flock

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

troupeau

volée

nuée

bande

foule

groupe

essaim

vol

✈️

masse

affluer

lot

amas

se rassembler

banc

s’attrouper

racaille

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

tas

troupe

marée humaine

troupeau de chèvres

troupeau de moutons

vol d’oiseaux

crwth

crouth

bétail

brebis

cohue

configurer

congrégation

flocon

grouillement

grouiller

grouper

horde

massif

montagne

⛰️

ouailles

pulluler

Synonymes

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

Traductions

rebaño

gregge

grex

Herde

Schar

stormo

αγέλη

sürü

branco

Schwarm

manada

σμήνος

kudde

rebanho

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/flɒk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: flok

Hérité de ancien anglais: flocc

Appartenant à Middle Low German: vlocke

Appartenant à danois: flok

Appartenant à suédois: flock

Appartenant à norvégien: flokk

Appartenant à féroïen: flokkur

Appartenant à islandais: flokkur

Appartenant à Jèrriais: fliotchet

Appartenant à ancien anglais: folc

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: flocko

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: vlocke

Appartenant à norvégien: -

Appartenant à albanais: 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.

Phrases

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

Maintenant, il n'était pas ici avec son troupeau, mais avec une pelle.