Bloc Definition

blŏk
blocs
noun
blocs
An alliance, often temporary, of political parties in a legislature.
Webster's New World
A group of legislators who, without regard to party affiliation, act together to advance some common interest of their constituents.
The farm bloc.
Webster's New World
A group of nations joined or acting together in mutual support.
Webster's New World
pronoun
(Canada, politics) Bloc Québécois.
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Other Word Forms of Bloc

Noun

Singular:
bloc
Plural:
blocs

Origin of Bloc

  • From French bloc (“group, block”), from Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Saxon *blok (“log”), from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhulg'-, from *bhelg'- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate with Old High German bloh, bloc (German Block, “block”), Old English bolca (“gangway of a ship, plank”), Old Norse bǫlkr (Norwegian bolk, “divider, partition”). More at balk.

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Old French block block

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Diminutive of Bloc Québécois

    From Wiktionary

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