bach

See also: Bach, bách, bạch, and bac̱h

English

Etymology

Probable shortening of bachelor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bætʃ/
• Rhymes: -ætʃ

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)

Translations

small house

• Maori: kōpuha

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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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːχ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *bikkos ‎(“small”) (compare Old Irish bec, becc, modern Irish beag).

Adjective

bach ‎(feminine singular bach, plural bach, equative bached, 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)

Synonyms

• bychan

Etymology 2

From Old Welsh bach, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos, from Proto-Indo-European *bak-.

Noun

bach m, f (plural bachau)

1. hook
2. bend, corner
3. hinge
4. bracket

Derived terms

• 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.

References

• “bach” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.