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English

Adverb

bak (not comparable)

1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of back.

Anagrams

• BKA, kab

Acehnese

Noun

bak

1. trunk (of a tree)

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bak/

Etymology 1

From Dutch bak, from French bac.

Noun

bak (plural bakke, diminutive bakkie)

1. covered bowl, basin
2. tub, vat

Etymology 2

From Dutch bakken, from Middle Dutch backen.

Verb

bak (present bak, present participle bakkende, past participle gebak)

1. to bake
2. to fry

Albanian

Etymology

Either a variant of bark, or from Proto-Albanian *bauka, from Proto-Indo-European *b??w (“to blow, swell”), close to Proto-Germanic *b?kaz (“belly, body”), Dutch buik (“belly”), German Bauch (“belly, stomach”), Swedish buk (“belly, abdomen”).

Noun

bak m (indefinite plural baqe, definite singular baku, definite plural baqet)

1. belly, stomach

Synonyms

• bark
• lukth

Derived terms

• bakull

Related terms

• bukur

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?k/
• Hyphenation: bak
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From French bac

Noun

bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)

1. A container, such as a box, a crate, a tray or a tub

   Synonym: krat

2. (Netherlands) A drinking vessel, usually a cup or mug

   Synonyms: kop, mok

3. (Netherlands, Belgium, Bargoens) The slammer, jail, prison

   Synonyms: bajes, gevangenis, lik, nor

4. (colloquial) A vehicle, a car.

   Synonyms: auto, kar, wagen, waggie

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bak
• ? Sranan Tongo: baki
• ? Indonesian: bak, baki

Etymology 2

Noun

bak m (uncountable)

1. The act of baking (food).

Derived terms

• koekenbak
• wafelbak

Verb

bak

1. first-person singular present indicative of bakken
2. imperative of bakken

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch *bak, bake, baec (“meat from the back of a pig”), from Old Dutch *bak (“back, rear”), from Proto-Germanic *bak?. Cognate with English back, Icelandic bak. Etymologically related to bakboord and achterbaks.

Noun

bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)

1. The meat of a pig, pork.
2. A pig

Etymology 4

Noun

bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)

1. Abbreviation of versnellingsbak.

Derived terms

• handbak

Etymology 5

Noun

bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)

1. A joke, crack.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bak, from Proto-Germanic *bak?.

Noun

bak n (genitive singular baks, plural bøk)

1. back

Declension

See also

• bringa
• barmur
• bulur
• búkur
• rumpa
• kroppur

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Postposition

bak

1. (follows locative case -cha) side, position, in the direction of
2. part, section

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Bock (“buck”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?k]
• Rhymes: -?k

Noun

bak (plural bakok)

1. buck

Declension

Derived terms

• baklövés
• b?nbak

Further reading

• bak in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• bak in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bak, from Proto-Germanic *bak?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?k/
• Rhymes: -a?k

Noun

bak n (genitive singular baks, nominative plural bök)

1. (anatomy) back
2. back, backside

Declension

Derived terms

• ber er hver að baki, nema sér bróður eigi
• stólbak

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bak/
• Hyphenation: bak

Preposition

bak

1. preposition to denote comparison.
   • kedua anak muda itu wajahnya mirip, bak pinang dibelah dua

Etymology 2

From Dutch bak (“container, vessel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?k/
• Hyphenation: bak

Noun

bak

1. container.
2. water container.

Compounds

Related terms

Etymology 3

From Min Nan ? (ba?k, “Chinese ink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bak/
• Hyphenation: bak

Noun

bak

1. black Chinese ink.

Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bak/
• Hyphenation: bak

Noun

bak

1. sound of slapping or punching.

Further reading

• “bak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Luxembourgish

Verb

bak

1. second-person singular imperative of baken

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bæc, from Proto-West Germanic *bak, from Proto-Germanic *bak?.

Alternative forms

• bac, bacc, back, backe, bakke, bakk, bake

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bak/

Noun

bak (plural bakkes)

2. The back, hind, or rear of a being's body:
   • c. 1300, Havelok, Havelok the Dane

     Summe putten with gleyue in bac and side, And yeuen wundes longe and wide.

   1. (figuratively) What a person or creature carries or takes with themself/itself.
   2. (rare) The parts of a person which aren't visible to themself.
3. The back, of something more generally; the non-facing side.
4. The vertebrae or spine; the bone holding up the back.
5. (rare) The extremities, margin or boundary of something.
6. (rare) The fur or hide of an animal (removed from an animal)

Derived terms

• abak
• bakbon
• bak side
• bakward
• horsbak
• thornbak

Descendants

• English: back
• Scots: back, bak, bake

References

• “bak, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-12.

See also

• beli
• behinde

Etymology 2

A shortening of Old Swedish nattbakka.

Noun

bak (plural bakkes)

1. Alternative form of bakke (“bat”)

Min Nan

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bak, from Proto-Germanic *bak?.

Pronunciation

Adverb

bak

1. at the back, behind

   bak fram - back to front

   for langt bak - too far back / behind

Preposition

bak

1. behind

   bak kulissene - behind the scenes

Noun

bak m (definite singular baken, indefinite plural baker, definite plural bakene)
bak n (definite singular baket, indefinite plural bak, definite plural baka or bakene)

1. (anatomy) behind, bottom, backside

   et spark bak - a kick in / up the backside (etc.)

2. back, rear, seat (of trousers)
3. buttocks

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

bak

1. imperative of bake

References

• “bak” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bak, from Proto-Germanic *bak?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??k/

Adverb

bak

1. at the back, behind

   bak fram - back to front

   for langt bak - too far back / behind

Preposition

bak

1. behind

   bak kulissane - behind the scenes

Noun

bak m (definite singular baken, indefinite plural bakar, definite plural bakane)
bak n (definite singular baket, indefinite plural bak, definite plural baka)

1. (anatomy) behind, bottom, backside

   eit spark bak - a kick in / up the backside (etc.)

2. back, rear, seat (of trousers)

Derived terms

References

• “bak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bak, from Proto-Germanic *bak?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?k/

Noun

bak n

1. back (body part)
2. back (rear part of something)

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: bak

Phalura

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bak/

Adverb

bak (Perso-Arabic spelling ??)

1. Co-lexicalized intensifier

References

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)?^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, ?ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bak/

Noun

bak m inan

1. tank (especially of a motorcycle, storing fuel)

Declension

Hypernyms

• zbiornik

Noun

bak f

1. genitive plural of baka

Further reading

• bak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish baker, from Old Norse bak, from Proto-Germanic *bak?. Related to English back.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??k/

Adverb

bak (not comparable)

1. behind, at the back

Antonyms

• fram

Related terms

• bakom
• bakre (adjective)
• bakerst (adverb)
• bakersta (adjective)
• bakerste (adjective)

Preposition

bak

1. (dated) behind, 'hind

   när månen döljer sig bak vinrankan

   when the moon hides 'hind the grape vine

Noun

bak c or n

1. backside, bottom c
2. baking n

   Inget doftar som mors bak.

   Nothing smells like mom's baking.

Declension

References

• bak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• bak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Verb

bak

1. second-person singular imperative of bakmak

Tzeltal

Noun

bak

1. bone

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

• (Zinacantán) IPA^(key): /?äk?/

Noun

bak

1. bone

Derived terms

• k?atin bak

References

• Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /pa?k??/
• Tone numbers: bak⁷
• Hyphenation: bak

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *pa?k? (“mouth”). Cognate with Thai ??? (bpàak), Northern Thai ????, Lao ??? (p?k), Shan ????? (pàak), Ahom ???????????? (pak), Saek ????. Compare Southern Kam bags (“mouth”), Proto-Be *?a?k?¹ (“mouth”) (whence ?ak? in modern lects). Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq (whence Cebuano baba, Eastern Cham ??? (pabah), Hawaiian vaha).

Noun

bak (Sawndip forms ? or ? or ? or ???? or ? or ? or ???? or ?, old orthography bak)

1. mouth
2. entrance; opening
3. account of or response to a particular issue
4. cutting edge of a tool
5. stitch; distance between stitches

Etymology 2

From Chinese ? (MC p?æk?).

Numeral

bak (old orthography bak)

1. hundred

English

Etymology

Clipping of babby (“babber”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæb/

Noun

bab (plural babs)

1. (Britain, informal) Baby
2. (fishing, East Anglia) A bait for eels, consisting of a bundle of live worms.

Synonyms

• (baby): see Thesaurus:baby
• (bait): clod

Verb

bab (third-person singular simple present babs, present participle babbing, simple past and past participle babbed)

1. (intransitive, fishing, East Anglia) To fish for eels using a bab.

Anagrams

• B.B.A., BBA, abb, abb.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French barbe

Noun

bab

1. beard

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian bob, Slovak bôb, Russian ??? (bob, “bean”), from Proto-Slavic *bob?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?b]
• Rhymes: -?b

Noun

bab (plural babok)

1. bean

Declension

Synonyms

• fuszulyka (regional)
• paszuly (regional)

Derived terms

• babzsák
• kávébab
• szójabab

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bab. From Arabic ????? (b?b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bab/, [?bap?]

Noun

bab (plural bab-bab, first-person possessive babku, second-person possessive babmu, third-person possessive babnya)

1. chapter
2. door, gate

   Synonyms: gapura, pintu

3. case, matter

   Synonyms: hal, masalah

Further reading

• “bab” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Noun 1

bab m (genitive singular bab, nominative plural babanna)

1. Alternative form of bob (“bob; fringe”)

Noun 2

bab m (genitive singular bab, nominative plural babanna)

1. Alternative form of bob (“stump, target”)

Declension

Mutation

References

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

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (b?b)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bap/
• Rhymes: -bap, -ap

Noun

bab (Jawi spelling ????, plural bab-bab, informal 1st possessive babku, impolite 2nd possessive babmu, 3rd possessive babnya)

1. chapter (section in a book)

Further reading

• “bab” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Meriam

Noun

bab

1. father or paternal uncle

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• bav

Noun

bab m

1. father

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *babo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaw, from Proto-Austronesian *babaw.

Adjective

bab

1. above, top

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bap/

Noun

bab f

1. genitive plural of baba

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• ????????????????? (bab) – Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (vapra). Cognate with Sylheti ??? (baf), Assamese ??? (bap), Bengali ??? (bap), Hindi ??? (b?p)

Noun

bab (Hanifi spelling ????????????????)

1. father

   Synonym: baf

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Puter, Vallader) bap

Etymology

From Late Latin *babbus. Compare Sardinian babbu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba?p]

Noun

bab m (plural babs)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) father

Coordinate terms

• mamma

See also

• pader (term to address a priest or monk)

Scots

Etymology 1

Compare bob, likely cognate of English bob, from Middle English bobben (“to strike, to shake”).

Verb

bab (third-person singular present babs, present participle babbin, past bab'd, past participle bab'd)

1. synonym of bob (“to move up and down”)
2. to dance, to hop

Etymology 2

From older Scots bob; compare Middle English bobbe (“cluster of fruit; spray of leaves”).

Noun

bab (plural babs)

1. nosegay, a bunch of flowers; a tassel, a bunch of ribbons
2. (in compounds) something fine, something decorated

3. a lump, dollop
4. (figuratively) a lumpish person, an idiot

Etymology 3

From Northern Middle English bab, a variant of babe

Noun

bab (plural babs)

1. (obsolete) a babe, baby

References

• “bab, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• “bobben v.¹”, in Middle English Compendium?^[4], November, 2019
• “bab, n.¹” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• “bob, n.¹” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• “bob, n.¹.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–, OCLC 57069714, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, ?OCLC
• “bobbe”, in Middle English Compendium?^[5], November, 2019
• “bab, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–, OCLC 57069714, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, ?OCLC

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bab m (genitive singular baba, plural baban or babannan)

1. tuft, tassel
2. child's excrement (hence abab)
3. stain

Related terms

• abab

References

• “bab” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)

Zazaki

Noun

bab (m)

1. father (sort form)