frock

See also: Frock

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹɒk/
• IPA^(key): /fɹɑk/
• Rhymes: -ɒk

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English frok, frokke, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French froc (“frock, a monk's gown or habit”), perhaps via Medieval Latin hrocus, roccus, rocus (“a coat”), from Old (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *hroc, *hrok (“skirt, dress, robe”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, jacket, skirt, tunic”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kreḱ- (“to weave”). Cognate with Old High German hroch, roch (“skirt, dress, cowl”) – whence German Rock (“skirt, coat”) –, Saterland Frisian Rok (“skirt”), Dutch rok (“skirt, petticoat”), Old English rocc (“an overgarment, tunic, rochet”), Old Norse rokkr (“skirt, jacket”), whence Danish rok (“garment”).

Noun

frock (plural frocks)

1. A dress, a piece of clothing for a female, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
2. An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals; a habit.
3. A sailor's jersey.
4. An undress regimental coat.

Derived terms

• frock coat
• frock flick
• frockless
• housefrock
• smock frock
• underfrock

 

Translations

female garment

• Bulgarian: рокля (bg) f (roklja)
• Finnish: leninki (fi)
• German: Kleid (de) n, Kutte (de)
• Irish: gúna m
• Italian: abito (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: vestido (pt) m
• Russian: платье (ru) n (platʹje)
• Spanish: vestido (es) m
• Swedish: : klänning (sv) c
• Welsh: ffrog (cy) f, ffrogiau f pl

clerical garment

• Bulgarian: расо (bg) n (raso)
• Finnish: kaapu (fi)
• French: soutane (fr) f, froc (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: tonaca (it) f, abito talare m, abito monacale m
• Portuguese: hábito (pt) m, túnica f
• Russian: ряса (ru) f (rjasa), одеяние (ru) n (odejanije)

Verb

frock (third-person singular simple present frocks, present participle frocking, simple past and past participle frocked)

1. To clothe in a frock.
2. To make a cleric.

Derived terms

• defrock
• disfrock
• unfrock

Translations

to clothe in a frock

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

to make a cleric

• Bulgarian: запопвам (zapopvam)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: ordenar (es)

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English froke, variation of frogge (“frog”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English frocga (“frog”). More at frog.

Noun

frock (plural frocks)

1. (dialectal) A frog.