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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

Adjective

brak (comparative more brak, superlative most brak)

1. (South Africa) Brackish.
   • 1995, Bill Sheat, Gerald Schofield, Complete Gardening in Southern Africa (page 437)

     Brak soils, which continue to be a subject of research, are unlikely to provide a major stumbling block […] However, brak conditions and their effects underline many of the principles of good soil management […]

Anagrams

• bark, kbar, krab

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

German Brack (“defective goods, defect, flaw”).

Noun

brak

1. defect

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /br?k/
• Hyphenation: brak
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch brac. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

brak (comparative brakker, superlative brakst)

1. brackish
2. (colloquial) bad
3. (colloquial) hung over

Inflection

Derived terms

• brakheid
• uitbrakken

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch bracke. Compare German Bracke, French braque, English brach, Italian bracco, Spanish braco. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

brak m or f (plural brakken, diminutive brakje n)

1. hound, brach (of either sex)

   Synonym: jachthond

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

brak

1. singular past indicative of breken

Anagrams

• bark, krab

Gothic

Romanization

brak

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse brak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pra?k/

  Rhymes: -a?k

Noun

brak n (genitive singular braks, no plural)

1. crash, din
2. wreckage, broken wood, etc.

Declension

Derived terms

• brak og brestir (a colossal din)

Polish

Etymology

From Middle Low German brak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brak/

Noun

brak m inan

1. lack, dearth, scarcity
2. defect

Declension

Verb

brak (defective verb)

1. there is/are no; is/are wanting

Conjugation

Further reading

• brak in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• brak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bork?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brâ?k/

Noun

br?k m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. marriage

Declension

Derived terms

• br??n?

Uzbek

Etymology

From Russian ???? (brak), from Polish brak, from Middle Low German brak (“flaw, defect; breaking”).

Noun

brak (plural braklar)

1. reject, defective product

Declension

* Note: The type of possessive is not specified.