Masculine
bloc
- (masculine) a block (e.g., of wood)
- (masculine) a bloc, an alliance
- (masculine) a pad of paper
- (masculine) block (of memory, of code)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/blɔk/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Dutch *blok (“log”), from Frankish or Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”).
Related words
inking pad
message pad
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cylinder block
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