coc

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

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• cocu

Etymology

From Late Latin cocō, from Latin coquō. Compare Daco-Romanian coc, coace.

Verb

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

1. to bake
2. to ripen

Related terms

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

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin cocus, from Latin coquus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔk]

Noun

coc m (plural cocs, feminine coquessa)

1. cook

Etymology 2

Borrowed from New Latin coccus, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔk]

Noun

coc m (plural cocs)

1. coccus (bacteria)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English coke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔk]

Noun

coc m (uncountable)

1. Clipping of carbó de coc.

Etymology 4

Variant of coca.

Alternative forms

• cóc (pre-2016 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkok]

Noun

coc m (plural cocs)

1. scone

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔk]

Verb

coc

1. first-person singular present indicative of coure

Further reading

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

Old English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kok/

Noun

coc m

1. Alternative form of cocc

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	coc	coccas
accusative	coc	coccas
genitive	cocces	cocca
dative	cocce	coccum

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *cocus, from Latin coquus (“cook”), from coquō (“to cook”).

Akin to Old Norse kokkr (“cook”), German Koch, Dutch kok (“cook”), and possibly also Old English āfiġen (“fried”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːk/

Noun

cōc m

1. a cook

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	cōc	cōcas
accusative	cōc	cōcas
genitive	cōces	cōca
dative	cōce	cōcum

Descendants

• Middle English: cook, cok, coke, koke, cuyke, cuke, cooke
  • English: cook
    • Sranan Tongo: kukru (via cook room)
      • Aukan: kukuu
    • Tok Pisin: kuk
    • → Norman: couque
    • → Portuguese: cuca
    • → Thai: กุ๊ก (gúk)
    • → Tokelauan: kuka
  • Scots: cuke, cuik

Old French

Alternative forms

• coq

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. cock (male chicken)

Descendants

• Middle French: coq
  • French: coq
• Walloon: cocq, cok, kok

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kok/
• Rhymes: -ok

Etymology 1

Verb

coc

1. inflection of coace:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

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

   Synonym: chiflă

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	coc	cocul		cocuri	cocurile
genitive-dative	coc	cocului		cocuri	cocurilor
vocative	cocule			cocurilor

Etymology 3

Probably of imitative (onomatopoetic) origin.

Noun

coc m (plural coci)

1. (birds) night heron (Ardea nycticorax)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	coc	cocul		coci	cocii
genitive-dative	coc	cocului		coci	cocilor
vocative	cocule			cocilor

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

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	coc	cocul		coci	cocii
genitive-dative	coc	cocului		coci	cocilor
vocative	cocule			cocilor

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English cock.

Noun

coc m (plural cocs)

1. (vulgar, offensive) cock or dick, a vulgar word for a man's penis

Mutation

Mutated forms of coc

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
coc	goc	nghoc	choc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.