loque

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lɔk/ Rhymes: -ɔk === Etymology 1 === From Middle French loque, loc (“lock of hair; tuft of coarse wool”), from Middle Dutch locke (“curl”) or Middle English lok (“lock of hair”); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *lokk (“lock (of hair)”), from Proto-Germanic *lukkaz (“lock (of hair)”). More at English lock. ==== Noun ==== loque f (plural loques) (informal, figuratively) wreck, basket case (in the plural) rags (Belgium) fabric scrap Synonym: chiffon === Etymology 2 === From Latin lochus, from Ancient Greek λόχος (lókhos). ==== Noun ==== loque m (plural loques) (Ancient Greece) lochus (a military unit headed by a lochagus) ===== Related terms ===== === Further reading === “loque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Verb === loque inflection of locar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative