cuc

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See also: CUC, cuć, cúc, Cúc, cục, cực, and ċuċ

Catalan

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Etymology

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Possibly of onomatopoeic origin.[1] Compare to Aragonese cuco or Sardinian cucurra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cuc m (plural cucs)

  1. worm

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ cuc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

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Friulian

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Etymology 1

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From Late Latin cucus or cuccus, compare also Latin cuculus.

Noun

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cuc m (plural cucs)

  1. cuckoo
  2. (figurative) fool

Etymology 2

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Noun

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cuc m (plural cucs)

  1. look, glance, peep
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Jakaltek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mayan *kuuʼk.

Noun

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cuc

  1. squirrel

References

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  • Church, Clarence, Church, Katherine (1955) Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano[1] (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 6; 10

Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin cucus or cuccus. Compare Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux), Classical Latin cuculus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cuc m (plural cuci)

  1. cuckoo (bird)
  2. (figurative) an extravagant thing
  3. (adverbial) alone, isolated
  4. a game played by little kids (like hide and go seek)
  5. (figurative, euphemistic) a penis

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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Romansch

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Noun

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cuc m (plural cucs)

  1. (Surmiran) nap

Synonyms

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From the ISO 4217 code CUC.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkuk/ [ˈkuk]
  • Rhymes: -uk
  • Syllabification: cuc

Noun

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cuc m (plural #)

  1. (Cuba, informal) Cuban convertible peso

Yucatec Maya

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Noun

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cuc

  1. Obsolete spelling of kúuk.