buc
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Frankish *būk (“belly”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, stomach”). Compare Spanish buque (“vessel”) and Italian buco (“hole”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]buc m (plural bucs)
- an object that has a cavity
- belly; abdomen
- (aeronautics) fuselage
- Synonym: fuselatge
- (automotive) the bodywork of a car
- (nautical) hull
- (vehicles) the body of a carriage
- beehive
- (architecture) the shell or outer walls enclosing a house or a staircase
- (furniture) the cabinetwork enclosing the drawers, either fully or partially
- (geography) riverbed
- Synonym: llit
- (military, history) cuirass
- Synonym: cuirassa
- (engineering) the metal coating of a nuclear reactor vessel
Holonyms
[edit]- (beehive): apiari
Further reading
[edit]- “buc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “buc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “buc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “buc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dalmatian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Possibly from a Latin root buculus (“young bull, ox, steer”). Compare French bugle, beugle.
Noun
[edit]buc m
- small ox
Etymology 2
[edit]Compare Catalan and Occitan buc. Probably of Germanic origin.
Noun
[edit]buc m
Synonyms
[edit]K'iche'
[edit]Noun
[edit]buc
- (Classical K'iche') bird
Middle Dutch
[edit]Noun
[edit]buc m
- Alternative form of boc
Inflection
[edit]This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English būc.
Noun
[edit]buc (plural bucs)
- Alternative form of bouk
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old English bucca.
Noun
[edit]buc
- Alternative form of bukke
Occitan
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Dadant_12_maig_2006_063.jpg/220px-Dadant_12_maig_2006_063.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Probably borrowed from Germanic, from Frankish *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“hollow body, cavity”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]buc m
- beehive (home of bees)
Old Dutch
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.
Noun
[edit]buc m
Inflection
[edit]This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “buk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.
Noun
[edit]būc m
Inflection
[edit]This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
[edit]- Middle Dutch: buuc
Further reading
[edit]- “būk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]būc m
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *bukk (“male deer”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]buc m
- Alternative form of bucc (“buck”)
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Derived from Old Polish bucić się.
Noun
[edit]buc m pers
- (colloquial, derogatory) jerk, douche, arrogant person
Declension
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from German Butzemann.
Noun
[edit]buc m animal
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- buc in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- buc in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Possibly a substrate word, perhaps from Dacian *bukas, akin to Albanian byk (or alternatively derived from it). May be linked to Polish buch.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]buc m (plural buci)
Declension
[edit]Romansch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adverb
[edit]buc
- Catalan terms derived from Frankish
- Catalan terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Catalan/uk
- Catalan terms with homophones
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- ca:Aeronautics
- ca:Automotive
- ca:Nautical
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- ca:Architecture
- ca:Furniture
- ca:Geography
- ca:Military
- ca:History
- ca:Engineering
- ca:Anatomy
- ca:Insects
- ca:Ship parts
- Dalmatian terms inherited from Latin
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- Dalmatian terms derived from Germanic languages
- K'iche' lemmas
- K'iche' nouns
- Classical K'iche'
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- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
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- odt:Animals
- odt:Body parts
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- ang:Anatomy
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- Polish 1-syllable words
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- pl:Characters from folklore
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