doc

See also: Doc, DOC, dốc, doç, and đốc

Translingual

Symbol

doc

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Northern Kam.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Northern Kam terms

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɒk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɑk/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒk
• Homophones: Doc, dock

Etymology 1

Clipping of doctor.

Noun

doc (plural docs)

1. (informal) A doctor.
   • 2015 May 12, Alexandra Jaffe, “First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation.

Derived terms

• autodoc
• doc-in-a-box
• robodoc
• what's up Doc

Translations

doctor (informal)

• Afrikaans: dok
• French: toubib (fr)
• Hungarian: doki (hu)

Etymology 2

Clipping of document.

Noun

doc (plural docs)

2. (informal, usually in the plural) A document, especially (in professional jargon) a piece of technical documentation or legal evidence.

Derived terms

• date-me doc
• docblock
• doc drop
• docstring
• low-doc loan
• no-doc

Etymology 3

Clipping of documentary.

Noun

doc (plural docs)

1. (informal) A documentary.

   Synonyms: docu, (South Africa) doccie, (Australia) doco

   • 2003, The Independent Film & Video Monthly, page 38:

     If you think watching a doc about a spelling bee isn't the most entertaining way to spend ninety minutes, think again.

   • 2010, Rachel Johnson, A Diary of The Lady: My First Year As Editor:

     On the subject of fat men, I was watching a doc about a mountain of flab called Paul last night and Ludo said that he was very proud that the fattest man in the world was English.

   • 2024 September 4, Mehera Bonner, Samantha Olson, “Behold, A Breakdown of Billie Eilish's Massive Net Worth”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[2]:

     According to Forbes, Billie [Eilish] earned $53 million in 2020. Half of that was thanks to the Apple doc, and the other half was thanks to music sales. Cool-cool-cool, same!

Etymology 4

Clipping of doctorate.

Noun

doc (plural docs)

1. Clipping of doctorate.

Derived terms

• postdoc, post-doc

Anagrams

• C.O.D., CDO, COD, OCD, ODC, cod

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔk/
• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Hyphenation: dòc

Noun

doc

1. alternative letter-case form of DOC (“controlled designation of origin”)

Adjective

doc (invariable)

1. (viticulture) certified as DOC (of a product, usually wine)

   un vino doc ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (by extension, colloquial) genuine, excellent

   una canzone doc ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *duH. Cognate with White Hmong deg.

Noun

doc 

1. turtle

Middle English

Noun

doc

1. alternative form of duk (“duke”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• dooc

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth, rag”), with a change in meaning from "cloth, rag" to "something worthless". Compare similar semantic development in the verb dēċan (“to daub", also "to smear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːk/

Noun

dōc ? or m

1. bastard
2. mongrel, hybrid

Usage notes

• The precise gender is unknown. Possibly masculine if descended from Proto-West Germanic *dōk.

Derived terms

• dōcincel

Related terms

• dēċan (possibly)

Rohingya

Rohingya cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : doc

Alternative forms

• (Arabic) دࣤشۡ
• (Bengali) দশ
• (Myanmar) [Term?]
• (Hanifi) 𐴊𐴡𐴐𐴢 (doc)

Etymology

From Sanskrit दश (daśa, “ten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d̪oʃ]

Numeral

doc

1. ten

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English dock.

Noun

doc n (plural docuri)

1. dock

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	doc	docul		docuri	docurile
genitive-dative	doc	docului		docuri	docurilor
vocative	docule			docurilor