buc

See also: Appendix:Variations of "buc"

Catalan

Etymology

From Frankish *būk (“belly”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, stomach”). Compare Spanish buque (“vessel”) and Italian buco (“hole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbuk]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -uk
• Homophone: bug

Noun

buc m (plural bucs)

1. an object that has a cavity
2. belly; abdomen

   Synonyms: abdomen, panxa, ventre

3. (aeronautics) fuselage

   Synonym: fuselatge

4. (automotive) the bodywork of a car
5. (nautical) hull
6. (vehicles) the body of a carriage
7. beehive

   Synonyms: arna, casera, rusc

8. (architecture) the shell or outer walls enclosing a house or a staircase

   Synonyms: caixa, caixer

9. (furniture) the cabinetwork enclosing the drawers, either fully or partially
10. (geography) riverbed

    Synonyms: llit, caixer

11. (military, history) cuirass

    Synonym: cuirassa

12. (engineering) the metal coating of a nuclear reactor vessel

Holonyms

• (beehive): apiari

Further reading

• “buc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “buc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “buc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “buc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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

K'iche'

Noun

buc

1. (Classical K'iche') bird

Middle Dutch

Noun

buc m

1. alternative form of boc

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	buc	bucke
accusative	buc	bucke
genitive	bucs	bucke
dative	bucke	bucken

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

buc

1. alternative form of bouk

Etymology 2

Noun

buc

1. alternative form of bukke

Occitan

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Germanic, from Frankish *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“hollow body, cavity”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Noun

buc m

1. beehive (home of bees)

Old Dutch

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

Noun

buc m

2. buck, male goat

Inflection

Declension of buc (masculine a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	buc	bucca
accusative	buc	bucca
genitive	buckes	bucco
dative	bucke	buccon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: boc, buc
  • Dutch: bok (see there for further descendants)
  • Limburgish: bók
  • West Flemish: buk

Further reading

• “buk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.

Noun

būc m

2. belly, stomach
3. womb

Inflection

Declension of būc (masculine a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	būc	būca
accusative	būc	būca
genitive	būkes	būco
dative	būke	būcon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: buuc
  • Dutch: buik
    • Afrikaans: buik
    • Negerhollands: buk, big, bik
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: buk
  • Limburgish: boek
  • West Flemish: buuk
  • Zealandic: buuk

Further reading

• “būk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.

Alternative forms

• buuc, būcc

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːk/

Noun

būc m

1. belly, stomach
2. a vessel that bulges out, such as a bottle, jug, pitcher, etc.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	būc	būcas
accusative	būc	būcas
genitive	būces	būca
dative	būce	būcum

Derived terms

• būcful

Descendants

• Middle English: bouk
  • English: bouk
  • Scots: bouk, bowk

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buk/

Noun

buc m

1. alternative form of bucc (“buck”)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbut͡s/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ut͡s
• Syllabification: buc

Etymology 1

Derived from Old Polish bucić się.

Noun

buc m pers

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

   Synonyms: dupek, kutas

Declension

Declension of buc

	singular	plural
nominative	buc	buce
genitive	buca	buców/bucy
dative	bucowi	bucom
accusative	buca	buców/bucy
instrumental	bucem	bucami
locative	bucu	bucach
vocative	bucu	buce

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Butzemann.

Noun

buc m animal

1. (rare) bogeyman (menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories)

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

Further reading

• buc in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• buc in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly a substrate 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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	buc	bucul		buci	bucii
genitive-dative	buc	bucului		buci	bucilor
vocative	bucule			bucilor

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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Adverb

buc

1. (Sursilvan) not