different between bac vs bao

English

Etymology

From French bac.

Noun

bac (plural bacs)

1. A broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
2. A vat or cistern.

Anagrams

• A. B. C., A.B.C., ABC, B. C. A., B.C.A., BCA, CAB, CBA, Cab, cab

Albanian

Alternative forms

• bacë

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *batja. According to Orel bac/bacë could be related to Slavic Proto-Slavic *bat'a (“elder brother, uncle”) and Proto-Slavic *batja (“id”). Source of Romanian baci (“chief shepherd, cheese-maker”) and Megleno-Romanian/Aromanian batš (“id”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bat?s]

Noun

bac m (indefinite plural bacë, definite singular baca, definite plural bacët)

1. elder brother
2. uncle

References

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?bak/

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

1. ferry

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bak/

Etymology 1

From Middle French bac, from Old French bas, bac- (“flat boat”), of obscure origin. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *baccu (“container”), from Latin bacar (“kind of wine glass”). Or, possibly borrowed from Celtic or Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *bak? (“back, rear”).

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

1. ferry
2. vat

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Dutch: bak
  • Afrikaans: bak
  • ? Sranan Tongo: baki
  • ? Indonesian: bak, baki
• ? English: bac

Etymology 2

Clipping of baccalauréat.

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

1. (informal) high school exit exam in France; A level

Related terms

• bachelier

Further reading

• “bac” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• abc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bacc (“angle, bend, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”).

The verb is from Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /b??k/
• (Cois Fharraige, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /b?ak/

Noun

bac m (genitive singular baic, nominative plural baic)

1. barrier, block, balk, hindrance
2. bottleneck, trap
3. blocking, obstruction
4. constraint, handicap, impediment, encumbrance
5. stop
6. mattock
7. bend (in river, etc.)
8. (door-)step
9. (law) stay (of proceedings)

Declension

Derived terms

Verb

bac (present analytic bacann, future analytic bacfaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bactha) (transitive, intransitive)

1. obstruct, balk, hinder
2. impede, block, clog
3. pre-empt
4. bind
5. foul
6. (transitive with le) interfere, meddle with
7. heed

Conjugation

Mutation

References

• "bac" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Middle English

Noun

bac

1. Alternative form of bak (“back”)

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bac.

Noun

bac n (plural bacuri)

1. ferry

Etymology 2

Clipping of bacalaureat

Noun

bac n (plural bacuri)

1. baccalaureat

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from bacc (“angle, bend, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”).

Noun

bac m (genitive singular baca or baic, plural bacan)

1. delay, obstacle, hindrance
2. peat bank
3. sandbank

Verb

bac (past bhac, future bacaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bacte)

1. prevent, hinder, obstruct, restrain

Derived terms

• bac an tùs

Mutation

Welsh

Noun

bac

1. Soft mutation of pac.

Mutation

English

Alternative forms

• bau

Etymology 1

From Mandarin ? (b?o) and Cantonese ? (baau1)

Noun

bao (countable and uncountable, plural baos)

1. Any of various types of steamed bread or bun used in Chinese cuisine

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:dim sum

Translations

See also

• Baozi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Swahili bao.

Noun

bao (uncountable)

1. A mancala board game played in East Africa.

See also

• Bao (mancala game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• A/B/O, ABO, AOB, Abo, OAB, OBA, Oba., a.o.b., abo, boa, oba

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /?ba?o?/
• Rhymes: -o?
• Hyphenation: ba?o

Noun

bao

1. a tortoise
2. a turtle

Hiligaynon

Noun

baó

1. tortoise, turtle

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba?ó
• IPA^(key): /ba??u/, [b???o]

Noun

baó

1. mouse

Derived terms

• baoen

Mandarin

Romanization

bao

1. Nonstandard spelling of b?o.
2. Nonstandard spelling of báo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of b?o.
4. Nonstandard spelling of bào.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mansaka

Noun

bao

1. turtle

Noun

baò

1. smell

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu, *bahuq.

Noun

bao

1. smell
2. scent
3. odour

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [p????], (enunciated) [p?? w?]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /p?æ?w?w/
• Bender phonemes: {bahwew}

Noun

bao

1. bird
2. chicken
3. fowl

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bao/, [?ba.o]

Noun

bao m (plural baos)

1. bao (Chinese bread)

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

bao (ma class, plural mabao)

1. board (piece of wood)
2. goal

   Synonym: goli

3. board game
4. a traditional Swahili mancala board game played in most of East Africa

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba?o
• IPA^(key): /?bao/

Etymology 1

Noun

bao

1. coconut shell stripped of its husk and meat

Etymology 2

See main entry.

Noun

bao

1. Obsolete form of balo (“widow; widower”).

Venetian

Noun

bao m (plural bai)

1. worm
2. bug

Derived terms

• baéto

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [??a?w??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [??a?w??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [??a?w??]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from ?.

Noun

(classifier cái, chi?c) bao

1. bag; sack; pack
2. box; packet

Derived terms

See also

• b?; túi

Verb

bao

1. to enclose; to envelope; to cover
2. to guarantee; to assure
3. to take on everything; to undertake (the whole of) something as someone's proxy
4. to treat; to pay (for someone else); to foot the bill; to cover (someone else); to stand

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Determiner

bao

1. (literary) so many

See also

• bao gi?
• bao nhiêu

Waray-Waray

Noun

baó

1. turtle; tortoise