loc

Noun

loc (plural locs)

1. (informal, usually in the plural) A dreadlock.
2. Alternative letter-case form of LOC

Anagrams

• -col-, CLO, COL, Clo, Col., OCL, col, col-, col.

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lātjā, from the same root as lot (“teardrop”)^[1].

Noun

loc m (indefinite plural loce, definite singular locja, definite plural locet)

1. dear, darling

References

Alternative forms

• locu

Etymology

From Latin locus. Compare Daco-Romanian loc.

Noun

loc n (plural locuri)

1. place, location
2. land, soil, earth
3. country, region

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *luką.

Noun

loc n

1. lock

Interjection

lōc

See lōca

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English loc, from Proto-Germanic *luką.

Noun

loc m (oblique plural los, nominative singular los, nominative plural loc)

1. lock
   • La Vie de St Thomas

     Mes a cel ore esteit a un grant loc fermee

     But at this hour, it was closed with a big lock

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (loc)
• loc on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Noun

loc m

1. place (usually inhabited, or suited thereto)

References

• “loc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Alternative forms

• loic
• luec

Etymology

From Latin locus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔk/

Noun

loc m (oblique plural locs, nominative singular locs, nominative plural loc)

1. place

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “locus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 50, page 392

Etymology

From Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ok

Noun

loc n (plural locuri)

1. place, location

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔk/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English lock.

Etymology 2

Soft mutation of lloc (“enclosure, pen”).