blocus
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French blocus, bloccus, from Middle Dutch blochuus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blɔ.kys/
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Noun
blocus m (plural blocus)
- (military) blockade; siege
- 2023 May, Constant Léon, “L'Arménie en quête de soutien”, in Le Monde diplomatique, page 12:
- Le blocus de Latchine a pour toile de fond la négociation d’un accord de paix global.
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- (Belgium) Holiday period in higher education allowing students preparation time for their exams; revision break
- Je suis en blocus à partir de samedi prochain.
- I’m on revision break from next Saturday
Further reading
- “blocus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Declension
Declension of blocus
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) blocus | blocusul | (niște) blocusuri | blocusurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) blocus | blocusului | (unor) blocusuri | blocusurilor |
| vocative | blocusule | blocusurilor | ||
References
- blocus in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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