different between tac vs bac
tac
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tæk/
- Homophones: tach, tack
Etymology 1
Compare tack.
Noun
tac
- (Britain, law, obsolete) A kind of customary payment by a tenant.
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Etymology 2
Noun
tac (uncountable)
- (Tyneside, slang) The drug cannabis.
Anagrams
- A. C. T., A.C.T., ACT, ATC, Act., CAT, CTA, Cat, TCA, act, act., cat
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- tacu
Etymology
From Latin tace?. Compare Romanian t?cea, tac.
Verb
tac (third-person singular present indicative tatsi / tatse, past participle tãcutã)
- I am silent, keep quiet.
Related terms
- tãtseari / tãtseare
- tãcut
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Arabic ????? (t?j), ultimately of Iranian origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t?d??], [t?d?z]
Noun
tac (definite accusative tactac?, plural taclar)
- crown
Declension
Derived terms
- taxt-tac
Emilian
Alternative forms
- tàc (Modenese)
- tâc (Bolognese, Reggiano, Carpigiano)
Noun
tac m (plural tac) (Mirandola)
- the back of a shoe
- heel of a shoe
Synonyms
- arbòt (Bolognese)
French
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ak
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic
Interjection
tac
- tick, tock
Derived terms
- du tac au tac
- avoir le tac
- tac-tac
- tactactac
- tic-tac
- tacot
Etymology 2
From Middle French tac
Noun
tac m (uncountable)
- mange
Middle High German
Noun
tac m
- Alternative form of tag
Declension
References
Old High German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tak/
Noun
tac m
- Alternative form of tag
References
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tat?s/
Noun
tac f
- genitive plural of taca
Romanian
Etymology 1
From Greek ????? (tákos)
Noun
tac n (plural tacuri)
- (billiards) cue
Declension
Etymology 2
Verb
tac
- first-person singular present indicative of t?cea
- first-person singular present subjunctive of t?cea
- third-person plural present indicative of t?cea
Spanish
Noun
tac m (plural tacs)
- CAT
- knock; clack; tock (sound)
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bac
English
Etymology
From French bac.
Noun
bac (plural bacs)
- A broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
- 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)
- elder brother
- uncle
References
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?bak/
Noun
bac m (plural bacs)
- 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)
- ferry
- 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)
- (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)
- barrier, block, balk, hindrance
- bottleneck, trap
- blocking, obstruction
- constraint, handicap, impediment, encumbrance
- stop
- mattock
- bend (in river, etc.)
- (door-)step
- (law) stay (of proceedings)
Declension
Derived terms
Verb
bac (present analytic bacann, future analytic bacfaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bactha) (transitive, intransitive)
- obstruct, balk, hinder
- impede, block, clog
- pre-empt
- bind
- foul
- (transitive with le) interfere, meddle with
- heed
Conjugation
Mutation
References
- "bac" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Middle English
Noun
bac
- Alternative form of bak (“back”)
Romanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French bac.
Noun
bac n (plural bacuri)
- ferry
Etymology 2
Clipping of bacalaureat
Noun
bac n (plural bacuri)
- 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)
- delay, obstacle, hindrance
- peat bank
- sandbank
Verb
bac (past bhac, future bacaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bacte)
- prevent, hinder, obstruct, restrain
Derived terms
- bac an tùs
Mutation
Welsh
Noun
bac
- Soft mutation of pac.
Mutation
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