cuc

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cuc"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Usila Chinantec with u and c interchanged.

Symbol

cuc

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Usila Chinantec.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Usila Chinantec terms

English

Cucs for sale in Ontario

Noun

cuc (plural cucs)

1. Alternative form of cuke (“cucumber”)
   • 2007, Roger Harris, Peter Hutchinson, The Amazon‎^[1], Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire: Bradt Travel Guides; Guilford, C.T.: Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 110:

     Amazon cucs don't give rise to anything like the familiar vegetables we see in our supermarkets, and wild cucumbers are small, bitter, and in some cases poisonous.

   • 2011 September 4, Mona Holmes, “End of Summer Cucumber Cocktails”, in Huffington Post‎^[2], archived from the original on 4 February 2023:

     I found inspiration from the best from bars and restaurants of Los Angeles, but home bartending is as simple as combining fresh cucumbers (juiced cucs give better flavor), simple syrup and a clear alcohol.

   • 2013, Gary Griffith, A House of Stone Is Forever‎^[3], Bloomington, I.N.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 146:

     He finished slicing the cucs and placed them in a brine of vinegar and water, floating on the top of a shallow glass bowl.

   • 2025 June 18, u/therobotisjames, “What is going on with these pickling cucumbers?”, in Reddit‎^[4], r/vegetablegardening, archived from the original on 19 August 2025:

     If i see a cuc with a little tail I usually pick it off and toss. You need to plant more flowers to get more pollinators to your garden. You can hand pollinate but I've found it's not that great on cucs. It takes like 5-10 times before you pollinate correctly.

Albanian

Etymology

From cull, similar path as cucë, or an elementary formation similar to çuç.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sut͡s/

Noun

cuc m (plural cucë, definite cuci, definite plural cucët)

1. mantel's hood

   Synonym: kapuç

Declension

Declension of cuc

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	cuc	cuci	cucë	cucët
accusative		cucin
dative	cuci	cucit	cucëve	cucëve
ablative			cucësh

Adverb

cuc

1. squat, crouchingly

   Synonyms: galiç, kacuk

Further reading

• “cuc”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[5], 1980

Catalan

Etymology

Possibly of onomatopoeic origin. Compare to Aragonese cuco or Sardinian cucurra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkuk]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Noun

cuc m (plural cucs)

1. worm

Derived terms

• cuc de seda
• cuc de terra
• cuca
• cuquer
• matar el cuc

Further reading

• cuc on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

Friulian

Etymology 1

From Late Latin cucus or cuccus, compare also Latin cuculus.

Noun

cuc m (plural cucs)

1. cuckoo
2. (figurative) fool

Etymology 2

Noun

cuc m (plural cucs)

1. look, glance, peep

Related terms

• cucâ

Jakaltek

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *kuuʼk.

Noun

cuc

1. squirrel

References

• Church, Clarence; Church, Katherine (1955), Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano‎^[6] (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 6; 10

Romanian

cuc

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin cucus or cuccus. Compare Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux), Classical Latin cuculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuk/

Noun

cuc m (plural cuci)

1. cuckoo (bird)
2. (figurative) an extravagant thing
3. (adverbial) alone, isolated
4. a game played by little kids (like hide and go seek)
5. (figurative, euphemistic) a penis

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cuc	cucul		cuci	cucii
genitive-dative	cuc	cucului		cuci	cucilor
vocative	cucule			cucilor

Derived terms

• a face cuc
• a umbla de flori de cuc, de flori de cuc
• așa are să-i cânte cucul
• ceas cu cuc
• ciuboțica-cucului
• cizma-cucului
• cuc alergător
• cuc-armenesc
• cucă
• cucui
• cucuire
• cuculeasă
• cuculeț
• cucușor
• cucuț
• floarea-cucului
• grâul-cucului
• i-a cântat cucul din față
• lapte de cuc
• limba-cucului
• mălaiul-cucului
• mărgica cucului
• mărul-cucului
• măzărichea-cucului
• mierea-cucului
• pălăria-cucului
• porumbul-cucului
• pui de cuc
• scaunul-cucului
• scuipatul-cucului
• singur cuc
• slujnica-cucului
• stupitul-cucului
• umbra-cucului

Related terms

• cucu
• cuculă

See also

• cuculide
• cuculiforme

References

• “cuc”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Romansch

Noun

cuc m (plural cucs)

1. (Surmiran) nap

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) siesta, durmida
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) cupid
• (Sursilvan) tut
• (Sutsilvan) sien
• (Surmiran) cupidada, durmeidetta
• (Puter, Vallader) sönin
• (Vallader) sönet

Spanish

Etymology

From the ISO 4217 code CUC.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuk/ [ˈkuk]
• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: cuc

Noun

cuc m (plural cuc)

1. (Cuba, informal) Cuban convertible peso

Yucatec Maya

Noun

cuc

1. obsolete spelling of kúuk