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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.

English

Etymology

From Middle English braggen (“to make a loud noise; to speak boastfully”) of unknown origin. Possibly related to the Middle English adjective brag (“prideful; spirited”), which is probably of Celtic origin; or from Old Norse bragr (“best; foremost; poetry”); or through Old English from Old Norse braka (“to creak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?æ?/
• Hyphenation: brag
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

brag (plural brags)

1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
2. The thing which is boasted of.
3. (by ellipsis) The card game three card brag.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chesterfield to this entry?)

Derived terms

• bragless

Translations

Verb

brag (third-person singular simple present brags, present participle bragging, simple past and past participle bragged)

1. (intransitive) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.

2. (transitive) To boast of.

Synonyms

• boast

Hyponyms

• brag on

Derived terms

• braggard
• humblebrag

Related terms

• bragging rights

Translations

Adjective

brag (comparative bragger, superlative braggest)

1. Excellent; first-rate.
2. (archaic) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
   • 1633, Ben Jonson, A Tale of a Tub

   a woundy, brag young fellow

Adverb

brag (comparative more brag, superlative most brag)

1. (obsolete) proudly; boastfully

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Fuller to this entry?)

References

Anagrams

• ARGB, garb, grab

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse brak.

Noun

brag n (singular definite braget, plural indefinite brag)

1. bang, crash

Inflection

Related terms

• brage verb

Verb

brag

1. imperative of brage

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bregge, which derives from Proto-Germanic *brugj?. Cognates include West Frisian brêge.

Noun

brag f (plural bragen)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) bridge