choc

See also: choć, chốc, and chọc

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

• choc chip
• choccy
• choc ice
• chocophile

 

See also

• choc-a-bloc

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

• choc anaphylactique
• choc culturel
• choc terminal
• choquer
• de choc
• onde de choc
• pare-choc

 

Descendants

Descendants

• → Danish: chok
• → Georgian: შოკი (šoḳi)
• → Greek: σοκ (sok)
• → Italian: choc
• → Portuguese: choque
• → Russian: шок (šok)
• → Swedish: chock
• → Persian: شوک (šok)
• → Turkish: şok

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃɔk/

Noun

choc m (plural chocs)

1. (Louisiana) Alternative form of tchoque (“blackbird”)

Further reading

• “choc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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