stocks

See also: Stocks

English

The old village stocks in Chapeltown, Lancashire, England.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /stɒks/
• (US) IPA^(key): /stɑks/
• Rhymes: -ɒks

Noun

stocks

1. plural of stock

Noun

stocks

1. (plural only) A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
2. (nautical, plural only) The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.

Translations

device for public humiliation and punishment

• Armenian: կոճղ (hy) (kočġ)
• Danish: gabestok c
• Dutch: schandpaal (nl) m, kaak (nl) f
• Finnish: jalkapuu (fi)
• French: pilori (fr)
• German: Schandpfahl (de) m, Pranger (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: κύφων m (kúphōn)

• Irish: branraí m pl
• Latin: patibulum n, tendus
• Macedonian: тумрук m (tumruk)
• Polish: dyby (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: tronco (pt)
• Romanian: butuc (ro) m
• Russian: коло́дки (ru) f pl (kolódki)
• Spanish: cepo (es) m, picota (es) f
• Swedish: stock (sv) c
• Tagalog: kulma (tl)

base for building a ship

• Danish: bedding c, stabel c
• German: Stapel (de) m
• Greek: σκαρί (el) n (skarí)
• Swedish: stapel (sv) c, stapelbädd (sv) c

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• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} סד (he) (sad)

Verb

stocks

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stock

Further reading

• stocks on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

stocks

1. plural of stock

French

Noun

stocks m

1. plural of stock

Spanish

Noun

stocks

1. plural of stock

Swedish

Noun

stocks

1. indefinite genitive singular of stock