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Inherited from Old Catalan joc, from Latin iocus (“pastime, sport”). Compare Occitan jòc, French jeu, Spanish juego.

joc m (plural jocs)

  1. game (a playful or competitive activity)
  2. (uncountable) play (activity for amusement)
  3. gambling
  4. kit, set, service (any collection of items needed for a certain purpose)
  5. assembly (set of pieces working together in a mechanism)
  6. (music) rank, register

Ultimately from Frankish *juk (“perch, roost”).

joc m or f (plural jocs)

  1. roost (for birds)
  2. perch (in a bird cage)
  3. nest

joc (feminine joca, masculine plural jocs, feminine plural joques)

  1. lying down, in bed

Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *juką (“yoke”).[1]

joc oblique singular, m (oblique plural jos, nominative singular jos, nominative plural **joc)

  1. roost, perch for chickens
  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “jŭk”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 291

From Latin jocus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French geu.

joc m (oblique plural jocs, nominative singular jocs, nominative plural **joc)

  1. game

Inherited from Latin jocus, iocus.

joc n (plural jocuri)

  1. game, play
  2. dance

joc

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of juca