# buc
## Catalan
### Etymology

From Frankish *būk (“belly”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, stomach”). Compare Spanish buque (“vessel”) and Italian buco (“hole”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbuk]
* Rhymes: -uk
* Homophone: bug

### Noun

buc m (plural bucs)
* an object that has a cavity
* belly; abdomen
    Synonyms: abdomen, panxa, ventre
* (aeronautics) fuselage
    Synonym: fuselatge
* (automotive) the bodywork of a car
* (nautical) hull
* (vehicles) the body of a carriage
* beehive
    Synonyms: arna, casera, rusc
* (architecture) the shell or outer walls enclosing a house or a staircase
    Synonyms: caixa, caixer
* (furniture) the cabinetwork enclosing the drawers, either fully or partially
* (geography) riverbed
    Synonyms: llit, caixer
* (military, history) cuirass
    Synonym: cuirassa
* (engineering) the metal coating of a nuclear reactor vessel

#### Holonyms

* (beehive): apiari

### Further reading

* “buc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “buc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “buc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “buc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Dalmatian
### Etymology 1

Possibly from a Latin root buculus (“young bull, ox, steer”). Compare French bugle, beugle.

#### Noun

buc m
* small ox

### Etymology 2

Compare Catalan and Occitan buc. Probably of Germanic origin.

#### Noun

buc m
* beehive

##### Synonyms

* alviar

## K'iche'
### Noun

buc
* (Classical K'iche') bird

## Middle Dutch
### Noun

buc m
* Alternative form of boc

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English būc.

#### Noun

buc (plural bucs)
* Alternative form of bouk

### Etymology 2

From Old English bucca.

#### Noun

buc
* Alternative form of bukke

## Occitan
### Etymology

Probably borrowed from Germanic, from Frankish *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“hollow body, cavity”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Noun

buc m
* beehive (home of bees)

## Old Dutch
### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

#### Noun

buc m
* buck, male goat

##### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: boc, buc
** Dutch: bok (see there for further descendants)
** Limburgish: bók
** West Flemish: buk

##### Further reading

* “buk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

### Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.

#### Noun

būc m
* belly, stomach
* womb

##### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: buuc
** Dutch: buik
*** Afrikaans: buik
*** Negerhollands: buk, big, bik
*** Skepi Creole Dutch: buk
** Limburgish: boek
** West Flemish: buuk
** Zealandic: buuk

##### Further reading

* “būk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old English
### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.

#### Alternative forms

* buuc, būcc

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buːk/

#### Noun

būc m
* belly, stomach
* a vessel that bulges out, such as a bottle, jug, pitcher, etc.

##### Declension

Strong a-stem:

##### Derived terms

* būcful

##### Descendants

* Middle English: bouk
** English: bouk
** Scots: bouk, bowk

### Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *bukk (“male deer”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buk/

#### Noun

buc m
* Alternative form of bucc (“buck”)

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbut͡s/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ut͡s
* Syllabification: buc

### Etymology 1

Derived from Old Polish bucić się.

#### Noun

buc m pers
* (colloquial, derogatory) jerk, douche, arrogant person
    Synonyms: dupek, kutas

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Butzemann.

#### Noun

buc m animal
* (rare) bogeyman (menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories)

##### Declension
### Further reading

* buc in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* buc in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unknown. Possibly a substrate word, perhaps from Dacian *bukas, akin to Albanian byk (or alternatively derived from it). May be linked to Polish buch.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [buk]

### Noun

buc m (plural buci)
* chaff

#### Declension
## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* betg (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Sutsilvan)
* buca (Sursilvan)
* betga (Sutsilvan)

### Etymology

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### Adverb

buc
* (Sursilvan) not