coc

See also: COC, CoC, cóc, còc, cọc, cộc, cốc, and čoc

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• cocu

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *cocō, from Latin coquō. Compare Daco-Romanian coace, coc.

Verb

coc (third-person singular present indicative coatsi or coatse, past participle coaptã)

1. I bake
2. I ripen

Related terms

• coatsiri / coatsire, cutseari / cutseare
• coptu
• copshu
• cupturã

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔk]

Etymology 1

From New Latin coccus.

Noun

coc m (plural cocs, feminine coquessa)

1. cook
2. coccus (bacteria)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English coke.

Noun

coc m (plural cocs)

1. Clipping of carbó de coc.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

coc

Further reading

• “coc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *kokk (“cock, rooster”), probably of imitative origin. Cognate with Old Norse kokkr (“cock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kok/

Noun

coc m

1. Alternative form of cocc

Declension

Declension of coc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	coc	coccas
accusative	coc	coccas
genitive	cocces	cocca
dative	cocce	coccum

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *cocus, from Latin coquus (“cook”), from coquō (“to cook”), from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook”). Akin to Old Norse kokkr (“cook”), German Koch, Dutch kok (“cook”), and possibly also Old English āfiġen (“fried”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːk/

Noun

cōc m

1. a cook

Declension

Declension of cōc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cōc	cōcas
accusative	cōc	cōcas
genitive	cōces	cōca
dative	cōce	cōcum

Descendants

• Middle English: cook, cok, coke, koke, cuyke, cuke, cooke
  • English: cook
    • Sranan Tongo: kukru (via cook room)
      • Aukan: kukuu
    • Tok Pisin: kuk
    • → Norman: couque
    • → Portuguese: cuca
    • → Thai: กุ๊ก (gúk)
    • → Tokelauan: kuka
  • Scots: cuke, cuik

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Old French

Alternative forms

• coq

Etymology

From Late Latin coccus (attested in the Salic Laws), from Frankish *kokk, from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz, ultimately of imitative origin. More at cock.

Noun

coc oblique singular, m (oblique plural cos, nominative singular cos, nominative plural coc)

1. cock (male chicken)

Descendants

• Middle French: coq
  • French: coq
• Walloon: cocq, kok

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kok/
• Rhymes: -ok

Etymology 1

Verb

coc

1. inflection of coace:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

Etymology 2

Uncertain, perhaps an expressive creation based on a rounded shape, or alternatively French coque (“shell”). Cf. Greek κόκκος (kókkos), Latin coccum (“berry”), also Albanian kokë.

Noun

coc n (plural cocuri)

1. type of feminine hairstyle with the hair tied and looped at the back; bun, chignon, loop
2. (archaic) bun, bread roll

   Synonym: chiflă

Declension

Declension of coc

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) coc	cocul	(niște) cocuri	cocurile
genitive/dative	(unui) coc	cocului	(unor) cocuri	cocurilor
vocative	cocule		cocurilor

Etymology 3

Probably of imitative (onomatopoetic) origin.

Noun

coc m (plural coci)

1. (birds) night heron (Ardea nycticorax)

Declension

Declension of coc

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) coc	cocul	(niște) coci	cocii
genitive/dative	(unui) coc	cocului	(unor) coci	cocilor
vocative	cocule		cocilor

Etymology 4

Borrowed from French coccus, German Kokke, New Latin coccus, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos).

Noun

coc m (plural coci)

1. type of spherical bacteria; coccus

Declension

Declension of coc

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) coc	cocul	(niște) coci	cocii
genitive/dative	(unui) coc	cocului	(unor) coci	cocilor
vocative	cocule		cocilor

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Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English cock.

Noun

coc m (plural cocs)

1. (vulgar, offensive) cock or dick, a vulgar word for a man's penis

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
coc	goc	nghoc	choc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.