# doc
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /dɒk/
* (General American) IPA: /dɑk/
** Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒk
* Homophones: Doc, dock

### Etymology 1

Clipping of doctor.

#### Noun

doc (plural docs)
* (informal) A doctor.

##### Derived terms

* autodoc
* doc-in-a-box
* robodoc
* what's up Doc

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Clipping of document.

#### Noun

doc (plural docs)
* (informal, usually in the plural) A document, especially (in professional jargon) a piece of technical documentation or legal evidence.

##### Derived terms

* date-me doc
* docblock
* doc drop
* docstring
* low-doc loan
* no-doc

### Etymology 3

Clipping of documentary.

#### Noun

doc (plural docs)
* (informal) A documentary.
    Synonyms: docu, (South Africa) doccie, (Australia) doco
** 2003, The Independent Film & Video Monthly, page 38:If you think watching a doc about a spelling bee isn't the most entertaining way to spend ninety minutes, think again.
** 2010, Rachel Johnson, A Diary of The Lady: My First Year As Editor:On the subject of fat men, I was watching a doc about a mountain of flab called Paul last night and Ludo said that he was very proud that the fattest man in the world was English.
** 2024 September 4, Mehera Bonner, Samantha Olson, “Behold, A Breakdown of Billie Eilish's Massive Net Worth”, in Cosmopolitan‎:According to Forbes, Billie [Eilish] earned $53 million in 2020. Half of that was thanks to the Apple doc, and the other half was thanks to music sales. Cool-cool-cool, same!

### Etymology 4

Clipping of doctorate.

#### Noun

doc (plural docs)
* Clipping of doctorate.

##### Derived terms

* postdoc, post-doc

### Anagrams

* C.O.D., CDO, COD, OCD, ODC, cod

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɔk/
* Rhymes: -ɔk
* Hyphenation: dòc

### Noun

doc
* Alternative letter-case form of DOC (“controlled designation of origin”)

### Adjective

doc (invariable)
* (viticulture) certified as DOC (of a product, usually wine)
    un vino doc ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (by extension, colloquial) genuine, excellent
    una canzone doc ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

## Iu Mien
### Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *duH. Cognate with White Hmong deg.

### Noun

doc
* turtle

## Middle English
### Noun

doc
* Alternative form of duk (“duke”)

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* dooc

### Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth, rag”), with a change in meaning from "cloth, rag" to "something worthless". Compare similar semantic development in the verb dēċan (“to daub", also "to smear”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /doːk/

### Noun

dōc ? or m
* bastard
* mongrel, hybrid

#### Usage notes

* The precise gender is unknown. Possibly masculine if descended from Proto-West Germanic *dōk.

#### Derived terms

* dōcincel

#### Related terms

* dēċan (possibly)

## Rohingya
### Alternative forms

* (Arabic) دࣤشۡ
* (Bengali) দশ
* (Myanmar) [Term?]
* (Hanifi) 𐴊𐴡𐴐𐴢 (doc)

### Etymology

From Sanskrit दश (daśa, “ten”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d̪oʃ]

### Numeral

doc
* ten

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English dock.

### Noun

doc n (plural docuri)
* dock