Turc

See also: turc

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tyʁk/

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Noun

Turc m (plural Turcs, feminine Turque)

1. Turk, resident or native of Turkey
   • 1680, Molière, “Acte IV, Scene V”, in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme [The Middle-Class Aristocrat]‎, page 89:

     Le Mufti commande aux Turcs de baſtonner le Bourgeois, […]

     The mufti orders the Turks to batter the bourgeois, […]

Derived terms

• bander comme un Turc
• fort comme un Turc
• fumer comme un Turc
• Grand Turc
• tête de Turc

Related terms

• Turquie

Anagrams

• crut, crût, truc

Old French

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin Turcus, from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian ترک (turk), from Middle Persian twlk' (Turk), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥)

Noun

Turc oblique singular, m (oblique plural Turs, nominative singular Turs, nominative plural Turc)

1. Turk (Turkish person)

Descendants

• French: Turc
• → Middle English: Turke, Turc, Turk
  • English: Turk

Romanian

Etymology

From turc.

Proper noun

Turc m (genitive/dative lui Turc)

1. a surname originating as an ethnonym