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Translingual

Etymology

From the three first letters of one of the English names for the language, viz. Sac and Fox.

Proper noun

sac

1. the ISO 639-3 code for the Fox language

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæk/
• Rhymes: -æk
• Homophone: sack

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French sac. Doublet of sack.

Noun

sac (plural sacs)

1. A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.

Derived terms

• saccate
• sacless
• vocal sac

Etymology 2

Clipping of sacrifice.

Verb

sac (third-person singular simple present sacs, present participle sacking or saccing, simple past and past participle sacked or sacced)

2. (transitive, informal, games) To sacrifice.

   Kasparov sacked his queen early on in the game to gain a positional advantage against Kramnik.

   I kept saccing monsters at the altar until I was rewarded with a new weapon.

Noun

sac (plural sacs)

2. (transitive, informal, games) A sacrifice.

   Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.

Etymology 3

See sake, soc.

Noun

sac

1. (Britain, law, obsolete) The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.

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Anagrams

• A/Cs, ACS, ACs, ASC, CAS, CSA, Cas, Cas., SCA, a/cs, acs, cas, cas'

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• sacu

Etymology

From Latin saccus. Compare Romanian sac.

Noun

sac m (plural sats) or n (plural sacuri)

1. sack, bag

Derived terms

• nsac

Related terms

• sãculj

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *si??.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s?d??], [s?d?z]

Noun

sac (definite accusative sac?, plural saclar)

1. an iron disk on which thin bread cakes are baked

Declension

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin saccus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?sak/

Noun

sac m (plural sacs)

1. sack, bag
2. sackcloth, smock (rough garment of coarse cloth)
3. sack, pillage
4. (obsolete) rectum

Derived terms

• sac de cops
• sac de dormir
• sac de gemecs
• saca

Related terms

• saquejar

Further reading

• “sac” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sak/
• Rhymes: -ak

Etymology 1

From Old French sac, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), ultimately from Semitic.

Noun

sac m (plural sacs)

1. bag, sack
2. (dated slang) ten French francs

   Coordinate term: brique

Derived terms

Related terms

• saccule
• sacoche

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: sak
• ? English: sac
• ? Moroccan Arabic: ????
• ? Persian: ???? (sâk)

Etymology 2

Old Norse saka (compare English ransack).

Noun

sac m (plural sacs)

1. plunder, loot

See also

• saccage
• saccager
• pillage
• mettre à sac

Further reading

• “sac” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ASC, cas

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin saccus.

Noun

sac m (plural sacs)

1. sack, bag

Related terms

• sachere
• sacut

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch sac, from late Proto-Germanic *sakkuz, borrowed from Latin saccus.

Noun

sac m

1. sack

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zak
  • Afrikaans: sak
  • ? Indonesian: sak
  • ? Indonesian: saku
• Limburgish: zak

Further reading

• “sac”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “sac”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (sac, “sheet iron”), compare Turkish sac (“sheet metal, baking plate”).

Noun

sac ?

1. baking pan

Old French

Etymology

From Latin saccus.

Noun

sac m (oblique plural sas, nominative singular sas, nominative plural sac)

1. bag; sack

Synonyms

• poque

Descendants

• French: sac
  • Haitian Creole: sak
  • ? English: sac
  • ? Moroccan Arabic: ????
  • ? Persian: ???? (sâk)

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), ultimately of Semitic origin.

Noun

sac m (plural saci)

1. sack, bag

Declension

Derived terms

• s?car
• sac de dormit
• s?cule?

Related terms

• s?cui

See also

• pung?

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *?aac-. Compare Afar saga.

Noun

sac m

1. cow

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (sac, “sheet iron”), from Proto-Turkic *si?? (“white copper, tin, pan”). Cognate with Chuvash ????? (š?v??, “tin, tin-plate”), Karakhanid ????? (s??, “pan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?d??/

Noun

sac (definite accusative sac?, plural saclar)

1. a tin metal baking plate
2. sheet metal
3. tin, tin plate

Declension

English

Etymology

From French bac.

Noun

bac (plural bacs)

1. A broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
2. A vat or cistern.

Anagrams

• A. B. C., A.B.C., ABC, B. C. A., B.C.A., BCA, CAB, CBA, Cab, cab

Albanian

Alternative forms

• bacë

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *batja. According to Orel bac/bacë could be related to Slavic Proto-Slavic *bat'a (“elder brother, uncle”) and Proto-Slavic *batja (“id”). Source of Romanian baci (“chief shepherd, cheese-maker”) and Megleno-Romanian/Aromanian batš (“id”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bat?s]

Noun

bac m (indefinite plural bacë, definite singular baca, definite plural bacët)

1. elder brother
2. uncle

References

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?bak/

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

1. ferry

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bak/

Etymology 1

From Middle French bac, from Old French bas, bac- (“flat boat”), of obscure origin. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *baccu (“container”), from Latin bacar (“kind of wine glass”). Or, possibly borrowed from Celtic or Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *bak? (“back, rear”).

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

1. ferry
2. vat

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Dutch: bak
  • Afrikaans: bak
  • ? Sranan Tongo: baki
  • ? Indonesian: bak, baki
• ? English: bac

Etymology 2

Clipping of baccalauréat.

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

1. (informal) high school exit exam in France; A level

Related terms

• bachelier

Further reading

• “bac” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• abc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bacc (“angle, bend, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”).

The verb is from Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /b??k/
• (Cois Fharraige, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /b?ak/

Noun

bac m (genitive singular baic, nominative plural baic)

1. barrier, block, balk, hindrance
2. bottleneck, trap
3. blocking, obstruction
4. constraint, handicap, impediment, encumbrance
5. stop
6. mattock
7. bend (in river, etc.)
8. (door-)step
9. (law) stay (of proceedings)

Declension

Derived terms

Verb

bac (present analytic bacann, future analytic bacfaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bactha) (transitive, intransitive)

1. obstruct, balk, hinder
2. impede, block, clog
3. pre-empt
4. bind
5. foul
6. (transitive with le) interfere, meddle with
7. heed

Conjugation

Mutation

References

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

Middle English

Noun

bac

1. Alternative form of bak (“back”)

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bac.

Noun

bac n (plural bacuri)

1. ferry

Etymology 2

Clipping of bacalaureat

Noun

bac n (plural bacuri)

1. baccalaureat

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from bacc (“angle, bend, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”).

Noun

bac m (genitive singular baca or baic, plural bacan)

1. delay, obstacle, hindrance
2. peat bank
3. sandbank

Verb

bac (past bhac, future bacaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bacte)

1. prevent, hinder, obstruct, restrain

Derived terms

• bac an tùs

Mutation

Welsh

Noun

bac

1. Soft mutation of pac.

Mutation