bach

See also: Bach, bách, bạch, and bac̱h

English

Etymology

Probable shortening of bachelor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæt͡ʃ/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /bɛtʃ/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ætʃ
• Homophone: batch

Noun

bach (plural baches)

1. (New Zealand, northern) A holiday home, usually small and near the beach, often with only one or two rooms and of simple construction.

Synonyms

• crib (“New Zealand”) (in southern South Island)

Translations

small house

• Maori: kōpuha

Further reading

• Bach (New Zealand) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

bach (third-person singular simple present baches, present participle baching, simple past and past participle bached)

1. (US) To live apart from women, as during the period when a divorce is in progress. (Compare bachelor pad.)

Anagrams

• BHCA

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Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bax/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: bach

Interjection

bach

1. boom, bam, pow, wham (used when imitating a sudden, hard hit)

Usage notes

• Sometimes reduplicated.

Derived terms

verb

• bachnąć

 

Further reading

• bach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bach in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːχ/
• Rhymes: -aːχ

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh bych, from Proto-Brythonic *bɨx, from Proto-Celtic *bikkos.

Adjective

bach (feminine singular bach, plural bach, equative lleied, comparative llai, superlative lleiaf)

1. small, little, short

   Na, rwy'n mynd ar y trên bach. ― No, I'm taking the little train.

2. not fully-grown or developed, young
3. insignificant, unimportant, humble
4. small (of business, etc.)
5. lowercase (of letter)

Derived terms

• to bach (“circumflex”)
• tŷ bach (“toilet, loo”)

Synonyms

• bychan

Etymology 2

From Middle Welsh and Old Welsh bach, from Proto-Celtic *bakkos, from Proto-Indo-European *bak-.

Noun

bach m (plural bachau)

1. hook
2. hinge

   Synonym: colfach

3. (typography) bracket, brace

Derived terms

• bachiad
• bachog
• bachu
• bachyn

Compounds

• cigfach
• colfach
• crogfach
• gafaelfach

Hyponyms

• bach cyrliog
• bach petryal

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bach	fach	mach	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies