English

Proper noun

Bloc

1. (Canada, politics) Bloc Québécois

Derived terms

• Bloquiste

See also

• BQ

Translations

French

Etymology

Diminutive of Bloc québécois

Proper noun

Bloc

1. (Canada, politics) Bloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois)

Derived terms

• bloquiste

See also

• BQ

English

Noun

bloc ‎(plural blocs)

1. a group of voters or politicians who share common goals
2. a group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance: e.g., the eastern bloc, the western bloc, a trading bloc
3. in specific contexts 'the bloc' may refer to:
   1. the countries in the Eurozone

      The ECB is considering three main options ... but two of them could hurt confidence in the bloc's most indebted states, ... (Reuters)‎

   2. the countries in the European Union

      Climate change a security risk for EU, say bloc's foreign policy chiefs (EUobserver)‎

Derived terms

• Eastern Bloc
• Soviet Bloc
• trading bloc

Translations

Anagrams

• LCBO

Catalan

Noun

bloc m ‎(plural blocs)

1. block
2. bloc

French

Etymology

From Middle French bloc ‎(“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), from Old French bloc ‎(“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok ‎(“treetrunk”), from Old Saxon *blok ‎(“log”), from Proto-Germanic *blukką ‎(“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhulg'-, from *bhelg'- ‎(“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate with Old High German bloh, bloc ‎(German Block, “block”), Old English bolca ‎(“gangway of a ship, plank”), Old Norse bǫlkr ‎(Norwegian bolk, “divider, partition”). More at balk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɔk/

Noun

bloc m ‎(plural blocs)

1. a block (e.g., of wood)
2. a bloc, an alliance
3. a pad of paper
4. (computing) block (of memory, of code)

Derived terms

Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from English block or from a Romance language.

Noun

bloc m ‎(genitive singular bloic, nominative plural bloic)

1. block

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• "bloc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “bloc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from French bloc.

Noun

bloc m ‎(plural bloques)

1. pad (such as of paper)