floco

Galician

A Galician gaita with decorative flocos

Alternative forms

• fleque, freque, froco

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese froco (“tuft”), semi-learned borrowing from Latin floccus (“tuft of wool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔkʊ/

Noun

floco m (plural flocos)

1. tassel
2. flake (a thin chiplike layer of anything)

   Synonyms: foula (“dust”), folerpa (“snowflake”)

Derived terms

• floco de neve
• flocos de millo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “froco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “froc”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “floco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “floco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “floco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin floccus (“tuft of wool”). Doublet of froco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔ.ku/

• Rhymes: -ɔku
• Hyphenation: flo‧co

Noun

floco m (plural flocos)

1. flake (a thin chiplike layer of anything)

   Synonyms: folheca (“snowflake”), folipa (“snowflake”)

   sorvete de flocos ― chocolate chip ice cream (literally, “flake ice cream”)

2. tuft (bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base)

   Synonym: tufo

Derived terms

• floco de neve
• flocos de milho
• flocoso