flock

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

gregge

stormo

branco

mandria

folla

bioccolo

batuffolo

gruppo

fiocco

🙇

frotta

truppa

accalcarsi

affollarsi

brulicame

canagliume

ciurmaglia

combriccola

gran numero

immensità

marmaglia

nugolo

orda

riunirsi

schiera

stuolo

subisso

teppa

turba

raccogliticcio

teppaglia

crotta

banda

maramaglia

barca

⛵

ciuffo

falda

larghezza

massa

montagna

⛰️

monte

⛰️

mucchio

pressa

sciame

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

troupeau

rebaño

grex

Herde

Schar

volée

sürü

αγέλη

Schwarm

rebanho

manada

bandada

σμήνος

kudde

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/flɒk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: flok

Ereditato da inglese antico: flocc

Affine Middle Low German: vlocke

Affine danese: flok

Affine svedese: flock

Affine norvegese: flokk

Affine faroese: flokkur

Affine islandese: flokkur

Affine Jèrriais: fliotchet

Affine inglese antico: folc

Affine tedesco antico alto: flocko

Affine olandese medio: vlocke

Affine norvegese: -

Affine albanese: 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.

Frasi

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

Ora era qui non con il suo gregge, ma con una pala.