doc
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɒk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɑk/
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɒk
- Homophones: Doc, dock
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
doc (plural docs)
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
doc (plural docs)
- (informal, usually in the plural) A document, especially (in professional jargon) a piece of technical documentation or legal evidence.
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Etymology 3 edit
Clipping of documentary.
Noun edit
doc (plural docs)
- (informal) A documentary.
- 2003, The Independent Film & Video Monthly, page 38:
- If you think watching a doc about a spelling bee isn't the most entertaining way to spend ninety minutes, think again.
- 2010, Rachel Johnson, A Diary of The Lady: My First Year As Editor:
- On the subject of fat men, I was watching a doc about a mountain of flab called Paul last night and Ludo said that he was very proud that the fattest man in the world was English.
Etymology 4 edit
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doc (plural docs)
- Clipping of doctorate.
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doc
- Alternative letter-case form of DOC (“controlled designation of origin”)
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doc (invariable)
- (viticulture) certified as DOC (of a product, usually wine)
- un vino doc ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (by extension, colloquial) genuine, excellent
- una canzone doc ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Iu Mien edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *duH. Cognate with White Hmong deg.
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doc
Middle English edit
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doc
- Alternative form of duk (“duke”)
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Etymology edit
Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth, rag”), with a change in meaning from "cloth, rag" to "something worthless". Compare similar semantic development in the verb dēċan (“to daub", also "to smear”).
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Noun edit
dōc ? or m
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- The precise gender is unknown. Possibly masculine if descended from Proto-West Germanic *dōk.
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- dēċan (possibly)
Rohingya edit
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Cardinal : doc | ||
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From Sanskrit दश (daśa, “ten”).
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doc
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doc n (plural docuri)