frock

Meaning

Noun

1. A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
2. An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals; a habit.
3. A sailor's jersey.
4. An undress regimental coat.

Verb

1. (transitive) To clothe (somebody) in a frock.
2. (transitive) To make (somebody) a cleric.
3. (US, transitive) To grant to an officer the title and uniform of a rank he will soon be promoted to.

Synonyms

dress

👗

gown

cassock

robe

monk’s habit

coat

🧥

striped vest

garment

coverall

goo

dolman

gravy

face cream

fetch

come

curd

mettle

frig

cumin

fuck

👉👌

futz

garb

pudding

rice pudding

freak

frame

habit

honey

🍯

jelly

jism

cum

load

lather

flip

lot

malt

mayonnaise

mess

juice

milk

🥛

muck

oats

ointment

paste

pineapple

🍍

protein

jizz

quince

flame

cream

Translations

Kleid

👗

vestido

vestito

robe

👗

vestido

φόρεμα

túnica

hábito

tonaca

jurk

👗

Kutte

vestit

👗

froc

abito

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɹɒk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: frok

Cognate with Old High German: hroch

Cognate with German: Rock

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Rok

Cognate with Dutch: rok

Cognate with Old English: rocc

Cognate with Old Norse: rokkr

Cognate with Danish: rok

Inherited from Middle English: frock

Cognate with Old English: frocga

In summary

From Middle English frok, frokke, from Old French froc (“frock, a monk's gown or habit”), perhaps via Medieval Latin hrocus, roccus, rocus (“a coat”), from Frankish *hrokk (“skirt, dress, robe”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, jacket, skirt, tunic”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreḱ- (“to weave”).
Cognate with Old High German hroch, roch (“skirt, dress, cowl”) – whence German Rock (“skirt, coat”) –, Saterland Frisian Rok (“skirt”), Dutch rok (“skirt, petticoat”), Old English rocc (“an overgarment, tunic, rochet”), Old Norse rokkr (“skirt, jacket”), whence Danish rok (“garment”).