bloc

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bloc (“group, block”), ultimately of Old Dutch origin, from Frankish or Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”). Doublet of block. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /blɒk/ (General American) IPA(key): /blɑk/ Rhymes: -ɒk Homophone: block === Noun === bloc (plural blocs) A group of voters or politicians who share common goals. A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === choc-a-bloc === Anagrams === CLOB, LCBO == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈblɔk] === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French bloc. ==== Noun ==== bloc m (plural blocs) block pad, notebook bloc ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== monobloc === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English blog. ==== Noun ==== bloc m (plural blocs) obsolete spelling of blog ===== Usage notes ===== Recommend spelling (by TERMCAT) until 2013, when blog was accepted by the IEC. === Further reading === “bloc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “bloc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “bloc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “bloc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. “bloc” in termcat, Centre de Terminologia, 2026. == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Dutch *blok (“log”), from Frankish or Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blɔk/ === Noun === bloc m (plural blocs) a block (e.g., of wood) a bloc, an alliance a pad of paper (computing) block (of memory, of code) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “bloc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Irish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English block or from a Romance language. === Noun === bloc m (genitive singular bloic, nominative plural bloic) block ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bloc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bloc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bloc, German Blockhaus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblok/ Rhymes: -ok === Noun === bloc n (plural blocuri) block (a big chunk of solid matter) Synonym: bucată bloc de gheață ― block of ice a heap or an ensemble of objects of the same type that form a unity bloc de desen ― drawing block apartment building Synonym: (rare) blochaus (politics) bloc Synonym: alianță ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== în bloc bloc de desen bloc motor bloc cardiac bloc operator === Further reading === “bloc”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bloc. Doublet of block and bloque. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblok/ [ˈblok] Rhymes: -ok Syllabification: bloc === Noun === bloc m (plural blocs) pad (such as of paper) === Further reading === “bloc”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English block. Doublet of plocyn. === Noun === bloc m (plural blociau, diminutive blocyn) block ==== Derived terms ==== bloc fflatiau (“apartment block”) grant bloc (“block grant”) === Mutation === === Further reading === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “block”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[4], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “bloc”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin