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
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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).
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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.
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Noun edit
frak m inan (diminutive fraczek)
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Determiner edit
frak
- (with indefinite article) (a) lot
- Lanti kisi wan frak kragi. ― The Government has received a lot of complaints.