joc

See also: jòc, jôc, and Joć

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan joc, from Latin iocus (“pastime, sport”). Compare Occitan jòc, French jeu, Spanish juego.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Audio (Central):

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Noun

joc m (plural jocs)

1. game (a playful or competitive activity)
2. (uncountable) play (activity for amusement)
3. gambling
4. kit, set, service (any collection of items needed for a certain purpose)
5. assembly (set of pieces working together in a mechanism)
6. (music) rank, register

Derived terms

• enjogassar
• joc d'atzar
• joc de cartes
• joc de mans
• joc de mots
• joc de paraules
• joc de rol
• joc de taula
• joc de tauler
• joc de vilans
• joguina
• teoria dels jocs
• videojoc

Related terms

• joguet
• joguina
• jugar

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Frankish *juk (“perch, roost”).

Alternative forms

• jóc (pre-2016)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

joc m or f (plural jocs)

1. roost (for birds)
2. perch (in a bird cage)
3. nest

Derived terms

• anar a joc (“to put (birds) in their roost; (figuratively) to put to bed”)
• ésser a joc (“to be in bed”)

Adjective

joc (feminine joca, masculine plural jocs, feminine plural joques)

1. lying down, in bed

References

• “joc”, 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
• “joc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “joc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “joc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.