blok

See also: blók

Bahnar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɔːk/

Noun

blok 

1. mushroom

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

blok

1. block

Declension

Declension of blok

nominative	blok
genitive	bloknıñ
dative	blokqa
accusative	bloknı
locative	blokta
ablative	bloktan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Czech

Etymology

From German Block (“block”); other senses developed later.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɔk/

• audio

  (file)

• Homophones: blog

Noun

blok m

1. block
2. notebook (a book in which notes or memoranda are written)
3. (computing) block
4. (volleyball) block

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	blok	bloky
genitive	bloku	bloků
dative	bloku	blokům
accusative	blok	bloky
vocative	bloku	bloky
locative	bloku	blocích
instrumental	blokem	bloky

Synonyms

• (notebook): zápisník m, notes m

Further reading

• blok in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• blok in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German block. Cognate with English block, German Block, Norwegian Bokmål blokk and Swedish block.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɔk/, [b̥lʌɡ̊]

Noun

blok c (singular definite blokken, plural indefinite blokke)

1. block
2. rock, boulder
3. notepad
4. bloc

Inflection

Declension of blok

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	blok	blokken	blokke	blokkene
genitive	bloks	blokkens	blokkes	blokkenes

Descendants

• → Greenlandic: blokki

Further reading

• blok on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɔk/

• audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: blok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch *blok, from Proto-Germanic *blukką.

Noun

blok n (plural blokken, diminutive blokje n)

1. a block (e.g wood)
2. a street block
3. a political bloc

Derived terms

• afblokken
• blokgolf
• blokhuis
• blokhut
• hakblok
• houtblok
• huizenblok
• ontblokken
• startblok
• verblokken

Descendants

• Afrikaans: blok
• → Indonesian: blok

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

blok

1. first-person singular present indicative of blokken
2. imperative of blokken

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Indonesian

Etymology

• From Dutch blok (“block”), from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch *blok, from Proto-Germanic *blukką, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate of Afrikaans blok.
• Semantic loan from English block for sense of (sport) an action to interfere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈblɔk̚]
• Hyphenation: blok

Noun

blok (plural, first-person possessive blokku, second-person possessive blokmu, third-person possessive bloknya)

1. block:
   1. substantial often approximately cuboid piece.
   2. group of buildings demarcated by streets.
   3. (sports) an action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
   4. (nautical) a case with one or more sheaves/pulleys, used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example, as part of the rigging of a sailing ship.

      Synonym: kontrol

2. bloc: a group of countries acting together for political or economic goals.

Derived terms

• mengeblok
• pengeblokan

 

Compounds

• blok Barat
• blok beton
• blok buku
• blok mesin
• blok muat
• blok sosial
• blok Timur

 

See also

• blokade

Further reading

• “blok” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Middle Low German

Alternative forms

• block

Etymology

From Old Saxon blok.

Noun

blok m or n

1. block

References

• "blok" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch

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Polish

blok (#2)

Etymology

From German Block, from Middle High German bloc, from Old High German bloc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɔk/

• audio

  (file)

• Homophone: blog

Noun

blok m inan (diminutive bloczek)

1. block (a cuboid piece)
2. block of flats

Derived terms

• (verbs) blokować, zablokować
• (noun) blokowisko
• (adjective) blokowy

Further reading

• blok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• blok in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French bloc

Noun

blȍk m (Cyrillic spelling бло̏к)

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

Declension

Declension of blok

	singular	plural
nominative	blȍk	blòkovi
genitive	bloka	blokova
dative	bloku	blokovima
accusative	blok	blokove
vocative	bloče	blokovi
locative	bloku	blokovima
instrumental	blokom	blokovima