souk

English

Etymology

Via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”)

Noun

souk (plural souks)

1. Alternative spelling of souq

Anagrams

• Kuos

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suk/

Noun

souk m (plural souks)

1. souq (Arabic market)
2. (figurative, colloquial) mess, chaos
   • 2003, Michaëla de Filsjacq, L'enfer du JE, Éditions Le Manuscrit, →ISBN, page 172:

     Tout sera bien rangé, personne ne viendra foutre le souk chez moi. Je ne donnerai mon adresse à personne. (...)

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Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Noun

souk m (plural s)

1. Alternative form of souq