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dock

dock

noun DOK Rare

Origin: English loanword, from Middle Dutch docke

Also means

warehouse

Usage Note

Dock in French refers to the loading quay or dock area of a port, and by extension to large warehouse buildings near a port — les docks de Marseille. It is always masculine and pronounced close to the English. In a computing context, dock is also used for the taskbar dock on macOS.

Examples

"Les marchandises arrivent au dock principal."

Natural Translation

The goods arrive at the main dock.

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