souk
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French souk, from Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”). More at souq.
Noun
souk (plural souks)
- Alternative spelling of souq.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suk/
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Noun
souk m (plural souks)
- souq (Arabic market)
- (figurative, colloquial) mess, chaos
- 2003, Michaëla de Filsjacq, L'enfer du JE, Éditions Le Manuscrit, →ISBN, page 172:
- Tout sera bien rangé, personne ne viendra foutre le souk chez moi. Je ne donnerai mon adresse à personne.
- Everything will be tidy, no one will come and mess shit up at my place. I won't give my address to anyone.
Further reading
- “souk”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Noun
souk m (plural souks)
- alternative form of souq