doc

See also: Doc, DOC, dốc, doç, and đốc

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɒk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɑk/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒk
• Homophones: Doc, dock

Etymology 1

Clipping of doctor.

Noun

doc (plural docs)

1. (informal) A doctor.

Derived terms

• autodoc
• robodoc
• what's up doc

 

Translations

doctor (informal)

• Afrikaans: dok
• French: toubib (fr)
• Hungarian: doki (hu)

Etymology 2

Clipping of document.

Noun

doc (plural docs)

2. (informal, usually in the plural) A document, especially (in professional jargon) a piece of technical documentation or legal evidence.

Derived terms

• date-me doc
• docblock
• doc drop
• docstring
• low-doc loan
• no-doc

 

Etymology 3

Clipping of documentary.

Noun

doc (plural docs)

1. (informal) A documentary.

   Synonyms: docu, (South Africa) doccie, (Australia) doco

   • 2003, The Independent Film & Video Monthly, page 38:

     If you think watching a doc about a spelling bee isn't the most entertaining way to spend ninety minutes, think again.

   • 2010, Rachel Johnson, A Diary of The Lady: My First Year As Editor:

     On the subject of fat men, I was watching a doc about a mountain of flab called Paul last night and Ludo said that he was very proud that the fattest man in the world was English.

   • 2024 September 4, Mehera Bonner, Samantha Olson, “Behold, A Breakdown of Billie Eilish's Massive Net Worth”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1]:

     According to Forbes, Billie [Eilish] earned $53 million in 2020. Half of that was thanks to the Apple doc, and the other half was thanks to music sales. Cool-cool-cool, same!

Etymology 4

Clipping of doctorate.

Noun

doc (plural docs)

1. Clipping of doctorate.

Derived terms

• postdoc, post-doc

Anagrams

• C.O.D., CDO, COD, OCD, ODC, cod

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔk/
• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Hyphenation: dòc

Noun

doc

1. Alternative letter-case form of DOC (“controlled designation of origin”)

Adjective

doc (invariable)

1. (viticulture) certified as DOC (of a product, usually wine)

   un vino doc ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (by extension, colloquial) genuine, excellent

   una canzone doc ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *duH. Cognate with White Hmong deg.

Noun

doc 

1. turtle

Middle English

Noun

doc

1. Alternative form of duk (“duke”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• dooc

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth, rag”), with a change in meaning from "cloth, rag" to "something worthless". Compare similar semantic development in the verb dēċan (“to daub", also "to smear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːk/

Noun

dōc ? or m

1. bastard
2. mongrel, hybrid

Usage notes

• The precise gender is unknown. Possibly masculine if descended from Proto-West Germanic *dōk.

Derived terms

• dōcincel

Related terms

• dēċan (possibly)

Rohingya

Rohingya cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : doc

Alternative forms

• (Arabic) دࣤشۡ
• (Bengali) দশ
• (Myanmar) [Term?]
• (Hanifi) 𐴊𐴡𐴐𐴢 (doc)

Etymology

From Sanskrit दश (daśa, “ten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d̪oʃ]

Numeral

doc

1. ten

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English dock.

Noun

doc n (plural docuri)

1. dock

Declension

Declension of doc

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) doc	docul	(niște) docuri	docurile
genitive/dative	(unui) doc	docului	(unor) docuri	docurilor
vocative	docule		docurilor