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English

Alternative forms

• flocc

Etymology

From Latin floccus (“tuft of wool”), or from French floc (“floc”), from the same Latin source.

Noun

floc (countable and uncountable, plural flocs)

1. A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed.

Anagrams

• FCOL, OFLC

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin floccus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?fl?k/

Noun

floc m (plural flocs)

1. tuft, lock (a bunch of feathers, hair, or grass held together at the base)
2. flake of snow

Derived terms

• flocadura

Further reading

• “floc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “floc” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “floc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “floc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• flok

Etymology

From Latin floccus.

Noun

floc m

1. flock, tuft
2. flake

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin floccus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ok

Noun

floc m (plural floci)floc n (plural floace)

1. floc, floccule
2. tuft (of hair)
3. flock (of wool)
4. (slang) pubic hair

Declension

Masculine:

Neuter:

Related terms

• flocos

See also

• mi??
• smoc
• ?uvi??
• fulg

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /fl?k/

• Rhymes: -?k

  Homophone: flick

Etymology 1

From flick in the cinematographic sense.

Noun

flic (plural flics)

1. (computing) A data file containing computer animations.

Etymology 2

From French flic (“cop, policeman”).

Noun

flic (plural flics)

1. (informal, slang) A French policeman.

French

Etymology

From earlier flique, probably a borrowing of German Flick, German criminal slang for "young man".

Alternatively, from earlier fligue, short for earlier fligman, a borrowing of German Fliege (“policeman”, literally “fly”). More at English fly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flik/

Noun

flic m (plural flics)

1. (slang, derogatory) copper, pig, rozzer; (police officer)

Synonyms

• keuf (verlan)

Derived terms

• fliquer
• fliqueur

Further reading

• “flic” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).