frak

English

Alternative forms

• frack

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /fɹæk/
• Rhymes: -æk

Verb

1. (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

See also

• Appendix:Fictional English curse words

References

• Frak (expletive)
• Frack
• Battlestarwiki frak.
• Battlestarwiki frack

Anagrams

• fark

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Dutch

Etymology

From French frac or German Frack, from English frock, from Old French froc, from Frankish hrokk. Doublet with Dutch rok, ultimately from Frankish hrokk (“skirt”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

frak m (plural frakken, diminutive frakje n or fraksken n)

1. (Brabant) coat (item of apparel)

   De frakken hangen aan de kapstok.

   The coats are at the coatstand.

Synonyms

• (coat): jas

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Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

frak m inan (diminutive fraczek)

1. tailcoat

Declension

Declension of frak

	singular	plural
nominative	frak	fraki
genitive	fraka	fraków
dative	frakowi	frakom
accusative	frak	fraki
instrumental	frakiem	frakami
locative	fraku	frakach
vocative	fraku	fraki

Related terms

• frakowy

Further reading

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