From en.wiktionary.org:
[Flock]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en] From [en], from [en], from [en], from [en]. Cognate with [nds-de], [da],
[sv], [no], [fo], [is]. Related also to [nrf], from Old Norse. Perhaps
related to [ang]. More at [en].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A number of bird s together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration .
2. A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep , but [dated] also used for goats , farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.
3. * [1=en]
4. Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd .
5. * [poem=Aylmer's Field]
6. * [en]
7. A large number of people .
8. * [2 Maccabees]
9. [en] A religious congregation .
***** Synonyms
[large number of people]
- [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en]
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[group of birds]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Erzya: [myv]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Khmer: [km] , [km]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Lao: [lo] , [lo]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Manchu: [mnc]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi] [mostly refers to ducks]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Norwegian:
- Old French: [fro]
- Ossetian: [os]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] [especially of geese]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg] , [tg]
- Telugu: [te]
- Thai: [th] , [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Uzbek: [uz] , [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[group of animals, especially sheep or goats]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Asturian: [ast] , [ast]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] , [be] , [be]
- Bengali: [bn]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chechen: [ce]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Egyptian: [jdr]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo] [of sheep]
- Finnish: [fi] [herded] , [fi] [free]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Gothic: [got]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk] , [kk]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko] , [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky] , [ky]
- Lao: [lo] , [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Maore Comorian: [swb]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Mongolian:
- Norman: [nrf]
- Norwegian:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old East Slavic: [orv] , [orv]
- Old French: [fro]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] [of sheep]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl] , [sl] [dated]
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg] , [tg]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Thai: [th] , [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[people served by a particular pastor]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Kurdish:
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[group of people]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek:
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Kurdish:
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es]
- Turkish: [tr] [colloquial]
[trans-bottom]
[translations to be checked]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Mandarin:
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
- Thai: [th] , [th] , [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Woiwurrung: [wyi]
[trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
2. * [passage=What place the gods for our repose assigned. <br> Friends daily FLOCK ; and scarce the kindly spring <br> Began to clothe the ground]
3. * [en]
4. [en] To flock to; to crowd.
5. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1609 | author=John Taylor | title=Penniless Pilgrimage
|passage=Good fellows, trooping, FLOCKED me so.}}
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[to congregate]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar] , [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [somewhat] [ru] (в стаю), [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] [disused ] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Telugu: [te]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 2
From [en], from [en], from [en], probably from [en], from [en], [gem-pro],
[gem-pro], from [en]. Cognate with [goh], [dum], [no] dialectal [no].
Non-Germanic cognates include [sq].
**** Noun
[~]
1. Coarse tuft s of wool or cotton used in bedding .
2. A lock of wool or hair .
3. * [act=II]
4. Very fine sift ed woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.
5. * {{ RQ:Belloc Lowndes Lodger | II | 0091
|passage=There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary
feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in
colour the FLOCK-paper on the walls.}}
***** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
***** Translations
[tufts of wool or cotton]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca] , [ca]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired nap .
2. [en] To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow.
3. [en] To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
***** Derived terms
- [en]
***** Translations
[to coat]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom] [to treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles]
*** See also
- Appendix:English collective nouns
[en] [en]
** Swedish
*** Etymology
From [sv], from [sv], from [sv]. Cognate with [fo], [is], [no], and [da].
*** Pronunciation
- [sv]
*** Noun
[c]
1. a [en] (group of animals (or people, by extension, often emphasizing lack of independence or the like))
1. a gaggle [of geese]
2. a murder [of crows]
3. a muster [of peafowl]
4. a pride [of lions]
5. [sv] a [en]
**** Declension
[sv-infl-noun-c-ar]
**** Related terms
- [sv]
**** See also
- [sv]
*** References
- [so]
- [saol]
- [saob]