froc

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French frocq (“cloth made of coarse wool”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French froc (compare Late Latin hroccus (“frock”)), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *hrokk (“robe, tunic”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, garment, cowl”), variant of *rukkaz (“upper garment, smock, shirt”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *rug(')- (“upper clothes, shirt”). Cognate with Old High German hroch, roc (“tunic, smock, jersey”) (German Rock), Old Saxon rok (“mantle, jacket”), Old English rocc (“over-garment, jacket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔk/
• Homophone: frocs

Noun

froc m (plural frocs)

1. frock (clerical garment)
2. (by extension) the clerical profession
3. (informal) pants; trousers

Further reading

• “froc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norman

Noun

froc m (plural frocs)

1. (Guernsey) Alternative form of fro

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Old French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *hrokk (“robe, tunic”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, garment, cowl”), variant of *rukkaz (“upper garment, smock, shirt”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *rug(')- (“upper clothes, shirt”). Cognate with Old High German hroch, roc (“tunic, smock, jersey”) (German Rock), Old Saxon rok (“mantle, jacket”), Old English rocc (“over-garment, jacket”).

Noun

froc oblique singular, m (oblique plural fros, nominative singular fros, nominative plural froc)

1. frock (monk's garment)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (froc, supplement)
• Etymology and history of “froc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.