How do you pronounce bloc?

The recorded pronunciation is /blɑk/.

Where does bloc come from?

It is traced to Proto-West Germanic.

bloc

/blɑk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: bloc
IPA: /blɑk/

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Meaning

noun

A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.

noun

A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance.

name

Bloc Québécois

Canadian usage

Example Sentences

"But a huge bloc of non-Hispanic white residents without bachelor’s degrees — 72 percent of the population age 25 or older — has turned the 7th District into Republican turf."
"How that impacts Asia’s most stable democracy will become clearer only in the weeks ahead. Sunday’s vote was a mid-term election for the less powerful, upper house of the legislature. And the Sanseito party, while surging, is still only the fourth-largest bloc in that chamber."
"military bloc"
"trading bloc"
"Like the iPod and MySpace, the BRICS bloc is a product of the benign optimism of the 2000s."

Etymology

Borrowed from French bloc (“group, block”), ultimately of Old Dutch origin, from Frankish or Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”). Doublet of block.

Origin

Source language: Proto-West Germanic

Word Breakdown

Root: -, *blokk, *blukką

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /blɑk/
British English: /blɒk/

Usage

Canadian usage

Inflected Forms

blocs (plural) the Bloc (canonical)

Derived Forms

antibloc blocwide interbloc intrabloc nonbloc superbloc Bloquiste

Phrases

Atlantic bloc black bloc bloc chip bloc party Eastern Bloc padded bloc Soviet Bloc trade bloc

Frequently Paired Words

choc-a-bloc BQ

Synonyms

axis

Homonyms

block

Rhymes With

rock stock block lock shock clock iraq doc knock cock o'clock dock