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==English==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|la|floccus}}.

===Noun===
{{en-noun|flocci}}

# {{lb|en|meteorology}} A [[cloud species]] which consists of rounded [[tuft]]s of cloud, often formed by dissipation from larger cloud species. Associated with [[cirrus]], [[cirrocumulus]], [[altocumulus]], and [[stratocumulus]] genera.<ref>[http://amsglossary.allenpress.com AMS Glossary of Meteorology]</ref>
# A [[flock]] or [[tuft]] of [[wool]] or wool-like [[hair]]s; the [[downy]] [[plumage]] of [[unfledged]] [[bird]]s.

===References===
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==Latin==

===Etymology===
Possibly from {{der|la|ine-pro|*bʰlok-}}, related to Old High German {{m|goh|blaha|t=linen, canvas}}, Old Swedish {{m|gmq-osw|blan}}, {{m|gmq-osw|bla}}, both from Proto-Germanic {{m|gem-pro|*blahǭ}}, {{m|gem-pro|*blagwǭ|t=cloth, linen}}, and Old Norse {{m|non|blæja}}, which is from Proto-Germanic {{m|gem-pro|*blahjǭ|t=linen, cloth}}.<ref>Szemerenyi, Scripta minora: selected essays in Indo-European, Greek, and Latin, Volume 2, p. 714</ref>

===Noun===
{{la-noun|floccus<2>}}

# [[tuft]], [[wisp]] of [[wool]]
# {{lb|la|figuratively}} [[trifle]] {{gloss|thing of little importance}}

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|floccus<2>}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|la|floccī nōn faciō}}
* {{l|la|floccōsus}}
* {{l|la|flocculus}}

====Descendants====
{{hcol|3}}
* Balkan Romance:
** {{desc|ro|floc}}
* Dalmatian:
** {{desc|dlm|floc|alts=1|nolb=1}}
* Italo-Romance:
** {{desc|it|fiocco}}
** {{desc|nap|sciuocco}}
* Padanian:
** {{desc|fur|floc}}
** {{desc|pms|fiòca}}
* Gallo-Romance:
** {{desc|ca|floc}}
** {{desc|fro|floc}}
*** {{desc|fr|floc}}
*** {{desc|bor=1|enm|flock}}
**** {{desc|en|flock|t=tuft of wool}}
** {{desc|oc|flòc}}
* Ibero-Romance:
** {{desc|roa-opt|froco}}
*** {{desc|gl|floco|froco}}
*** {{desc|pt|floco|froco}}
** {{desc|es|flueco|fleco|lleco}}
* {{desc|VL.|*floccāre}} {{see desc}}
* Borrowings:
** {{desc|bor=1|sq|flok}}
** {{desc|bor=1|en|floccus}}
** {{desc|bor=1|en|floc}}
** {{desc|bor=1|cel-bry-pro|*flʉx}}
*** {{desc|wlm|ffluch}}
**** {{desc|cy|ffluwch}}

===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}
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