk, “divider, partition”). More at balk.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA: /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

• à bloc
• bloc cardiaque
• bloc-note
• Bloc Québécois
• en bloc
• faire bloc
• nier en bloc
• tout d'un bloc

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Spanish

Etymology

French bloc.

Noun

bloc m. (plural bloques)

1. pad (such as of paper)

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