different between louk vs zouk

English

Alternative forms

• look

Etymology 1

From Middle English louken, lowken, from Old English l?can (“to pluck out, pull up”), from Proto-Germanic *l?kan?, *leukan? (“to break, pluck, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *l??- (“to break”). Cognate with Middle Low German l?ken (“to pull, pull up”), German liechen (“to pluck”), Danish luge (“to hatch”), Latin luctor (“wrestle, fight”, verb).

Verb

louk (third-person singular simple present louks, present participle louking, simple past and past participle louked)

1. (transitive) To weed; pull up weeds.

Etymology 2

From Middle English louken, from Old English l?can (“to close, lock”), from Proto-Germanic *l?kan? (“to close, lock”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend, turn”). More at lock.

Verb

louk (third-person singular simple present louks, present participle louking, simple past and past participle louked)

1. Alternative form of lock

Etymology 3

From Middle English louk, louke, loke, of uncertain origin.

Alternative forms

• lowk

Noun

louk (plural louks)

1. (obsolete) An accomplice; partner; comrade.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lou?k]

Noun

louk

1. genitive plural of louka

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latvian lauks.

Noun

louk

1. field

English

Etymology

From French secouer (“to shake up”), via creole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zuk/, /zu?k/

Noun

zouk (plural zouks)

1. (music) A style of dance music originating in the French Antilles, combining Latin American, African and Western disco rhythms; a dance to this music

Derived terms

• zoukify
• zouk-like
• zouk love

Verb

zouk (third-person singular simple present zouks, present participle zouking, simple past and past participle zouked)

1. To dance to zouk music.

French

Noun

zouk m (plural zouks)

1. zouk

Derived terms

• zoukeur / zoukeuse

Spanish

Noun

zouk m (uncountable)

1. zouk