Catalan

Etymology

From Frankish *buc ‎(“belly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buk]

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

• (abdomen): abdomen m, panxa f, ventre m
• (beehive): arna f, casera f, rusc m
• (cuirass): cuirassa f

Holonyms

• (beehive): apiari m

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

• alviar

Occitan

buc

Noun

buc m

1. beehive (home of bees)

Old English

Noun

būc m

1. (anatomy) belly, stomach
2. jug, pitcher

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: buc, bouk

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• bucc

Noun

buc m

1. buck (male deer)

Declension

Descendants

• English: buck

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /but͡s/

Noun

buc m anim

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

Declension

Synonyms

• dupek
• kutas

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

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Adverb

buc

1. (Sursilvan) not