flock

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• UK: /flɒk/
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From Middle English flok, from Old English flocc (“flock, company, troop”), from Proto-West Germanic *flokk, from Proto-Germanic *flukkaz (“crowd, troop”). Cognate with German Low German Flock (“crowd, flock”), Danish flok (“flock”), Swedish flock (“flock”), Norwegian flokk (“flock”), Faroese flokkur (“flock”), Icelandic flokkur (“flock, group”). Related also to Norman fliotchet (“flock, crowd”), from Old Norse. Perhaps related to Old English folc (“crowd, troop, band”). More at folk.

From Middle English flok (“tuft of wool”), from Old French floc (“tuft of wool”), from Late Latin floccus (“tuft of wool”), probably from Frankish *flokko (“down, wool, flock”), from Proto-Germanic *flukkōn-, *flukkan-, *fluksōn- (“down, flock”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“hair, fibres, tuft”). Cognate with Old High German flocko (“down”), Middle Dutch vlocke (“flock”), Norwegian dialectal flugsa (“snowflake”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian flok (“hair”).

318 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: tufë — group of birds
• Arabic: سِرْب (sirb) — group of birds
• Armenian: երամ (eram) — group of birds
• Azerbaijani: sürü — group of birds
• Bashkir: туп (tup) — group of birds
• Basque: banda — group of birds
• Belarusian: згра́я (zhrája) — group of birds
• Bulgarian: я́то (játo) — group of birds
• Catalan: bandada — group of birds
• Chinese Mandarin: 群 (qún) — group of birds
• Czech: hejno — group of birds
• Danish: flok — group of birds
• Dutch: zwerm — group of birds
• Erzya: пуро (puro) — group of birds
• Esperanto: birdaro — group of birds
• Finnish: parvi — group of birds
• French: vol — group of birds
• French: bande — group of birds
• French: groupe — group of birds
• French: nuée — group of birds
• Old French: fulc — group of birds
• Galician: bando — group of birds
• Galician: bandada — group of birds
• Georgian: ჯგუფის (ǯgupis) — group of birds
• German: Schwarm — group of birds
• German: Schar — group of birds
• Greek: σμήνος (smínos) — group of birds
• Greek: κοπάδι (kopádi) — group of birds
• Hebrew: לַהֲקָה (lahaká) — group of birds
• Hungarian: sereg — group of birds
• Hungarian: raj — group of birds
• Hungarian: csapat — group of birds
• Icelandic: flokkur — group of birds
• Icelandic: hópur — group of birds
• Italian: stormo — group of birds
• Japanese: ひとむれ (hitomure) — group of birds
• Japanese: 群れ (mure) — group of birds
• Japanese: 一群 (ichigun) — group of birds
• Kazakh: үйір (üiır) — group of birds
• Khmer: ហ្វូង (voung) — group of birds
• Khmer: ផូង (phoung) — group of birds
• Korean: 무리 (muri) — group of birds
• Korean: 떼 (tte) — group of birds
• Northern Kurdish: ref — group of birds
• Kyrgyz: үйүр (üyür) — group of birds
• Lao: ຝູງ (fūng) — group of birds
• Lao: ຫມູ່ (mū) — group of birds
• Lithuanian: pulkas — group of birds
• Macedonian: јато (jato) — group of birds
• Manchu: ᡶᡝᠨᡳᠶᡝᠨ (feniyen) — group of birds
• Māori: rāhui — group of birds
• Māori: pōkai — group of birds
• Māori: rāngai — group of birds
• Māori: whiri — group of birds
• Māori: kāhui — group of birds
• Māori: wiri — group of birds
• Māori: kāwai — group of birds
• Norman: fliotchet — group of birds
• Norwegian Bokmål: flokk — group of birds
• Ossetian: дзуг (ʒug) — group of birds
• Persian: دسته (daste) — group of birds
• Polish: stado — group of birds
• Portuguese: bando — group of birds
• Romanian: stol — group of birds
• Romanian: cârd — group of birds
• Russian: ста́я (stája) — group of birds
• Russian: ста́до (stádo) — group of birds
• Scottish Gaelic: ealt — group of birds
• Serbo-Croatian: ја̏то — group of birds
• Serbo-Croatian: jȁto — group of birds
• Slovak: kŕdeľ — group of birds
• Slovene: jata — group of birds
• Lower Sorbian: stadło — group of birds
• Spanish: bandada — group of birds
• Spanish: pajarería — group of birds
• Swedish: flock — group of birds
• Tagalog: gasa — group of birds
• Tagalog: banda — group of birds
• Tajik: тӯда (tüda) — group of birds
• Tajik: гала (gala) — group of birds
• Tajik: села (sela) — group of birds
• Telugu: గుంపు (gumpu) — group of birds
• Thai: ฝูง (fǔung) — group of birds
• Thai: หมู่ (mùu) — group of birds
• Turkish: sürü — group of birds
• Ottoman Turkish: سوری (sürü) — group of birds
• Ukrainian: згра́я (zhrája) — group of birds
• Uzbek: gala — group of birds
• Uzbek: toʻda — group of birds
• Vietnamese: đàn — group of birds
• Vietnamese: bầy — group of birds
• Welsh: haid — group of birds
• Albanian: tufë — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Arabic: قَطِيع (qaṭīʕ) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Arabic: قطيع (ʔaṭīʕ) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Armenian: հոտ (hot) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Asturian: rebañu — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Asturian: atayu — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Azerbaijani: sürü — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Bashkir: көтөү (kötöw) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Basque: artalde — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Belarusian: ста́да (stáda) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Belarusian: чарада́ (čaradá) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Belarusian: ста́так (státak) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Belarusian: ста́дак (stádak) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Bengali: পশুপালক (pośupalok) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Bulgarian: ста́до (stádo) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Burmese: သိုးအုပ် (sui:up) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Catalan: ramat — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Chechen: бажа (baža) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Chinese Mandarin: 群 (qún) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Maore Comorian: ɓangwe — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Czech: stádo — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Danish: flok — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Dutch: kudde — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Egyptian: i-d:r-idr-E1 (jdr) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Esperanto: grego — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Esperanto: ŝafaro — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Finnish: katras — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Finnish: lauma — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• French: troupeau — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Old French: fulc — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Galician: rabaño — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Galician: rabañada — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Georgian: ნახირი (naxiri) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• German: Herde — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌸𐌹 (awēþi) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Greek: κοπάδι (kopádi) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Hebrew: עֵדֶר ('edér) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Hindi: झुंड (jhuṇḍ) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Hindi: गल्ला (gallā) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Hungarian: nyáj — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Hungarian: falka — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Icelandic: hjörð — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Irish: tréad — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Italian: branco — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Italian: gregge — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Japanese: 群れ (mure) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Kazakh: табын (tabyn) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Kazakh: отар (otar) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Khmer: ហ្វូង (voung) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Korean: 무리 (muri) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Korean: 떼 (tte) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Korean: 군 (gun) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Central Kurdish: ڕان (ran) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Northern Kurdish: kerî — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Northern Kurdish: celeb — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Northern Kurdish: birr — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Kyrgyz: үйүр (üyür) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Kyrgyz: отор (otor) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Lao: ຝູງ (fūng) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Lao: ຫມູ່ (mū) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Latin: grex — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Lithuanian: banda — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Macedonian: стадо (stado) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Maltese: merħla — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Māori: kāhui — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Māori: rāngai — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Mongolian: сүрэг (süreg) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Norman: fliotchet — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Norwegian Bokmål: flokk — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Church Slavic: стадо (stado) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Church Slavic: чрѣда (črěda) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Church Slavic: ⱄⱅⰰⰴⱁ (stado) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Old East Slavic: стадо (stado) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Old East Slavic: череда (čereda) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Persian: گله (galle) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Persian: رمه (rame) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Plautdietsch: Häad — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Polish: stado — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Portuguese: rebanho — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Romanian: turmă — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Romanian: ciurdă — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Russian: ста́до (stádo) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Russian: ота́ра (otára) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Serbo-Croatian: ста̏до — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Serbo-Croatian: чре́до — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Serbo-Croatian: чре́да — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Serbo-Croatian: stȁdo — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Serbo-Croatian: črédo — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Serbo-Croatian: čréda — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Slovak: stádo — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Slovene: čréda — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Slovene: stado — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Lower Sorbian: stadło — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Upper Sorbian: stadło — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Spanish: hato — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Spanish: manada — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Spanish: rebaño — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Swahili: ng'ombe — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Swedish: flock — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Swedish: hjord — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Tagalog: ganado — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Tajik: гала (gala) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Tajik: рама (rama) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Tajik: пода (poda) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Tatar: көтү (kötü) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Thai: ฝูง (fǔung) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Thai: หมู่ (mùu) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Turkish: sürü — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Turkish: davar — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Ottoman Turkish: سوری (sürü) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Turkmen: sürü — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Ukrainian: ста́до (stádo) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Ukrainian: череда́ (čeredá) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Ukrainian: ота́ра (otára) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Ukrainian: ту́рма (túrma) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Urdu: گله (galla) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Uyghur: پادا (pada) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Uzbek: poda — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Vietnamese: bầy — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Vietnamese: đàn — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Yiddish: טשערעדע (tsherede) — group of animals, especially sheep or goats
• Albanian: grigjë — people served by a particular pastor
• Bulgarian: па́ство (pástvo) — people served by a particular pastor
• Czech: ovečky — people served by a particular pastor
• Finnish: katras — people served by a particular pastor
• French: congrégation — people served by a particular pastor
• Greek: ποίμνιο (poímnio) — people served by a particular pastor
• Hungarian: nyáj — people served by a particular pastor
• Irish: tréad — people served by a particular pastor
• Italian: gregge — people served by a particular pastor
• Northern Kurdish: civat — people served by a particular pastor
• Northern Kurdish: cemaet — people served by a particular pastor
• Portuguese: rebanho — people served by a particular pastor
• Portuguese: congregação — people served by a particular pastor
• Russian: па́ства (pástva) — people served by a particular pastor
• Russian: гру́ппа (grúppa) — people served by a particular pastor
• Serbo-Croatian: паства — people served by a particular pastor
• Serbo-Croatian: стадо — people served by a particular pastor
• Serbo-Croatian: pastva — people served by a particular pastor
• Serbo-Croatian: stado — people served by a particular pastor
• Spanish: congregación — people served by a particular pastor
• Spanish: grey — people served by a particular pastor
• Bulgarian: тълпа́ (tǎlpá) — group of people
• Catalan: estol — group of people
• Czech: zástup — group of people
• Finnish: joukko — group of people
• Finnish: väkijoukko — group of people
• Finnish: lauma — group of people
• French: troupeau — group of people
• German: Schar — group of people
• Mycenaean Greek: 𐀀𐀒𐀨 (a-ko-ra) — group of people
• Hungarian: nyáj — group of people
• Icelandic: hópur — group of people
• Irish: tréad — group of people
• Italian: gregge — group of people
• Northern Kurdish: kom — group of people
• Northern Kurdish: ref — group of people
• Northern Kurdish: coq — group of people
• Māori: rāngai — group of people
• Norwegian: folkemengde — group of people
• Portuguese: bando — group of people
• Russian: толпа́ (tolpá) — group of people
• Serbo-Croatian: пук — group of people
• Serbo-Croatian: светина — group of people
• Serbo-Croatian: puk — group of people
• Serbo-Croatian: svetina — group of people
• Spanish: multitud — group of people
• Turkish: sürü — group of people
• Ottoman Turkish: سوری (sürü) — group of people
• Arabic: مِزْقَة (mizqa) — tufts of wool or cotton
• Bulgarian: фъндък (fǎndǎk) — tufts of wool or cotton
• Catalan: borralló — tufts of wool or cotton
• Catalan: borrall — tufts of wool or cotton
• Catalan: borra — tufts of wool or cotton
• Finnish: vanu — tufts of wool or cotton
• French: flocon — tufts of wool or cotton
• Galician: borra — tufts of wool or cotton
• Galician: floco — tufts of wool or cotton
• Greek: φλόκος (flókos) — tufts of wool or cotton
• Greek: φλόκι (flóki) — tufts of wool or cotton
• Ancient Greek: κνέφαλλον (knéphallon) — tufts of wool or cotton
• Hungarian: pihe — tufts of wool or cotton
• Hungarian: pamat — tufts of wool or cotton
• Italian: fiocco — tufts of wool or cotton
• Italian: bioccolo — tufts of wool or cotton
• Italian: batuffolo — tufts of wool or cotton
• Portuguese: floco — tufts of wool or cotton
• Romanian: scamă — tufts of wool or cotton
• Romanian: floc — tufts of wool or cotton
• Russian: клок (klok) — tufts of wool or cotton
• Spanish: borra — tufts of wool or cotton
• Arabic: تَهَافَتَ (tahāfata) — to congregate
• Arabic: تَقَاطَرَ (taqāṭara) — to congregate
• Arabic: تَوَافَدَ (tawāfada) — to congregate
• Bulgarian: тълпя се (tǎlpja se) — to congregate
• Esperanto: ariĝi — to congregate
• Esperanto: amasiĝi — to congregate
• Finnish: kokoontua — to congregate
• Finnish: kerääntyä — to congregate
• French: affluer — to congregate
• German: strömen — to congregate
• German: sich scharen — to congregate
• Hungarian: összesereglik — to congregate
• Hungarian: gyülekezik — to congregate
• Icelandic: hópast saman — to congregate
• Icelandic: hópast — to congregate
• Italian: affollarsi — to congregate
• Italian: accalcarsi — to congregate
• Japanese: 群れる (mureru) — to congregate
• Māori: kūtere — to congregate
• Norwegian: flokke — to congregate
• Portuguese: arrebanhar — to congregate
• Russian: стека́ться (stekátʹsja) — to congregate
• Russian: сбива́ться (sbivátʹsja) — to congregate
• Russian: толпи́ться (tolpítʹsja) — to congregate
• Spanish: apelotonarse — to congregate
• Spanish: acudir en tropel — to congregate
• Spanish: barajustarse — to congregate
• Spanish: acorrer en masa — to congregate
• Spanish: afluir — to congregate
• Spanish: barajustar — to congregate
• Swedish: flockas — to congregate
• Telugu: గుమిగూడు (gumigūḍu) — to congregate
• Bulgarian: матирам (matiram) — to coat
• Catalan: aborrallonar-se — to coat
• Finnish: päällystää (jollakin) — to coat