a block (e.g., of wood) · a bloc, an alliance · a pad of paper
çekim: çoğul blocs
köken: Inherited from Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Dutch *blok (“log”), from Frankish or Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”).
aile: à bloc, bloc cardiaque, bloc de béton, bloc de départ, bloc moteur, bloc opératoire, Bloc Québécois, bloc-note, commentaire en bloc, en bloc
köken: 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 bloc (“treetrunk”), from Old Saxon *blok (“log”), from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhulg'-, from *bhelg'- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”).
block (cuboid piece of hard material) · apartment building, block, block of flats, tower block · block, cellblock
çekim: çoğul bloki · tamlayan bloku
eş: wieżowiec, bryła, koalicja, blokada, bloking
köken: Borrowed from German Block. Noun sense 8 is a semantic loan from English code block, noun sense 9 is a semantic loan from English block, noun sense 10 is a semantic loan from English heart block, and noun sense 11 is a semantic loan from English engine block. First attested in 1782.
to prevent, forestall, preclude, avert · to prevent, stop, keep, hinder, obstruct, impede, block someone · to block (on social media)
çekim: geçmiş estänyt · şimdiki estäisi · ulaç estävä
köken: Unclear; possibly from e- (“not”) + -stää (with an original sense of “to make not be, to make cease”), or alternatively esi- (“fore”) + -tää (with an original sense of “to block by putting something in front”). Cognate with Karelian esteä.