froc
French
Etymology
From Middle French frocq (“cloth made of coarse wool”), from Old French froc (compare Late Latin hroccus (“frock”)), from Frankish *hrokk (“robe, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, garment, cowl”), variant of *rukkaz (“upper garment, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *rug(')- (“upper clothes, shirt”). Cognate with Old High German hroch, roc (“tunic, smock, jersey”) (German Rock), Old Saxon rok (“mantle, jacket”), Old English rocc (“over-garment, jacket”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁɔk/
- Homophone: frocs
Noun
froc m (plural frocs)
- frock (clerical garment)
- (by extension) the clerical profession
- (informal) pants; trousers
Further reading
- “froc” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Frankish *hrokk (“robe, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, garment, cowl”), variant of *rukkaz (“upper garment, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *rug(')- (“upper clothes, shirt”). Cognate with Old High German hroch, roc (“tunic, smock, jersey”) (German Rock), Old Saxon rok (“mantle, jacket”), Old English rocc (“over-garment, jacket”).
Noun
froc m (oblique plural fros, nominative singular fros, nominative plural froc)
- frock (monk's garment)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (froc, supplement)
- “froc” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).