buc

See also: BUC, buć, buč, bức, Buć, and буч

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Synonyms
Holonyms

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

buc m

  1. small ox

Etymology 2

Compare Catalan and Occitan buc. Probably of Germanic origin.

Noun

buc m

  1. beehive
Synonyms

Interlingue

Noun

buc (plural bucs)

  1. buck (male goat)

K'iche'

Noun

buc

  1. (Classical K'iche') bird

Middle Dutch

Noun

buc m

  1. Alternative form of boc

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English būc.

Noun

buc (plural bucs)

  1. Alternative form of bouk

Etymology 2

From Old English bucca.

Noun

buc

  1. Alternative form of bukke

Occitan
buc

Noun

buc m

  1. beehive (home of bees)

Old Dutch

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

Noun

buc m

  1. buck, male goat
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
Further reading
  • “buk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *būkaz.

Noun

būc m

  1. belly, stomach
  2. womb
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
Further reading
  • “būk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *būkaz

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /buːk/

Noun

būc m

  1. belly, stomach
  2. jug, pitcher, container
Declension
Declension of buc (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative būc būcas
accusative būc būcas
genitive būces būca
dative būce būcum
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *bukkaz (“male deer”).

Noun

buc m

  1. Alternative form of bucc (“buck”)

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /but͡s/

Noun

buc m anim

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

Declension
declension of buc
singular plural
nominative buc buce
genitive buca buców
dative bucowi bucom
accusative buca buce
instrumental bucem bucami
locative bucu bucach
vocative bucu buce

Synonyms

Further reading
  • buc in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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

Declension
declension of buc
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) buc bucul (niște) buci bucii
genitive/dative (unui) buc bucului (unor) buci bucilor
vocative bucule bucilor

Romansch

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

Etymology

Adverb

buc

  1. (Sursilvan) not
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