bloc

Meaning

1. a block (e.g., of wood)
2. a bloc, an alliance
3. a pad of paper
4. block (of memory, of code)

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/blɔk/

Etymology

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”).