cuc

See also: CUC, cuć, cúc, Cúc, cục, cực, and ċuċ

Catalan

Etymology

Possibly of onomatopoeic origin.[1] Compare to Sardinian cucurra.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈkuk]
  • Audio (Valencian)(file)

Noun

cuc m (plural cucs)

  1. worm

Derived terms

References
  1. “cuc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology 1

From Late Latin cucus or cuccus, compare also Latin cuculus.

Noun

cuc m (plural cucs)

  1. cuckoo
  2. (figurative) fool

Noun

cuc m (plural cucs)

  1. look, glance, peep
  • cucâ

Jakaltek

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *kuuʼk.

Noun

cuc

  1. squirrel

References
  • Church, Clarence, Church, Katherine (1955) Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano‎ (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 6; 10

Romanian
cuc

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin cucus or cuccus. Compare Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux), Classical Latin cuculus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuk/

Noun

cuc m (plural cuci)

  1. cuckoo (bird)
  2. (figurative) an extravagant thing
  3. (adverbial) alone, isolated
  4. a game played by little kids (like hide and go seek)
  5. (figurative, euphemistic) a penis

Declension
Declension of cuc
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) cuc cucul (niște) cuci cucii
genitive/dative (unui) cuc cucului (unor) cuci cucilor
vocative cucule cucilor

Derived terms
terms derived from cuc
  • a face cuc
  • a umbla de flori de cuc, de flori de cuc
  • așa are să-i cânte cucul
  • ceas cu cuc
  • ciuboțica-cucului
  • cizma-cucului
  • cuc alergător
  • cuc-armenesc
  • cucă
  • cucui
  • cucuire
  • cuculeasă
  • cuculeț
  • cucușor
  • cucuț
  • floarea-cucului
  • grâul-cucului
  • i-a cântat cucul din față
  • lapte de cuc
  • limba-cucului
  • mălaiul-cucului
  • mărgica cucului
  • mărul-cucului
  • măzărichea-cucului
  • mierea-cucului
  • pălăria-cucului
  • porumbul-cucului
  • pui de cuc
  • scaunul-cucului
  • scuipatul-cucului
  • singur cuc
  • slujnica-cucului
  • stupitul-cucului
  • umbra-cucului

See also
  • cuculide
  • cuculiforme

References

Romansch

Noun

cuc m (plural cucs)

  1. (Surmiran) nap

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From the ISO 4217 code CUC.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkuk/ [ˈkuk]
  • Rhymes: -uk
  • Syllabification: cuc

Noun

cuc m (plural cuc)

  1. (Cuba, informal) Cuban convertible peso

Yucatec Maya

Noun

cuc

  1. Obsolete spelling of kúuk
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