See also: BUC, buć, buč, bức, Buć, and буч

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Frankish *būk (belly), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (belly, stomach). Compare Spanish buque (vessel) and Italian buco (hole).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

buc m (plural bucs)

  1. an object that has a cavity
  2. belly; abdomen
  3. (aeronautics) fuselage
    Synonym: fuselatge
  4. (automotive) the bodywork of a car
  5. (nautical) hull
  6. (vehicles) the body of a carriage
  7. beehive
  8. (architecture) the shell or outer walls enclosing a house or a staircase
  9. (furniture) the cabinetwork enclosing the drawers, either fully or partially
  10. (geography) riverbed
  11. (military, history) cuirass
  12. (engineering) The metal coating of a nuclear reactor vessel

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DalmatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Possibly from a Latin root buculus (young bull, ox, steer). Compare French bugle, beugle.

NounEdit

buc m

  1. small ox

Etymology 2Edit

Compare Catalan and Occitan buc. Probably of Germanic origin.

NounEdit

buc m

  1. beehive
SynonymsEdit

K'iche'Edit

NounEdit

buc

  1. (Classical K'iche') bird

Middle DutchEdit

NounEdit

buc m

  1. Alternative form of boc

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English būc.

NounEdit

buc (plural bucs)

  1. Alternative form of bouk

Etymology 2Edit

From Old English bucca.

NounEdit

buc

  1. Alternative form of bukke

OccitanEdit

 
buc

PronunciationEdit

  • (file)

NounEdit

buc m

  1. beehive (home of bees)

Old DutchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

NounEdit

buc m

  1. buck, male goat
InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

DescendantsEdit
  • Middle Dutch: boc, buc
    • Dutch: bok (see there for further descendants)
    • Limburgish: bók
    • West Flemish: buk
Further readingEdit
  • buk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Germanic *būkaz.

NounEdit

būc m

  1. belly, stomach
  2. womb
InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
  • būk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Germanic *būkaz.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

būc m

  1. belly, stomach
  2. jug, pitcher, container
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-West Germanic *bukk (male deer).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

buc m

  1. Alternative form of bucc (buck)

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Polish bucić się.

NounEdit

buc m pers

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) jerk, douche, arrogant person
    Synonyms: dupek, kutas
DeclensionEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from German Butzemann.

NounEdit

buc m anim

  1. (rare) bogeyman
DeclensionEdit

Further readingEdit

  • buc in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • buc in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unknown. Possibly a substrate word, perhaps from Dacian *bukas, akin to Albanian byk (or alternatively derived from it). May be linked to Polish buch.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

buc m (plural buci)

  1. chaff

DeclensionEdit

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • betg (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Sutsilvan)
  • buca (Sursilvan)
  • betga (Sutsilvan)

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

AdverbEdit

buc

  1. (Sursilvan) not