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

References

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

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Block (block); other senses developed later.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈblok]
  • (file)
  • 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

References

  1. "blok" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further reading

  • blok in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • blok in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • blok in Internetová jazyková příručka

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

Descendants

  • Greenlandic: blokki

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɔk/
  • (file)
  • 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
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. 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

Further reading

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Saxon blok.

Noun

blok m or n

  1. block

References

Polish

blok (#2)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Block, from Middle High German bloc, from Old High German bloc.[1] 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.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɔk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔk
  • Syllabification: blok
  • Homophone: blog

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/pamiątkowya commemorative block
    wydać blokto print a block
  8. (computing) code block (block of source code, often one that is delimited by brackets or in some similar way, depending on the programming language)
  9. (volleyball) block (defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court)
  10. (pathology) heart block
    blok sercaa heart block
    blok przedsionkowo-komorowyan atrioventricular block
  11. engine block
    blok napędowya driving block
    blok cylindrówa cylinder block
    blok silnikaan engine block
  12. block, pulley wheel, sheave
    Synonym: krążek
  13. (cooking) a type of desert made from powdered milk and crushed biscuits or wafers

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns
verbs
nouns

Collocations

References

  1. Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “blok”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
  2. Gaspard le Compasseur de Créquy-Montfort Courtivron (1782) Nauka O Gatunkach I Szukaniu Rudy Żelazney, Topieniu Iey W Piecach Wielkich i Dymarkach, Robieniu Miechów Drewnianych, Stawianiu Pieców Na Topienie Rudy; O Fryszerkach i Fryszowaniu Żelaza Surowego, Laniu Naczyn Żelaznych; O Robieniu Stali Z Żelaza Ciągłego Albo Surowego, page 121

Further reading

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

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

Turkish

Etymology

From French bloc and English block.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈb(ɯ)lok/

Noun

blok (definite accusative blokı, plural bloklar)

  1. bloc
    • 1938 January 5, headline in Kurun:
      Romanya Rusyaya karşı bir blok kurmak istiyor
      Romania wants to form a bloc against Russia
  2. block
  3. group

Derived terms

  • bloklamak

References

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