floc
French, interjection/flɔk/
floc is spelled F-L-O-C (4 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 97,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Floc is a French interjection meaning “splosh; plop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does floc mean in English?
interjection
- 1
splosh; plop
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dans le costume militaire, petite touffe de laine, de soie. 2. Quantité plus ou moins consistante de quelque chose, d’un amas; → voir flòc. 3. Substance fibreuse destinée au flocage.
noun: 1. Floc de Gascogne, vin de liqueur.
onomatopoeia: 1. Bruit d'une goutte d’eau qui tombe.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of floc
- flocs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce floc?
- /flɔk/
- \flɔk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is floc in French?
floc appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).