funk

See also Funk

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌŋk

Etymology 1

From Middle English funke, fonke (“spark”), from Old English *funca, *fanca (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *funkô, *fankô (“spark”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peng-, *(s)pheng- (“to shine”). Cognate with Middle Low German funke, fanke (“spark”), Middle Dutch vonke (“spark”), Old High German funcho, funko (“spark”), German Funke (“spark”). More at spunk.

Noun

funk (plural funks)

1. (obsolete) spark
2. (obsolete) touchwood, punk, tinder

Translations

spark

• Russian: искра (ru) (ískra) f

touchwood, punk, tinder

• Russian: трут (ru) (trut) m

Etymology 2

1743, Scottish and Northern English dialectal word, originally a verb meaning "to panic, fail due to panic". Perhaps from or cognate with obsolete Dutch fonck (“distress, agitation”), from Middle Dutch fonck (“perturbation, agitation”). More at flunk.

Noun

funk (countable and uncountable; plural funks)

1. (countable) mental depression
2. (uncountable) A state of fear or panic, especially cowardly

Translations

mental depression

• Finnish: masennus (fi)

• Russian: депрессия (ru) (depréssija) f

A state of fear or panic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恐懼 (cmn), 恐惧 (cmn) (kǒngjù)

• Finnish: paniikki (fi), pakokauhu (fi)
• Russian: испуг (ru) (ispúg) m, страх (ru) (strax) m, паника (ru) (pánika) f

Verb

funk (third-person singular simple present funks, present participle funking, simple past and past participle funked)

1. To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear

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Translations

to shrink from, or avoid something because of fear

• Russian: избегать (ru) (izbegátʹ) impf. (to avoid), трусить (ru) (trúsitʹ) impf.(to quail, to fear), дрейфить (ru) (dréjfitʹ) impf. (colloquial, to quail, to fear)

Etymology 3

1620, from French dialectal (Norman) funquer, funquier (“to smoke, reek”), from Old Northern French fungier (“to smoke”), from Vulgar Latin fūmicāre, alteration of Latin fūmigāre (“to smoke, fumigate”). Related to French dialect funkière (“smoke”). More at fumigate.

Noun

funk (countable and uncountable; plural funks)

1. (countable) Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odour.
2. (uncountable) Music that combines traditional forms of black music (as blues, gospel, or soul) and is characterized by a strong backbeat.

Derived terms

• electrofunk
• funky

Translations

Foul or unpleasant smell

• Russian: зловоние (ru) (zlovónije) n, вонь (ru) (vonʹ) f

A genre of popular music

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放克 (cmn) (fàngkè), 魂克 (cmn) (húnkè)

• Finnish: funk (fi)
• French: funk (fr) m
• German: Funk (de) m
• Italian: funkulo (it) m

• Japanese: ファンク (ja) (fanku)
• Portuguese: fânque (pt) m
• Russian: фанк (ru) (fank) m
• Spanish: funk (es) m
• Swedish: funk (sv) c

Verb

funk (third-person singular simple present funks, present participle funking, simple past and past participle funked)

1. (intransitive) To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
2. (transitive) To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.

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