lloc

Catalan

Alternative forms

• lloch (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan loc, from Latin locus (“place”), from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”). Compare Occitan lòc.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun

lloc m (plural llocs)

1. place; location

Derived terms

• en lloc de
• enlloc
• tenir lloc

Related terms

• llogar
• llogaret
• lloguer
• local
• lòcul

See also

• plaça
• posició
• indret

Further reading

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

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle English loc (“enclosure, fold”), from Old English loc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɬɔk/

Noun

lloc m (plural llociau)

1. pen, fold, enclosure

Mutation

Mutated forms of lloc

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
lloc	loc	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.