cuc

See also: CUC, cuć, cúc, Cúc, cục, cực, and ċuċ

Catalan

Etymology

Possibly of onomatopoeic origin. Compare to Aragonese cuco or Sardinian cucurra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkuk]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Noun

cuc m (plural cucs)

1. worm

Derived terms

• cuc de seda
• cuc de terra
• cuca
• cuquer
• matar el cuc

 

Further reading

• cuc on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

Friulian

Etymology 1

From Late Latin cucus or cuccus, compare also Latin cuculus.

Noun

cuc m (plural cucs)

1. cuckoo
2. (figurative) fool

Etymology 2

Noun

cuc m (plural cucs)

1. look, glance, peep

Related terms

• cucâ

Jakaltek

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *kuuʼk.

Noun

cuc

1. squirrel

References

• Church, Clarence, Church, Katherine (1955) Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano‎^[1] (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 6; 10

Romanian

cuc

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin cucus or cuccus. Compare Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux), Classical Latin cuculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuk/

Noun

cuc m (plural cuci)

1. cuckoo (bird)
2. (figurative) an extravagant thing
3. (adverbial) alone, isolated
4. a game played by little kids (like hide and go seek)
5. (figurative, euphemistic) a penis

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cuc	cucul		cuci	cucii
genitive-dative	cuc	cucului		cuci	cucilor
vocative	cucule			cucilor

Derived terms

terms derived from cuc

• a face cuc
• a umbla de flori de cuc, de flori de cuc
• așa are să-i cânte cucul
• ceas cu cuc
• ciuboțica-cucului
• cizma-cucului
• cuc alergător
• cuc-armenesc
• cucă
• cucui
• cucuire
• cuculeasă
• cuculeț
• cucușor
• cucuț
• floarea-cucului
• grâul-cucului
• i-a cântat cucul din față
• lapte de cuc
• limba-cucului
• mălaiul-cucului
• mărgica cucului
• mărul-cucului
• măzărichea-cucului
• mierea-cucului
• pălăria-cucului
• porumbul-cucului
• pui de cuc
• scaunul-cucului
• scuipatul-cucului
• singur cuc
• slujnica-cucului
• stupitul-cucului
• umbra-cucului

Related terms

• cucu
• cuculă

See also

• cuculide
• cuculiforme

References

• cuc in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Romansch

Noun

cuc m (plural cucs)

1. (Surmiran) nap

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) siesta, durmida
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) cupid
• (Sursilvan) tut
• (Sutsilvan) sien
• (Surmiran) cupidada, durmeidetta
• (Puter, Vallader) sönin
• (Vallader) sönet

Spanish

Etymology

From the ISO 4217 code CUC.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuk/ [ˈkuk]
• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: cuc

Noun

cuc m (plural cuc)

1. (Cuba, informal) Cuban convertible peso

Yucatec Maya

Noun

cuc

1. Obsolete spelling of kúuk.