buc

Etymology

From Frankish *būk (“belly”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, stomach”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk/
• Rhymes: -uk

Noun

buc m (plural bucs)

1. An object that has a cavity.
2. belly; abdomen
3. (aeronautics) fuselage
4. (automotive) The bodywork of a car.
5. (nautical) hull
6. (vehicles) The body of a carriage.
7. beehive
8. (architecture) The shell or outer walls enclosing a house or a staircase.
9. (furniture) The cabinetwork enclosing the drawers, either fully or partially.
10. (geography) riverbed
11. (military, historical) cuirass
12. (engineering) The metal coating of a nuclear reactor vessel.

Etymology 1

Possibly from a Latin root buculus (“young bull, ox, steer”). Compare French bugle, beugle.

Etymology 2

Compare Catalan and Occitan buc. Probably of Germanic origin.

Noun

buc (plural bucs)

1. buck (male goat)

Noun

buc m

1. Alternative form of boc

Noun

buc (plural bucs)

1. Alternative form of bouk

Noun

buc m

1. beehive (home of bees)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bukkaz (“male deer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- (“ram”). Akin to Old High German boc, Old Norse bukkr, Old English bucca (“buck, male goat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /but͡s/

Noun

buc m anim

1. (colloquial, derogatory) jerk; douche; arrogant person

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly a substratum word, perhaps from Dacian *bukas, akin to Albanian byk (or alternatively derived from it). May be linked to Polish buch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buk]

Noun

buc m (plural buci)

1. chaff

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Sutsilvan) betg
• (Sursilvan) buca
• (Sutsilvan) betga

Adverb

buc

1. (Sursilvan) not