different between frock vs tuxedo

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f??k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From Middle English frok, frokke, from Old French froc (“frock, a monk's gown or habit”), perhaps via Medieval Latin hrocus, roccus, rocus (“a coat”), from Frankish *hroc, *hrok (“skirt, dress, robe”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, jacket, skirt, tunic”), from Proto-Indo-European *kre?- (“to weave”). Cognate with Old High German hroch, roch (“skirt, dress, cowl”) – whence German Rock (“skirt, coat”) –, Saterland Frisian Rok (“skirt”), Dutch rok (“skirt, petticoat”), Old English rocc (“an overgarment, tunic, rochet”), Old Norse rokkr (“skirt, jacket”), whence Danish rok (“garment”).

Noun

frock (plural frocks)

1. A dress, a piece of clothing for a female, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
2. An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals; a habit.
3. A sailor's jersey.
4. An undress regimental coat.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

frock (third-person singular simple present frocks, present participle frocking, simple past and past participle frocked)

1. To clothe in a frock.
2. To make a cleric.

Derived terms

• defrock
• disfrock
• unfrock

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English froke, variation of frogge (“frog”), from Old English frocga (“frog”). More at frog.

Noun

frock (plural frocks)

1. (dialectal) A frog.

English

Etymology

From Tuxedo Park, New York, USA, where the fashion is often said to have originated, the village in turn likely from an Eastern Algonquian language (Munsee).

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: t?ks?'d?, IPA^(key): /t?k?sido?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?k?si?d??/
• Rhymes: -i?d??

Noun

tuxedo (plural tuxedos or tuxedoes)

1. A typically black formal jacket worn by men.
2. The entire suit complementing and including this jacket.

Synonyms

• (formal jacket): dinner jacket
• (formal suit): black tie, tux, penguin suit

Derived terms

• tux
• tuxedo cat
• Canadian tuxedo
• Texan tuxedo

Translations

See also

• smoking jacket

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “tuxedo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Xed out

Spanish

Noun

tuxedo m (plural tuxedos)

1. tuxedo