nuc

See also: NUC and nüc

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /njuːk/
Hyphenation: nuc
Rhymes: -uːk
Homophones: neuk, nuke

Noun

nuc (plural nucs)

(beekeeping) A nucleus colony; a small bee colony created from a larger colony.
- 1998, Sue Hubbell, A Book of Bees: And How to Keep Them (page 110)
  I have to take brood from established hives to set up nucs, as I did the previous week […]

Anagrams

UNC, cun, unc

Aromanian

Alternative forms

nucu

Etymology

From Latin nux, nucis.

Noun

nuc m (plural nuts)

walnut tree

Related terms

nucã

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nux, nucis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. In Romanian, the names of nuts or fruits are usually feminine while the names of the corresponding trees or bushes are masculine; compare păr, prun, alun, măr, etc.

Noun

nuc m (plural nuci)

walnut (tree)

Declension

declension of nuc

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) nuc	nucul	(niște) nuci	nucii
genitive/dative	(unui) nuc	nucului	(unor) nuci	nucilor
vocative	nucule		nucilor

Derived terms

Related terms

nucet

References

nuc in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2018

Tapachultec

Noun

nuc

water

Usage notes

This is the form given in Johnston's vocabulary; Lehmann says the form in the Sapper-Ricke wordlists is nog.

References

Walter Lehmann, Über die Stellung und Verwandtschaft der Subtiaba-Sprache der pazifischen Küste Nicaraguas und über die Sprache von Tapachula in Südchiapas (1915), Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 47, presenting the wordlists of Karl Sapper, Ricke, and Amado Johnston.

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