flock
English
/flɒk/, /flɑk/
noun
Definitions
- A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
- A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together.
- Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
- A large number of people.
- (Christianity) A religious congregation.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English flock (flock) inherited from Old English flocc (troop, flock, company) inherited from Proto-Germanic *flukkaz (troop, flock, crowd).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*flukkaz
Gloss
troop, flock, crowd
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Suffolk English
- flocketh English
- flockful English
- flockless English
- flocklike English
- flockling English
- flockly English
- flockmaster English
- flockmate English
- flockmeal English
- flocky English
- master English
- mate English
- subflock English
- flokk Norwegian Bokmål
- *flukkaz Proto-Germanic
- *fulką Proto-Germanic
- flokk Norwegian Nynorsk
- ceorlfolc Old English
- flocc Old English
- flocmælum Old English
- folc Old English
- folcgefeoht Old English
- folcland Old English
- folclar Old English
- folclic Old English
- folcræden Old English
- folcstede Old English
- landfolc Old English
- flock Middle English
- flockmel Middle English
- folk Middle English
- folke Middle English
- flokkr Old Norse
- flokkur Icelandic
- ffloc Welsh
- fflwcs Welsh
- flokkur Faroese
- fliotchet Norman
- *folk gmw-pro
- flokker Old Swedish
- flukker, flokker Old Swedish