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English

Etymology

Probable shortening of bachelor.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bæt?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /bat?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /b?t?/
• Rhymes: -æt?
• Homophone: batch

Noun

bach (plural baches)

1. (New Zealand, northern) A holiday home, usually small and near the beach, often with only one or two rooms and of simple construction.

Synonyms

• crib (New Zealand)

Translations

Verb

bach (third-person singular simple present baches, present participle baching, simple past and past participle bached)

1. (US) To live apart from women, as during the period when a divorce is in progress. (Compare bachelor pad.)

Anagrams

• BHCA

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba??/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *b?x, from Proto-Celtic *bikkos.

Adjective

bach (feminine singular bach, plural bach, equative lleied, comparative llai, superlative lleiaf)

1. small, little, short

2. not fully-grown or developed, young
3. insignificant, unimportant, humble
4. small (of business, etc.)
5. lowercase (of letter)

Derived terms

• to bach (“circumflex”)
• t? bach (“toilet, loo”)

Synonyms

• bychan

Etymology 2

From Old Welsh bach, from Proto-Celtic *bakkos, from Proto-Indo-European *bak-.

Noun

bach m or f (plural bachau)

1. hook
2. bend, corner
3. hinge
4. bracket

Derived terms

• bach cyrliog
• bach petryal

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “bach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Etymology 1

From dialectal English (compare Old Scots bais, base (“to beat soundly”)), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish bas (“a beating, flogging”), Swedish basa (“to beat, flog”), Danish bask (“a lash, blow”), Danish baske (“to beat, strike, flap”). Cognate with Scots baiss (“to beat, drub”). More at bash, box.

Noun

bace (plural baces)

1. (rare) A blow; a drubbing.

Etymology 2

Noun

bace (plural baces)

1. Obsolete form of base.

Adjective

bace (comparative more bace, superlative most bace)

1. Obsolete form of base.

Verb

bace (third-person singular simple present baces, present participle bacing, simple past and past participle baced)

1. Obsolete form of base.

Anagrams

• ABEC, Cabe

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English bærs, from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz.

Alternative forms

• base, bars, bærs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bars/, /bas/, /ba?s/

Noun

bace

1. bass (fish)

Descendants

• English: bass, barse

References

• “b?s, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-28.

Etymology 2

Adjective

bace

1. Alternative form of bas

Etymology 3

Noun

bace

1. Alternative form of base

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba.t?s?/

Noun

bace f

1. dative/locative singular of baka

Romanian

Noun

bace f pl

1. plural of bac?