frak
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Coined by an author of Battlestar Galactica (TV series). It was English frack in the original series. Changed to frak in the later series to be a four-letter word. (Compare English fraked (“evil, wicked”) and English frakel (“vile, foul, wretched, worthless”))
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
frak (third-person singular simple present fraks, present participle frakking, simple past and past participle frakked)
- (slang, euphemistic) Fuck.
- 2007, Tara McCarthy, Wouldn't Miss It for the World, page 258:
- “What the frak, Dan?”
- 2010, John Green, David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson:
- And I say, “Where the frak did everyone get a fake ID anyway?”
- 2011, Diana Rowland, Secrets of the Demon:
- Her frizzy blond hair was pulled up into a twist on top of her head, and she had on billowing hakama pants that nearly overwhelmed her skinny frame and a gray T-shirt that said FRAK OFF
Synonyms[edit]
- eff, feck, frack, frig; see also Thesaurus:copulate or Thesaurus:copulate with
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Frak (expletive)
- Frack
- Battlestarwiki frak.
- Battlestarwiki frack
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French frac or German Frack (itself from French), from English frock, from Middle English frok, from Old French froc, from Frankish *hrokk. Doublet with Dutch rok.
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Noun[edit]
frak m (plural frakken, diminutive frakje n or fraksken n)
- (Belgium) A coat, a overcoat (item of apparel).
- De frakken hangen aan de kapstok.
- The coats are at the coatstand.
- (Netherlands) A chic jacket with long coattails.
Synonyms[edit]
- (coat): jas
Maltese[edit]
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f-r-k |
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Etymology[edit]
From the Arabic root ف ر ك (f-r-k). Perhaps originally from a plural *أَفْراك (*ʔafrāk).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
frak m (collective, singulative farka, paucal farkiet)
- crumb(s)
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle Norwegian frakker, possibly from Old Norse frakkr (“brave”). Related to frekk. Compare with Icelandic frakkur.
Adjective[edit]
frak (neuter frakt, definite singular and plural frake, comparative frakare, indefinite superlative frakast, definite superlative frakaste)
References[edit]
- “frak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary..
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from Old French froc, from Frankish *hrokk, from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *rukn-, *ruk-, *rug-, *ruǵ-. Doublet of rok.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
frak m inan (diminutive fraczek)
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Further reading[edit]
- frak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- frak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Sranan Tongo[edit]
Determiner[edit]
frak
- (with indefinite article) (a) lot
- Lanti kisi wan frak kragi. ― The Government has received a lot of complaints.
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