coc

coc

See also: COC, CoC, cóc, còc, cốc, and čoc

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• cocu

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *cocō, from Latin coquō. Compare Daco-Romanian coace, coc.

Verb

coc (third-person singular present indicative coatsi or coatse, past participle coaptã)

1. I bake
2. I ripen

Related terms

• coatsiri / coatsire, cutseari / cutseare
• coptu
• copshu
• cupturã

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔk/

Noun

coc m (plural cocs)

1. coccus (bacteria)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English coke.

Noun

coc m (plural cocs)

1. Clipping of carbó de coc.

Verb

coc

1. first-person singular present indicative form of coure

Further reading

• “coc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“cock, rooster”), probably of imitative origin. Cognate with Old Norse kokkr (“cock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kok/

Noun

coc m

1. Alternative form of cocc

Inflection

Declension of coc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	coc	coccas
accusative	coc	coccas
genitive	cocces	cocca
dative	cocce	coccum

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin cōcus from Latin coquus "cook" from coquere (“to cook”) from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook”). Akin to Old Norse kokkr (“cook”), German Koch, Dutch kok (“cook”), Old English āfiġen (“fried”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːk/

Noun

cōc m

1. a cook

Declension

Declension of coc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cōc	cōcas
accusative	cōc	cōcas
genitive	cōces	cōca
dative	cōce	cōcum

Descendants

• Middle English: cook, cok, coke, koke, cuyke, cuke, cooke
  • Scots: cuke, cuik
  • English: cook
    • → Norman: couque
    • → Thai: กุ๊ก (gúk)

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Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin coccus (attested in the Salic Laws), from Frankish *kok, from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz, ultimately of imitative origin. More at cock.

Noun

coc m (oblique plural cos, nominative singular cos, nominative plural coc)

1. cock (male chicken)

Descendants

• French: coq

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ok

Verb

coc

1. first-person singular present indicative of coace.
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of coace.
3. third-person plural present indicative of coace.

Etymology 2

Uncertain, perhaps an expressive creation based on a rounded shape, or alternatively French coque (“shell”). Cf. Greek κόκκος (kókkos), Latin coccum (“berry”), also Albanian kokë.

Noun

coc n (plural cocuri)

1. type of feminine hairstyle with the hair tied and looped at the back; bun, chignon, loop
2. (archaic) bun, bread roll

Synonyms

• (bun, bread roll): chiflă

Etymology 3

Probably of imitative (onomatopoetic) origin.

Noun

coc m (plural coci)

1. (birds) night heron (Ardea nycticorax)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from French coccus, German Kokke, New Latin coccus, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos).

Noun

coc m (plural coci)

1. type of spherical bacteria; coccus