floco

== Galician == === Alternative forms === fleque, freque, froco === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese froco (“tuft”), semi-learned borrowing from Latin floccus (“tuft of wool”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflɔkʊ/ === Noun === floco m (plural flocos) tassel flake (a thin chiplike layer of anything) Synonyms: foula (“dust”), folerpa (“snowflake”) ==== Derived terms ==== floco de neve flocos de millo === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “froco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “froc”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “floco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “floco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “floco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin floccus (“tuft of wool”). Doublet of froco. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔku Hyphenation: flo‧co === Noun === floco m (plural flocos) flake (a thin chiplike layer of anything) Synonyms: folheca (“snowflake”), folipa (“snowflake”) sorvete de flocos ― chocolate chip ice cream (literally, “flake ice cream”) tuft (bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base) Synonym: tufo ==== Derived terms ==== floco de neve flocos de milho flocoso === Further reading === “floco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “floco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026