"bloc" meaning in French

See bloc in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /blɔk/ Audio: Fr-bloc.ogg Forms: blocs [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Dutch *blok (“log”), from Frankish or Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|bloc||a considerable piece of something heavy, block|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), {{inh+|fr|frm|bloc|t=a considerable piece of something heavy, block}} Inherited from Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), {{inh|fr|fro|bloc||log, block}} Old French bloc (“log, block”), {{der|fr|dum|blok||treetrunk}} Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), {{der|fr|odt||*blok|log}} Old Dutch *blok (“log”), {{der|fr|frk|-}} Frankish, {{der|fr|gmw-pro|*blokk}} Proto-West Germanic *blokk, {{der|fr|gem-pro|*blukką||beam, log}} Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} bloc m (plural blocs)
  1. a block (e.g., of wood) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bloc-fr-noun-1sdy18IU
  2. a bloc, an alliance Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bloc-fr-noun-peFkqApX
  3. a pad of paper Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bloc-fr-noun-nwOwlldd
  4. (computing) block (of memory, of code) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-bloc-fr-noun-ipaNTZSC Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 10 3 84 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: à bloc, bloc cardiaque, bloc de béton, bloc de départ, bloc moteur, bloc opératoire, Bloc Québécois, bloc-note, commentaire en bloc, en bloc, faire bloc, nier en bloc, tout d’un bloc

Inflected forms

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          "expansion": "→ Italian: bloc",
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      "text": "→ Italian: bloc"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Macedonian: блок (blok)"
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            "2": "block"
          },
          "expansion": "block",
          "name": "l"
        }
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      "text": "→ Norwegian: block"
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            "1": "fa",
            "2": "بلوک",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "blok"
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          "expansion": "→ Persian: بلوک (blok)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: بلوک (blok)"
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          "expansion": "→ Polish: blok",
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        }
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        "4": "",
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        "plural"
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    }
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          "paper"
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          "orig": "fr:Computing",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "computing#Noun"
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          "block"
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          "memory",
          "memory#English"
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        [
          "code",
          "code#English"
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        "masculine"
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
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      "ipa": "/blɔk/"
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    "French terms inherited from Old French",
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          "name": "desc"
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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
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            "bor": "1"
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*blukką",
        "4": "",
        "5": "beam, log"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Dutch *blok (“log”), from Frankish or Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blocs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "bloc m (plural blocs)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a block (e.g., of wood)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a bloc, an alliance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alliance",
          "alliance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a pad of paper"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pad",
          "pad"
        ],
        [
          "paper",
          "paper"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "fr:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "block (of memory, of code)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ],
        [
          "memory",
          "memory#English"
        ],
        [
          "code",
          "code#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) block (of memory, of code)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/blɔk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-bloc.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/Fr-bloc.ogg/Fr-bloc.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Fr-bloc.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bloc"
}

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