en bloc

English

Etymology

From French en bloc.

Adverb

en bloc (not comparable)

as a whole; all at once; all together.
- 2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, quoting Russell Seitz, chapter 5, in Merchants of Doubt:
  The nation's 50 million smokers remain at liberty to vote en bloc for a fussbudget-free Congress. Are the polls ready to accommodate smokers?

Translations

as a whole

Czech: en bloc
French: en bloc (fr)
German: en bloc (de)
Greek: ομαδικά (el) (omadiká)
Hungarian: en bloc (hu)
Polish: en bloc (pl)
Serbo-Croatian: an blok

See also

en masse

References

Merriam-Wester Online Dictionary: en bloc

Catalan

Etymology

From en +‎ bloc. Perhaps modeled on French en bloc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm ˈblɔk]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [em ˈblɔk]

Adverb

en bloc (as a whole)
Synonyms: en conjunt, globalment

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French en bloc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ãˈblɔk/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔk

Adverb

en bloc (not comparable)

(literary) en bloc
Synonyms: całkowicie, całościowo

Further reading

en bloc in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
en bloc in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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