different between soc vs roc

English

Etymology 1

From sociology.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /so??/

Noun

soc (countable and uncountable, plural socs)

1. (slang, uncountable) Sociology or social science.
2. (slang, countable) Upper class youth.

Alternative forms

• Soc

Etymology 2

From Middle English soke, sok, soc, from Old English s?cn, from Proto-Germanic *s?kniz.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s?k/

Alternative forms

• sock, soke

Noun

soc

1. (Britain, law, obsolete) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
2. (Britain, obsolete) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
3. (Britain, obsolete) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.

Derived terms

• soc and sac

Anagrams

• 'cos, CSO, Cos, OCS, OCs, OSC, SCO, co's, cos, cos.

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

soc

1. (2016 spelling reform) Alternative spelling of sóc

Etymology 2

Compare soca (“trunk”).

Noun

soc m (plural socs)

1. stump

Etymology 3

Latin soccus (“slipper”). Compare Spanish zueco.

Noun

soc m (plural socs)

1. clog

   Synonym: esclop

Etymology 4

Noun

soc m or f (plural socs)

1. souq

Further reading

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

Chinese

Etymology

From English society.

Pronunciation

Noun

soc

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) university society

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *soccus, a word borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (compare Middle Irish socc, Welsh swch (“plowshare”)), literally "pig's snout," from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?k/

Noun

soc m (plural socs)

1. plowshare
2. (butchery) Boston butt

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Cos

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish socc (“pig’s snout”), from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (“pig”) (compare Welsh hwch), from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??k/

Noun

soc m (genitive singular soic, nominative plural soic)

1. snout, muzzle (of an animal)
2. nozzle
3. the projecting end of something, such as:

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• “soc” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “soc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “soc” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 666.
• "soc" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sukkaz (whence also Old English socc, Old Norse sokkr), from Latin soccus.

Noun

soc m

1. sock

Descendants

• Middle High German: soc, socke
  • Alemannic German: Sockä
  • Central Franconian: Sock
  • German: Socke (see there for further descendants)
  • Vilamovian: zok

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin sab?cus, variant of samb?cus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sok/
• Rhymes: -ok

Noun

soc m (plural soci)

1. elder (plant)

Declension

Derived terms

• socat?

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?k, IPA^(key): /??k/
• Rhymes: -?k
• Homophones: rock, rawk

Etymology 1

Spanish rocho, ruc, from Arabic ????? (ru??), from Persian ??? (rox).

Alternative forms

• roche
• rok
• ruc
• rukh

Noun

roc (plural rocs)

1. An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.
   • The Arabian Nights Entertainment. Tale 4. Sinbad. The Second Voyage.

     "By this time the sun was about to set, and all of a sudden the sky became as dark as if it had been covered with a thick cloud. I was much astonished at this sudden darkness, but much more when I found it occasioned by a bird of a monstrous size, that came flying toward me. I remembered that I had often heard mariners speak of a miraculous bird called Roc, and conceived that the great dome which I so much admired must be its egg. In short, the bird alighted, and sat over the egg. As I perceived her coming, I crept to the egg, so that I had before me one of the legs of the bird, which was as big as the trunk of a tree. I tied myself strongly to it with my turban, in hopes that the roc next morning would carry me with her out of this desert island. After having passed the night in this condition, the bird flew away as soon as it was daylight, and carried me so high, that I could not discern the earth;

Synonyms

• peng (Chinese contexts)

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

roc

1. (medicine, colloquial) Rocuronium.

Anagrams

• COR, CRO, CoR, Cor., OCR, ORC, cor, cor-, orc

Catalan

Etymology

From roca.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

roc m (plural rocs)

1. rock, stone

See also

• pedra

Further reading

• “roc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k/

Etymology 1

Variant of roche.

Noun

roc m (plural rocs)

1. rock

Related terms

• roche
• rocher

Etymology 2

Old French roc, ultimately from Persian ??? (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”), possibly from Sanskrit ?? (ratha, “chariot”).

Noun

roc m (plural rocs)

1. (dated, chess) rook

Synonyms

• tour

Related terms

• roquer
• rocade

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cor

Interlingua

Noun

roc (plural roches)

1. rook (chess piece)

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

roc m (genitive singular roic, nominative plural roic)

1. ray (fish)

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish roc (“wrinkle”).

Noun

roc m (genitive singular roic, nominative plural roic)

1. wrinkle, ruck, crease, pucker

Declension

Verb

roc (present analytic rocann, future analytic rocfaidh, verbal noun rocadh, past participle roctha) (transitive, intransitive)

1. wrinkle, crease, pucker
2. corrugate
3. kink
4. crimp

Conjugation

Derived terms

• rocach

References

• "roc" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Latvian

Verb

roc

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of rakt
2. 2nd person singular imperative form of rakt

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French roc

Noun

roc m (plural rocs)

1. (chess) rook

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (roc)

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ????? (ru??), from Persian ??? (rukh).

Noun

roc m (oblique plural ros, nominative singular ros, nominative plural roc)

1. (chess) rook

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (roc)

Old Khmer

Verb

roc

1. Latin script form of ???? (“to withdraw”)

Noun

roc

1. Latin script form of ???? (“fortnight following full moon”)

Old Saxon

Noun

roc m

1. Alternative spelling of rok