bak

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English

Adverb

bak (not comparable)

  1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of back.

Anagrams

Acehnese

Noun

bak

  1. trunk (of a tree)

References

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Dutch bak, from French bac.

Noun

bak (plural bakke, diminutive bakkie)

  1. covered bowl, basin
  2. tub, vat

Etymology 2

From Dutch bakken, from Middle Dutch backen.

Verb

bak (present bak, present participle bakkende, past participle gebak)

  1. to bake
  2. to fry

Albanian

Etymology

Either a variant of bark, or from Proto-Albanian *bauka, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw (“to blow, swell”), close to Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”), Dutch buik (“belly”), German Bauch (“belly, stomach”), Swedish buk (“belly, abdomen”).

Noun

bak m (plural baqe, definite baku, definite plural baqet)

  1. belly, stomach

Synonyms

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑk/
  • audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bak
  • Rhymes: -ɑk

Etymology 1

From French bac

Noun

bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)

  1. a container, such as a box, a crate, a tray or a tub
  2. (Netherlands) a drinking vessel, usually a cup or mug
  3. (colloquial) a vehicle, a car
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: bak
  • → Sranan Tongo: baki
  • → Indonesian: bak, baki

Etymology 2

Verb

bak

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of bakken
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of bakken

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch *bak, bake, baec (“meat from the back of a pig”), from Old Dutch *bak (“back, rear”), from Proto-Germanic *baką. Cognate with English back, Icelandic bak. Etymologically related to bakboord and achterbaks.

Noun

bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)

  1. pork: the meat of a pig
  2. a pig

Etymology 4

Noun

bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)

  1. Abbreviation of versnellingsbak.
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Noun

bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)

  1. a joke, crack

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką.

Noun

bak n (genitive singular baks, plural bøk)

  1. back

Declension

Declension of bak
n5 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bak bakið bøk bøkini
accusative bak bakið bøk bøkini
dative baki bakinum bøkum bøkunum
genitive baks baksins baka bakanna

See also

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Bock (“buck”)

Pronunciation

Noun

bak (plural bakok)

  1. buck

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bak bakok
accusative bakot bakokat
dative baknak bakoknak
instrumental bakkal bakokkal
causal-final bakért bakokért
translative bakká bakokká
terminative bakig bakokig
essive-formal bakként bakokként
essive-modal — —
inessive bakban bakokban
superessive bakon bakokon
adessive baknál bakoknál
illative bakba bakokba
sublative bakra bakokra
allative bakhoz bakokhoz
elative bakból bakokból
delative bakról bakokról
ablative baktól bakoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		baké bakoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		bakéi bakokéi
Possessive forms of bak
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bakom bakjaim
2nd person sing. bakod bakjaid
3rd person sing. bakja bakjai
1st person plural bakunk bakjaink
2nd person plural bakotok bakjaitok
3rd person plural bakjuk bakjaik

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką.

Pronunciation

Noun

bak n (genitive singular baks, nominative plural bök)

  1. (anatomy) back
  2. back, backside

Declension

declension of bak
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bak bakið bök bökin
accusative bak bakið bök bökin
dative baki bakinu bökum bökunum
genitive baks baksins baka bakanna

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bak/
  • Hyphenation: bak

Preposition

bak

  1. preposition to denote comparison.
    • kedua anak muda itu wajahnya mirip, bak pinang dibelah dua

Etymology 2

From Dutch bak (“container, vessel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑk/
  • Hyphenation: bak

Noun

bak

  1. container.
  2. water container.

Etymology 3

From Min Nan 墨 (ba̍k, “Chinese ink”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bak/
  • Hyphenation: bak

Noun

bak

  1. black Chinese ink.

Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bak/
  • Hyphenation: bak

Noun

bak

  1. sound of slapping or punching.

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Verb

bak

  1. second-person singular imperative of baken

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bæc, from Proto-Germanic *baką.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

bak (plural bakkes)

  2. The back, hind, or rear of a being's body:
    • c. 1300 Havelok, Havelok the Dane
      Summe putten with gleyue in bac and side, And yeuen wundes longe and wide.
    1. (figurative) What a person or creature carries or takes with themself/itself.
    2. (rare) The parts of a person which aren't visible to themself.
  3. The back, of something more generally; the non-facing side.
  4. The vertebrae or spine; the bone holding up the back.
  5. (rare) The extremities, margin or boundary of something.
  6. (rare) The fur or hide of an animal (removed from an animal)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
See also

Etymology 2

A shortening of Old Swedish nattbakka.

Noun

bak (plural bakkes)

  1. Alternative form of bakke (“bat”)

Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of bak – see 沐 (“to stain”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 沐).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

bak

  1. at the back, behind
    bak fram - back to front
    for langt bak - too far back / behind

Preposition

bak

  1. behind
    bak kulissene - behind the scenes

Noun

bak m (definite singular baken, indefinite plural baker, definite plural bakene)

  1. (anatomy) behind, bottom, backside
    et spark bak - a kick in / up the backside (etc.)
  2. back, rear, seat (of trousers)
  3. buttocks
Derived terms
Terms derived from bak

Etymology 2

Verb

bak

  1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of bake

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką.

Pronunciation

Adverb

bak

  1. at the back, behind
    bak fram - back to front
    for langt bak - too far back / behind

Preposition

bak

  1. behind
    bak kulissane - behind the scenes

Noun

bak m (definite singular baken, indefinite plural bakar, definite plural bakane)
bak n (definite singular baket, indefinite plural bak, definite plural baka)

  1. (anatomy) behind, bottom, backside
    eit spark bak - a kick in / up the backside (etc.)
  2. back, rear, seat (of trousers)

Derived terms

Terms derived from bak

References

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baką.

Pronunciation

Noun

bak n

  1. (anatomy) back
  2. back, rear part of something

Declension

Declension of bak (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative bak baku
accusative bak baku
genitive bakes bakō
dative bake bakum
instrumental — —


Descendants

  • Middle Low German: bak

Polish

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Pronunciation

Noun

bak m inan

  1. tank (especially of a motorcycle, storing fuel)

Declension

Declension of bak
singular plural
nominative bak baki
genitive baku baków
dative bakowi bakom
accusative bak baki
instrumental bakiem bakami
locative baku bakach
vocative baku baki

Hypernyms

Noun

bak f

  1. genitive plural of baka

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish baker, from Old Norse bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką. Related to English back.

Pronunciation

Adverb

bak (not comparable)

  1. behind, at the back

Antonyms

Preposition

bak

  1. (dated) behind, 'hind
    när månen döljer sig bak vinrankan
    when the moon hides 'hind the grape vine

Noun

bak n or c

  1. backside, bottom c
  2. baking n
    Inget doftar som mors bak.
    Nothing smells like mom's baking.

Declension

Declension of bak 1
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bak baken bakar bakarna
Genitive baks bakens bakars bakarnas
Declension of bak 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bak baket bak baken
Genitive baks bakets baks bakens

Turkish

Verb

bak

  1. look

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

  • (Zinacantán) IPA(key): /ɓäkʰ/

Noun

bak

  1. bone

Derived terms

References

Zhuang

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *paːkᴰ (“mouth”). Cognate with Thai ปาก (bpàak), Northern Thai ᨸᩣ᩠ᨠ, Lao ປາກ (pāk), Shan ပၢၵ်ႇ (pàak), Ahom 𑜆𑜀𑜫 (pak), Saek ป̄าก. Compare Southern Kam bags (“mouth”), Proto-Be *ɓaːkᴰ¹ (whence ɓak⁷ in modern lects). Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq (whence Cebuano baba, Eastern Cham ꨚꨝꩍ (pabah), Hawaiian vaha).

Noun

bak (1957–1982 spelling bak)

  1. mouth
  2. entrance; opening
  3. account of or response to a particular issue
  4. cutting edge of a tool
  5. stitch; distance between stitches

Etymology 2

From Chinese 百 (MC paek).

Numeral

bak (1957–1982 spelling bak)

  1. hundred
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