blok

See also: Blok and blók

Bahnar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɔːk/

Noun

blok 

1. mushroom

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

French bloc

Noun

blok

1. block

Declension

Declension of blok

	singular	plural
nominative	blok	bloklar
genitive	bloknıñ	bloklarnıñ
dative	blokqa	bloklarğa
accusative	bloknı	bloklarnı
locative	blokta	bloklarda
ablative	bloktan	bloklardan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “blok”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Block (“block”); other senses developed later.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈblok]

• Audio:

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• Homophone: blog

Noun

blok m inan

1. block
2. notebook (a book in which notes or memoranda are written)

   Synonyms: zápisník, notes

3. (computing) block
4. (volleyball) block

Declension

Declension of blok (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	blok	bloky
genitive	bloku	bloků
dative	bloku	blokům
accusative	blok	bloky
vocative	bloku	bloky
locative	bloku	blocích
instrumental	blokem	bloky

Related terms

• bloček
• blokovat

 

Further reading

• “blok”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “blok”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “blok”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German block. Cognate with English block, German Block, Norwegian Bokmål blokk and Swedish block.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɔk/, [b̥lʌɡ̊]

Noun

blok c (singular definite blokken, plural indefinite blokke)

1. block
2. rock, boulder
3. notepad
4. bloc

Inflection

Declension of blok

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	blok	blokken	blokke	blokkene
genitive	bloks	blokkens	blokkes	blokkenes

Descendants

• → Greenlandic: blokki

Further reading

• blok on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɔk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: blok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch *blok, from Proto-Germanic *blukką.

Noun

blok n (plural blokken, diminutive blokje n)

1. a block (e.g wood)
2. a street block
3. a political bloc

Derived terms

• afblokken
• blokgolf
• blokhuis
• blokhut
• hakblok
• houtblok
• huizenblok
• ontblokken
• startblok
• verblokken
• voor het blok zetten

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: blok
• Berbice Creole Dutch: bloko
• → Caribbean Javanese: blog
• → Indonesian: blok
• → Papiamentu: blòki, blokki (from the diminutive)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

blok

1. inflection of blokken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English block.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bluək/

Noun

blok

1. block

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch blok (“block”), from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch *blok, from Proto-Germanic *blukką, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate of Afrikaans blok.

• Semantic loan from English block for sense of (sport) an action to interfere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈblɔk̚]
• Hyphenation: blok

Noun

blok (plural blok-blok, first-person possessive blokku, second-person possessive blokmu, third-person possessive bloknya)

1. block:
   1. substantial often approximately cuboid piece.
   2. group of buildings demarcated by streets.
   3. (sports) an action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
   4. (nautical) a case with one or more sheaves/pulleys, used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example, as part of the rigging of a sailing ship.

      Synonym: kontrol

   5. (anesthesiology, neurology) deliberate interruption of signals traveling along a nerve, often for the purpose of pain relief.

      Synonym: sekatan

   6. (colloquial) something that prevents something from passing.
2. bloc: a group of countries acting together for political or economic goals.

Derived terms

• mengeblok
• pengeblokan

 

Compounds

• blok Barat
• blok beton
• blok buku
• blok mesin
• blok muat
• blok sosial
• blok Timur

 

Related terms

• blokade
• blokir

 

Further reading

• “blok” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

• block

Etymology

From Old Saxon blok.

Noun

blok m or n

1. block

References

• "blok" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

Polish

blok

Etymology

Borrowed from German Block. Sense 8 is a semantic loan from English code block, sense 9 is a semantic loan from English block, sense 10 is a semantic loan from English heart block, and sense 11 is a semantic loan from English engine block. First attested in 1782.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɔk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Syllabification: blok
• Homophones: blog, Blok

Noun

blok m inan (diminutive bloczek)

1. block (cuboid piece of hard material)
2. apartment building, block, block of flats, tower block
3. block, cellblock
4. block, pad (for writing)

   Synonyms: notes, zeszyt

5. block (series of similar items)
6. (politics) bloc
7. (philately) block, miniature sheet (joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape)

   blok okolicznościowy/pamiątkowy ― a commemorative block

   wydać blok ― to print a block

9. (computing) code block (block of source code, often one that is delimited by brackets or in some similar way, depending on the programming language)
11. (volleyball) block (defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court)
13. (pathology) heart block

    blok serca ― a heart block

    blok przedsionkowo-komorowy ― an atrioventricular block

15. engine block

    blok napędowy ― a driving block

    blok cylindrów ― a cylinder block

    blok silnika ― an engine block

16. block, pulley wheel, sheave

    Synonym: krążek

17. (cooking) a type of desert made from powdered milk and crushed biscuits or wafers

Declension

Declension of blok

	singular	plural
nominative	blok	bloki
genitive	bloku	bloków
dative	blokowi	blokom
accusative	blok	bloki
instrumental	blokiem	blokami
locative	bloku	blokach
vocative	bloku	bloki

Derived terms

adjectives

• bloczny
• blokowiskowy
• blokowy

 

nouns

• bloczność
• bloczydło
• blokowiec
• blokowisko
• blokownia
• blokoza
• blokówka

 

verbs

• blokować impf, zablokować pf
• odblokowywać impf, odblokować pf
• przyblokować pf
• zblokować pf

 

Related terms

nouns

• blockbuster
• blokada
• blokdiagram
• bloker
• blokers
• blokhauz

 

Collocations

cuboid piece of hard material

• granitowy blok ― a granite block
• bloki skalne ― stone blocks
• bloki kamiennest ― rock blocks
• blok granitu ― blocks of granite
• blok kamienia ― blocks of stone
• blok marmuru ― blocks of marble
• blok lodu ― blocks of ice

block of flats

• wysoki blok ― a tall block
• betonowy blok ― a concrete block
• szary blok ― a gray block
• czteropiętrowy blok ― a four-floor block
• dziesięciopiętrowy blok ― a ten-floor block
• wielopiętrowy blok ― a multi-story block
• gierkowski blok ― a Gierek-style/era block
• gomułkowski blok ― a Gomułka-style/era block
• sąsiedni blok ― a neighboring block
• bloki mieszkalne ― blocks of flats
• bloki spółdzielcze ― cooperative blocks
• bloki osiedla ― blocks of a neighborhood
• bloki z betonu ― blocks made from concrete
• blok z mieszkaniami ― a block with apartments
• bloki na osiedlu jakimś ― blocks in some neighborhood
• bloki na ulicy jakiejś ― blocks on some street
• bloki przy ulicy jakiejś ― blocks by some street
• bloki w centrum ― blocks in the center
• dach bloku ― the roof of a block
• piętra bloku ― the floors of a block
• piwnica bloku ― the basement of a block
• ściana bloku ― the walls of a block
• lokatorzy/mieszkańcy bloku ― the residents of a block
• budowa bloku ― block construction
• wejście do bloku ― a block entrance
• sąsiedzi z bloku ― neighbors from a block
• ławka pod blokiem ― a bench outside a block
• trawnik pod blokiem ― a lawn outside a block
• podwórko przed blokiem ― a yard in front of a block
• lokal w bloku ― 'a local in a block
• mieszkanie w bloku ― an apartment in a block
• bloki stoją gdzieś ― blocks are somewhere
• ocieplać blok ― to ehat block
• remontować blok ― to remodel a block
• zamieszkiwać blok ― to inhabit a block
• budować blok ― to build a block
• wchodzić do bloku ― to enter a block
• wychodzić z bloku ― to leave a block
• mieszkać w bloku ― to live in a block

cellblock

• blok obozowy ― a camp cellblock
• bloki dla więźniów ― a cellblock for prisoners
• blok w obozie ― a cellblock in a camp
• więźniowie bloku ― the prisoners of a cellblock
• więźniowie z bloku ― the prisoners from a cellblock

writing pad

• blok rysunkowy ― a sketch book
• blok techniczny ― a drawing pad
• blok notatnika ― a notebook
• kartka z bloku ― a page from a pad

series of similar items

• blok reklamowy ― an advertising block
• bloki tematyczne ― thematic blocks
• bloki wykładowe ― lecture blocks
• blok artykułów ― a block of articles
• blok filmów ― a block of movies
• blok muzyki ― a block of music
• blok głosowań ― a block of votes
• blok zajęć ― a block of lessons

political bloc

• demokratyczny blok ― a democratic bloc
• blok polityczny ― a political bloc
• blok wyborczy ― an electoral bloc
• blok komunistyczny ― a communist bloc
• blok socjalistyczny ― a socialist bloc
• blok radziecki/sowiecki ― a soviet bloc
• blok państw ― a bloc of countries
• kraje bloku ― countries of a block
• polityka bloku ― the politics of a bloc
• blok popiera coś ― a bloc supports something
• blok przedstawia program ― a bloc introduces a program
• bloki podpisały porozumienie ― blocs signed an agreement

in computing

• zaznaczony blok ― a marked code block
• blok tekstowy/tekstu ― a text code block
• blok danych ― a code block of data
• blok instrukcji ― a code block of instructions
• blok pamięci ― a memory code block
• blok na dysku ― a code block on a disc
• edycja bloku ― an edit on a code block
• biblioteki bloku ― a code block's library
• zaznaczyć blok ― to mark a code block
• wstawianie bloku ― the insertion of a code block
• wczytywanie bloków ― to loading of a code block

in volleyball

• blok siatkarek ― a volleyball player's block
• blok gospodyń ― a hosts' block
• blok rywalek ― a rivals' block
• gra blokiem ― a block play
• grać blokiem ― to play a block
• punkty zdobyte blokiem ― points gained through a block
• przebicie przez blok ― a piercing shot with a block

Further reading

• blok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• blok in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• blok in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bloc.

Noun

blȍk m (Cyrillic spelling бло̏к)

1. block (a cuboid piece)
2. (sports) block
3. (politics) bloc, coalition
4. block of flats

Declension

Declension of blok

	singular	plural
nominative	blȍk	blòkovi
genitive	bloka	blokova
dative	bloku	blokovima
accusative	blok	blokove
vocative	bloče	blokovi
locative	bloku	blokovima
instrumental	blokom	blokovima

Turkish

Etymology

From French bloc and English block.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb(ɯ)lok/

Noun

blok (definite accusative bloku, plural bloklar)

1. bloc
   • 1938 January 5, headline in Kurun:

     Romanya, Rusya'ya karşı bir blok kurmak istiyor

     Romania wants to form a bloc against Russia

2. block
3. group

Derived terms

• bloklamak

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “blok”, in Nişanyan Sözlük