bloc

See also: Bloc

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French bloc (“group, block”), from Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Saxon *blok (“log”), from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhulg'-, from *bhelg'- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate with Old High German bloh, bloc (German Block, “block”), Old English bolca (“gangway of a ship, plank”), Old Norse bǫlkr (Norwegian bolk, “divider, partition”). More at balk.

PronunciationEdit

• (US) IPA^(key): /blɑk/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /blɒk/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Homophone: block

NounEdit

bloc (plural blocs)

1. a group of voters or politicians who share common goals
2. a group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance: e.g., the eastern bloc, the western bloc, a trading bloc
3. in specific contexts 'the bloc' may refer to:
   1. the countries in the Eurozone

      The ECB is considering three main options ... but two of them could hurt confidence in the bloc's most indebted states, ... (Reuters)

   2. the countries in the European Union

      Climate change a security risk for EU, say bloc's foreign policy chiefs (EUobserver)

Derived termsEdit

• Eastern Bloc
• Soviet Bloc
• trading bloc

TranslationsEdit

group of voters or politicians

• Bulgarian: групировка (bg) f (grupirovka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 集團 (zh), 集团 (zh) (jítuán)

• Finnish: blokki (fi)
• German: Block (de) m
• Italian: blocco (it) m

• Kyrgyz: блок (ky) m (blok) бирикме (ky) m (birikme)
• Norwegian: blokk (no) m
• Russian: блок (ru) m (blok), группиро́вка (ru) f (gruppiróvka)
• Spanish: bloque (es)
• Swedish: block (sv)

group of countries

• Bulgarian: блок (bg) m (blok)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聯合 (zh), 联合 (zh) (liánhé)

• Finnish: blokki (fi)
• French: bloc (fr) m
• German: Block (de) m
• Hebrew: גוש‎ m (gush)
• Italian: blocco (it) m

• Japanese: 連合 (ja) (れんごう, rengō)
• Korean: 연합 (ko) (yeonhap)
• Norwegian: blokk (no) m
• Persian: بلوک‎ (fa) (blok)
• Russian: блок (ru) m (blok)
• Spanish: bloque (es) m
• Swedish: block (sv)

AnagramsEdit

• CLOB, LCBO

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CatalanEdit

NounEdit

bloc m (plural blocs)

1. block
2. bloc

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Saxon *blok (“log”), from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhulg'-, from *bhelg'- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate with Old High German bloh, bloc (German Block, “block”), Old English bolca (“gangway of a ship, plank”), Old Norse bǫlkr (Norwegian bolk, “divider, partition”). More at balk.

PronunciationEdit

• audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /blɔk/

NounEdit

bloc m (plural blocs)

1. a block (e.g., of wood)
2. a bloc, an alliance
3. a pad of paper
4. (computing) block (of memory, of code)

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from bloc

• à bloc
• bloc cardiaque
• bloc-note

• Bloc Québécois
• en bloc
• faire bloc

• nier en bloc
• tout d'un bloc

Further readingEdit

• “bloc” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from English block or from a Romance language.

NounEdit

bloc m (genitive singular bloic, nominative plural bloic)

1. block

DeclensionEdit

Declension of bloc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bloc bloic Vocative a bhloic a bhloca Genitive bloic bloc Dative bloc bloic

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bloc na bloic Genitive an bhloic na mbloc Dative leis an mbloc don bhloc leis na bloic

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from bloc

• blocadóir m (“block-maker”)
• blocáil (“block”, verb)
• blocán m (“small block; stocky person; blockhead; coal-fish”)
• bloc-chlár m (“blockboard”)
• blocdhéanmhas m (“block structure”)
• bloc fir m (“stocky man”)

• blocléaráid f (“block diagram”)
• bloclitir f (“block letter”)
• blocphriontáil f (“(act of) blockprinting”)
• craosbhloc m (“breech-block”)
• cróbhloc m (“deadeye”)

• mítéarbhloc m (“mitre-block”)
• próisbhloc m (“process-block”)
• sclóinbhloc m (“swivel block”)
• tacabhloc m (“pillow-block”)
• V-bhloc m (“V-block”)

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bloc	bhloc	mbloc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

• "bloc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “bloc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French bloc.

NounEdit

bloc m (plural bloques)

1. pad (such as of paper)