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

Conjunction

choc

  1. (Western Lublin, Pożóg) alternative form of choć

Particle

choc

  1. (Western Lublin, Pożóg) alternative form of choć

Further reading

  • Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “choc”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 187