choc

choc

See also: choć, chốc, chọc, and Choc

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɒk/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒk
  • Homophone: chock

Noun

choc (countable and uncountable, plural chocs)

  1. (informal) Clipping of chocolate.
    mint choc chip ice cream; a box of chocs

Derived terms

See also

French

Etymology 1

16th century, from choquer (to hit, to shock); influenced by Italian ciocco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɔk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun

choc m (plural chocs)

  1. hit, strike
  2. shock (surprise, startling)
  3. electrical shock
  4. clash
  5. episode
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃɔk/

Noun

choc m (plural chocs)

  1. (Louisiana) alternative form of tchoque (blackbird)

Further reading

Huave

Noun

choc

  1. insect

Derived terms

  • arrier choc

References

  • Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert; Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence; Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso; Ponce Villanueva, Tereso; Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981), Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24)‎[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 93

Interlingua

Noun

choc (plural chocs or choches)

  1. shock

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French choc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˈʃɔk/
  • Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun

choc m (invariable)

  1. alternative spelling of shock

Polish

Pronunciation

Particle

choc

  1. (Far Masovian, Przasznysz, Podlachia, Tykocin, Łowicz, Western Lublin, Pożóg, Eastern Lublin, Tomaszów Lubelski County) alternative form of choć
    1. (Far Masovian, Przasznysz) alternative form of choć (any-)

Further reading

  • Jan Karłowicz (1900), “choć”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 190
  • Halina Świderska (1929), “χoc”, in Dialekt Księstwa Łowickiego (in Polish), Warsaw, →ISBN, page 101