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floc

English

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White floc in a clear liquid in front of a blue background.

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Etymology

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From Latin floccus (“tuft of wool”), or from French floc (“floc”), from the same Latin source.

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floc (countable and uncountable, plural flocs)

  1. A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed.
    • 2005 February 27, Fred A. Bernstein, “In My Backyard, Please: The Infrastructure Beautiful Movement”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      It might seem that Mr. Holl, whose initial sketches are glorious watercolors, was an unlikely candidate for a job that is all about hydrodynamics. But he credits much of his inspiration to repeated meetings with engineers -- as many as 30 at a time -- to discuss topics like "flocculation" (the process by which particles form coagulated masses, or flocs).

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From Latin floccus.

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floc m (plural flocs)

  1. tuft, lock (a bunch of feathers, hair, or grass held together at the base)
  2. flake of snow

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Dalmatian

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Etymology

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From Latin floccus.

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floc m

  1. flock, tuft
  2. flake

French

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floc

  1. splosh; plop

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Old English

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From Proto-West Germanic *flōk, from Proto-Germanic *flōką, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad”).

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flōc n

  1. flatfish, flounder

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  • Middle English: floke, fluke, flewke

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin floccus.

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floc m (plural floci) floc n (plural floace)

  1. floc, floccule
  2. tuft (of hair)
  3. flock (of wool)
  4. (colloquial, vulgar) pubic hair

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Masculine:

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative floc flocul floci flocii
genitive-dative floc flocului floci flocilor
vocative flocule flocilor

Neuter:

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative floc flocul floace floacele
genitive-dative floc flocului floace floacelor
vocative flocule floacelor
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