joc
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Catalan joc, from Latin iocus (“pastime, sport”). Compare Occitan jòc, French jeu, Spanish juego.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
joc m (plural jocs)
- game (a playful or competitive activity)
- (uncountable) play (activity for amusement)
- gambling
- kit, set, service (any collection of items needed for a certain purpose)
- assembly (set of pieces working together in a mechanism)
- (music) rank, register
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Etymology 2 edit
Ultimately from Frankish *juk (“perch, roost”).
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
joc m or f (plural jocs)
Derived terms edit
- anar a joc (“to put (birds) in their roost; (figuratively) to put to bed”)
- ésser a joc (“to be in bed”)
Adjective edit
joc (feminine joca, masculine plural jocs, feminine plural joques)
- lying down, in bed
References edit
- “joc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “joc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “joc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “joc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *juką (“yoke”).[1]
Noun edit
joc oblique singular, m (oblique plural jos, nominative singular jos, nominative plural joc)
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Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “jŭk”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 291
Further reading edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (joc)
Old Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Latin jocus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French geu.
Noun edit
joc m (oblique plural jocs, nominative singular jocs, nominative plural joc)
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “jocus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 42
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin jocus, iocus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
joc n (plural jocuri)
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Declension of joc
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