flock

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
2. A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.
3. Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
4. A large number of people.
5. A religious congregation.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To flock to; to crowd.

Verb

1. (transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired nap.
2. (transitive) To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow.
3. (transitive) To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.

Conceptes

ramat

bandada

estol

congregar-se

floca

tropa

pila

pilot

🧑‍✈️

púrria

quantitat

tou

agrupar-se

apinyar-se

colla

feix

vol

✈️

xurma

apilament

trepa

xusma

apilotar-se

arraïmar-se

esbart

apilotament

estiba

castell

🏰

manyoc

cúmul

floc

multitud

munt

muntanya

⛰️

Sinònims

herd

swarm

crowd

group

pack

throng

multitude

school

🏫

collection

drove

mass

shoal

troop

horde

gather

bevy

cluster

band

flight

✈️

mob

congregate

company

stream

assemblage

clump

bunch

gaggle

class

batch

gang

pile

heap

circle

⭕

assembly

covey

rabble

tribe

skein

team

raft

brood

fold

pride

sheep

🐑

party

🥳

pod

mint

mickle

lot

mess

Traduccions

troupeau

rebaño

gregge

grex

Schar

Herde

volée

sürü

stormo

αγέλη

Schwarm

branco

σμήνος

rebanho

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/flɒk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: flok

Heretat de anglès antic: flocc

Cognat amb Middle Low German: vlocke

Cognat amb danès: flok

Cognat amb suec: flock

Cognat amb noruec: flokk

Cognat amb feroès: flokkur

Cognat amb islandès: flokkur

Cognat amb Jèrriais: fliotchet

Cognat amb anglès antic: folc

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: flocko

Cognat amb neerlandès mitjà: vlocke

Cognat amb noruec: -

Cognat amb albanès: flokë

In summary

From Middle English flok, from Old English flocc (“flock, company, troop”), from Proto-West Germanic *flokk, from Proto-Germanic *flukkaz (“crowd, troop”). Cognate with German Low German Flock (“crowd, flock”), Danish flok (“flock”), Swedish flock (“flock”), Norwegian flokk (“flock”), Faroese flokkur (“flock”), Icelandic flokkur (“flock, group”). Related also to Norman fliotchet (“flock, crowd”), from Old Norse. Perhaps related to Old English folc (“crowd, troop, band”). More at folk.

Frases

Now he was here not with his flock , but with a shovel .