loque

From Middle French loque, loc (“lock of hair; tuft of coarse wool”), from Middle Dutch locke (“curl”) or Middle English lok (“lock of hair”); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *lokk (“lock (of hair)”), from Proto-Germanic *lukkaz (“lock (of hair)”). More at English lock.

• IPA^(key): /lɔk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔk

loque f (plural loques)

1. (informal, figuratively) wreck, basket case
2. (in the plural) rags
3. (Belgium) fabric scrap

   Synonym: chiffon

• “loque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

loque

1. inflection of locar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative