froc

See also: fròc

French

Etymology

From Middle French frocq (“cloth made of coarse wool”), from Old French froc (compare Late Latin hroccus (“frock”)), from Frankish *hrokk (“robe, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, garment, cowl”), variant of *rukkaz (“upper garment, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *rug(')- (“upper clothes, shirt”).

Cognate with Old High German hroch, roc (“tunic, smock, jersey”) (German Rock), Old Saxon rok (“mantle, jacket”), Old English rocc (“over-garment, jacket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔk/

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• Homophone: frocs

Noun

froc m (plural frocs)

1. frock (clerical garment)
2. (by extension) the clerical profession
3. (informal) pants; trousers

   Synonyms: pantalon, falzar

Derived terms

• chier dans son froc
• pisser dans son froc

Further reading

• “froc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Noun

froc m (plural frocs)

1. (Guernsey) Alternative form of fro

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin hroccus, from Frankish *hrokk (“robe, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, garment, cowl”), variant of *rukkaz (“upper garment, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *rug(')- (“upper clothes, shirt”).

Cognate with Old High German hroch, roc (“tunic, smock, jersey”) (German Rock), Old Saxon rok (“mantle, jacket”), Old English rocc (“over-garment, jacket”).

Noun

froc oblique singular, m (oblique plural fros, nominative singular fros, nominative plural froc)

1. frock (monk's garment)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (froc, supplement)
• Etymology and history of “froc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vrɔk/

Adjective

froc

1. Soft mutation of broc.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
broc	froc	mroc	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.