different between brak vs frak

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

Alternative forms

• frack

Etymology

Coined by an author of Battlestar Galactica (TV series). It was English frack in the original series. Changed to frak in the later series to be a four-letter word. (Compare English fraked (“evil, wicked”) and English frakel (“vile, foul, wretched, worthless”))

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?æk/
• Rhymes: -æk

Verb

frak (third-person singular simple present fraks, present participle frakking, simple past and past participle frakked)

1. (slang, euphemistic) Fuck.

Synonyms

• eff, feck, frack, frig; see also Thesaurus:copulate or Thesaurus:copulate with

See also

• Appendix:Fictional English curse words

References

• Frak (expletive)
• Frack
• Battlestarwiki frak.
• Battlestarwiki frack

Anagrams

• fark

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French frac or German Frack (itself from French), from English frock, from Middle English frok, from Old French froc, from Frankish *hrokk. Doublet with Dutch rok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fr?k/
• Hyphenation: frak
• Rhymes: -?k

Noun

frak m (plural frakken, diminutive frakje n or fraksken n)

1. (Belgium) A coat, a overcoat (item of apparel).

   De frakken hangen aan de kapstok.

   The coats are at the coatstand.

2. (Netherlands) A chic jacket with long coattails.

Synonyms

• (coat): jas

Maltese

Etymology

From the Arabic root ? ? ?? (f-r-k). Perhaps originally from a plural *??????? (*?afr?k).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fra?k/

Noun

frak m (collective, singulative farka, paucal farkiet)

1. crumb(s)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• frakk

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian frakker, possibly from Old Norse frakkr (“brave”). Related to frekk. Confer with Icelandic frakkur.

Adjective

frak (masculine and feminine frak, neuter frakt, definite singular and plural frake, comparative frakare, indefinite superlative frakast, definite superlative frakaste)

1. in good shape, healthy, strong

References

• “frak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary..

Polish

Etymology

From Old French froc

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frak/

Noun

frak m inan (diminutive fraczek)

1. tailcoat

Declension

Related terms

• frakowy

Further reading

• frak in Polish dictionaries at PWN