en bloc

English

Etymology

From French en bloc.

Adverb

en bloc (not comparable)

  1. as a whole; all at once; all together.
    • 2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, quoting Russell Seitz, chapter 5, in Merchants of Doubt:
      The nation's 50 million smokers remain at liberty to vote en bloc for a fussbudget-free Congress. Are the polls ready to accommodate smokers?

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Catalan

Etymology

From en + bloc. Perhaps modeled on Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

Adverb

en bloc

  1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (as a whole)
    Synonyms: en conjunt, globalment

Polish

Etymology

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ãˈblɔk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔk

Adverb

en bloc (not comparable)

  1. (literary) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
    Synonyms: całkowicie, całościowo

Further reading

  • en bloc in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • en bloc in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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