bloc
English
/blɑk/, /blɒk/
noun
Definitions
- A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.
- A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance: e.g., the eastern bloc, the western bloc, a trading bloc, the Eurozone, the European Union.
Etymology
Borrowed from French bloc (bloc, group, block) derived from Proto-Germanic *blukką (beam, log).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*blukką
Gloss
beam, log
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- block English
- blocwide English
- nonbloc English
- superbloc English
- blocco Italian
- bloc French
- блок Russian
- bloc Spanish, Castilian
- bloque Spanish, Castilian
- *bhulg'- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰelǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *blukką Proto-Germanic
- блок Bulgarian
- bloc Middle French
- *blok Old Dutch
- *blok Old Saxon