loc

See also: lọc and LOC

English

Noun

loc (plural locs)

1. (informal, usually in the plural) A dreadlock.
2. Alternative letter-case form of LOC

Anagrams

• -col-, CLO, COL, Clo, Col., OCL, OLC, col, col-, col.

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lātjā, from the same root as lot (“teardrop”).

Noun

loc m (indefinite plural loce, definite singular locja, definite plural locet)

1. dear, darling

Related terms

• lot
• loke
• loçkë

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• locu

Etymology

From Latin locus. Compare Daco-Romanian loc.

Noun

loc n (plural locuri)

1. place, location
2. land, soil, earth
3. country, region

Synonyms

• (land, earth, soil): tsarã, pimintu
• (region, country): nai, stat, duvleti, vãsilii

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Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *luką.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lok/

Noun

loc n

1. lock
2. that by which anything is closed (e.g. bolt, bar, etc.)
3. an enclosed space, enclosure, fold

Declension

Declension of loc (strong-a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	loc	loc
accusative	loc	loc
genitive	loces	loca
dative	loce	locum

Descendants

• Middle English: loc, lok, lokk, lock
  • English: lock
    • Tok Pisin: lok
    • → Hawaiian: laka
  • Scots: lock
• → Anglo-Norman: loc
  • ⇒ Anglo-Norman: loquet
    • Middle French: loquet
      • French: loquet
    • → Middle English: locket
      • English: locket

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loːk/

Interjection

lōc

1. Alternative form of lōca

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English loc, from Proto-Germanic *luką.

Noun

loc m (oblique plural los, nominative singular los, nominative plural loc)

1. lock
   • (Can we date this quote?), La Vie de St Thomas

     Mes a cel ore esteit a un grant loc fermee

     But at this hour, it was closed with a big lock

Derived terms

• loquet

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (loc)
• loc on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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Old Irish

Etymology

Possibly from Latin locus.

Noun

loc m

1. place (usually inhabited, or suited thereto)

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	loc	locL	luicL
Vocative	luic	locL	lucuH
Accusative	locN	locL	lucuH
Genitive	luicL	loc	locN
Dative	lucL	locaib	locaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• locdatu

Descendants

• Irish: log

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “loc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• loic
• luec

Etymology

From Latin locus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔk/

Noun

loc m (oblique plural locs, nominative singular locs, nominative plural loc)

1. place

Descendants

• Catalan: lloc
• Occitan: lòc, luec, luòc

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “locus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 50, page 392

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lok/
• Rhymes: -ok

Noun

loc n (plural locuri)

1. place, location

Declension

Declension of loc

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) loc	locul	(niște) locuri	locurile
genitive/dative	(unui) loc	locului	(unor) locuri	locurilor
vocative	locule		locurilor

Derived terms

• înlocui
• deloc

Related terms

• local
• localitate
• locație

See also

• locui

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔk/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English lock.

Noun

loc m (plural lociau, not mutable)

1. lock (on a canal)

Etymology 2

Noun

loc

1. Soft mutation of lloc (“enclosure, pen”).

Mutation

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