bac

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

From French bac.

Noun

[edit]

bac (plural bacs)

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

Etymology 2

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

bac (plural bacs)

  1. Clipping of baccalaureate.
Derived terms
[edit]

Anagrams

[edit]

Albanian

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]
  1. Borrowed from South Slavic *bat'a rather than cognate with it.[1]
  2. From Proto-Albanian *batja. According to Orel bac/bacë could be related to 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).[2]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

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

  1. elder brother
  2. uncle

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Hyllested first1=Adam, Joseph, Brian (2022) “13-Albanian”, in Thomas Olander, editor, The Indo-European language family
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Alb. bac m Pl. baca ('elder brother, uncle')”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 13

Catalan

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. Alternative form of obac (shady spot)

Etymology 2

[edit]

Cognate with French bac.

Noun

[edit]

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. vat
  2. ferry

Further reading

[edit]

Czech

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

bac

  1. second-person singular imperative of bacit

French

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

Inherited 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 *baką (back, rear).

Noun

[edit]

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. ferry
  2. vat
Derived terms
[edit]
Descendants
[edit]
  • Catalan: bac
  • Dutch: bak
  • English: bac

Etymology 2

[edit]

Clipping of baccalauréat.

Noun

[edit]

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. (informal) high school exit exam in France; A level, matura
[edit]

Further reading

[edit]

Anagrams

[edit]

Irish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

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

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

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. (intransitive) to interfere, to meddle [with le ‘with’]
  7. heed

Conjugation

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
  • Fingallian: bock

Mutation

[edit]
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bac bhac mbac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

[edit]

Middle English

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

bac

  1. Alternative form of bak (back)

Romanian

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

Borrowed from French bac.

Noun

[edit]

bac n (plural bacuri)

  1. ferry
Declension
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

Clipping of bacalaureat

Noun

[edit]

bac n (plural bacuri)

  1. baccalaureat
Declension
[edit]

Scottish Gaelic

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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

Noun

[edit]

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

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

Verb

[edit]

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

  1. prevent, hinder, obstruct, restrain

Derived terms

[edit]

Mutation

[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
bac bhac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

bac

  1. Soft mutation of pac.

Mutation

[edit]
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pac bac mhac phac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.