Translingual edit

Symbol edit

bak

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Bashkir.

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Adverb edit

bak (not comparable)

  1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of back.

Etymology 2 edit

 
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Noun edit

bak (plural baks)

  1. A wooden clapper used in Korean courts and rituals

Anagrams edit

Acehnese edit

Noun edit

bak

  1. trunk (of a tree)

References edit

Afrikaans edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Dutch bak, from French bac.

Noun edit

bak (plural bakke, diminutive bakkie)

  1. covered bowl, basin
  2. tub, vat
  3. boot (UK), trunk (US) of a car

Etymology 2 edit

From Dutch bakken, from Middle Dutch backen.

Verb edit

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

  1. to bake
  2. to fry

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

  1. belly, stomach

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Balinese edit

Romanization edit

bak

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬓ᭄

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

From French bac.

Noun edit

bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)

  1. container, such as a box, a crate, a tray or a tub
    Synonym: krat
  2. (informal, usually in the plural) a large amount, lots
    Het regent bakken met water.
    It's raining lots of water.
  3. (Netherlands) drinking vessel, usually a cup or mug
    Synonyms: kop, mok
  4. (informal, Netherlands, Belgium, Bargoens) the slammer, jail, prison
    Synonyms: bajes, gevangenis, lik, nor
  5. (colloquial) a vehicle, a car
    Synonyms: auto, kar, wagen, waggie
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: bak
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: baksi
  • Negerhollands: bak
    • Virgin Islands Creole: bak, baks (archaic)
  • Caribbean Hindustani: báki
  • Caribbean Javanese: bak, bag
  • Indonesian: bak, baki
  • Javanese: ꦧꦏ꧀ (bak)
  • Papiamentu: baki (from the diminutive)
  • Sranan Tongo: baki
    • Caribbean Javanese: baki

Etymology 2 edit

From versnellingsbak, from etymology 1.

Noun edit

bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)

  1. Short for versnellingsbak.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

bak m (uncountable)

  1. The act of baking (food).
Derived terms edit

Verb edit

bak

  1. inflection of bakken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Etymology 4 edit

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 edit

bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)

  1. The meat of a pig, pork.
  2. A pig.

Etymology 5 edit

Noun edit

bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)

  1. A joke, crack.

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

bak n (genitive singular baks, plural bøk)

  1. back

Declension edit

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 edit

Garo edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Postposition edit

bak

  1. (follows locative case -cha) side, position, in the direction of
  2. part, section

Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French barque (small boat).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bak

  1. ferryboat, flat-bottomed boat
  2. tray used by street vendors

References edit

  • Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Hokkien edit

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

Hungarian edit

 
(1) kecskebak
 
(2) a bakon ül
 
(3) asztalosbak

Etymology edit

From German Bock (buck).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bak (plural bakok)

  1. buck (a male goat, or the male of other small ruminants, such as the chamois or roe)
    • 1981, Gyula Viga, “Az állatok, a tartás technikája”, in Népi kecsketartás Magyarországon[1]:
      Bakot főként a pásztorok tartottak, általában 40-50 jerkére egyet.
      Bucks were mostly kept by herders, usually one for every 40-50 does.
  2. (historical) box seat, box (driver’s seat on a horse-drawn carriage or cart)
    • 1856, Mór Jókai, “A rém”, in A régi jó táblabírák:
      A kocsis mellett a bakon ült az ispán, akinek jó volt ott is.
      The count was sitting next to the coachman on the box, which suited him just fine.
  3. trestle, sawhorse (support, usually made of wooden beams, with a pair of divergent legs at each end)
    • 2007, István Balogh, “Törökkávé”, in Szilveszter Szilveszter[2]:
      Az öreg ladikot fenékkel fölfelé két bakra állítják.
      The old punt is placed bottom up on two trestles.
  4. drawing horse, donkey bench (short bench for art students, with a raised end used to prop up a drawing board)
    • 2010, Katalin Vámosi, “Mazsaroff Miklós életének főbb mozzanatai”, in Mazsaroff Miklós 1929–1997: A természet igézetében[3]:
      A mester teraszán rajzoltunk a nemrégiben beszerzett néhány bakon.
      We used to draw on the master’s terrace on a couple of recently acquired drawing horses.
  5. (in set phrases) boost, leg up (cupping one’s hands so as to form a step for someone who is attempting to climb)
    • 2009, László Béres, “Utca így még nem várt karácsonyt”, in Petőfi Népe[4], volume 64, number 3:
      Ugyan már, bakot tart, én kimászok, leadom a létrát és mindketten kint vagyunk a gödörből.
      Oh come on, you give me a leg up, I climb out, lower the ladder, and we’re both out of the pit.

Declension edit

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 edit

Compound words
Expressions

Further reading edit

  • bak in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bak in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bak n (genitive singular baks, nominative plural bök)

  1. (anatomy) back
  2. back, backside

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Indonesian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Preposition edit

bak

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

Etymology 2 edit

From Dutch bak (container, vessel).

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

bak

  1. container.
  2. water container.

Compounds edit

Related terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

From Min Nan (ba̍k, “Chinese ink”).

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

bak

  1. black Chinese ink.

Etymology 4 edit

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

bak

  1. sound of slapping or punching.

Further reading edit

Javanese edit

Romanization edit

bak

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦏ꧀

Luxembourgish edit

Verb edit

bak

  1. second-person singular imperative of baken

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bak (plural bakkes)

  1. 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    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.
  2. The back, of something more generally; the non-facing side.
  3. The vertebrae or spine; the bone holding up the back.
  4. (rare) The extremities, margin or boundary of something.
  5. (rare) The fur or hide of an animal (removed from an animal)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
See also edit
References edit

Etymology 2 edit

From abak.

Alternative forms edit

Adverb edit

bak

  1. backward
Descendants edit
References edit

Etymology 3 edit

A shortening of Old Swedish nattbakka.

Noun edit

bak (plural bakkes)

  1. Alternative form of bakke (bat)

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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Adverb edit

bak

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

Preposition edit

bak

  1. behind
    bak kulissene - behind the scenes

Noun edit

bak m (definite singular baken, indefinite plural baker, definite plural bakene)
bak n (definite singular baket, indefinite plural bak, definite plural baka or 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 edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

bak

  1. imperative of bake

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

bak

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

Preposition edit

bak

  1. behind
    bak kulissane - behind the scenes

Noun edit

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 edit

References edit

Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

Deverbal from bakać. First attested in 1448–1450.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /baːk/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /bɒk/

Noun edit

bak m animacy unattested

  1. shout, yell
    Synonym: bakliwość
    • 1895 [1448–1450], Franciszek Piekosiński, editor, Tłumaczenia polskie statutów ziemskich, Kodeks Świętosławów, page 9:
      Paan, sz bakem a s gwalthowym ghelkem przydancz do sandv (dominus cum clamore et violento strepitu ad iudicium veniens), wyną pyancznadzescza ma bicz skaran
      [Pan z bakiem a z gwałtowym giełkiem przydąc do sądu (dominus cum clamore et violento strepitu ad iudicium veniens), winą pięćnadzieścia ma być skaran]

Related terms edit

noun
verbs

References edit

Old Saxon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bak n

  1. back (body part)
  2. back (rear part of something)

Declension edit


Descendants edit

Phalura edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

bak (Perso-Arabic spelling بک)

  1. Co-lexicalized intensifier

References edit

  • Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[5], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Polish edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Russian бак (bak), from Dutch bak or German Back or English back.

Noun edit

bak m inan

  1. tank (fuel reservoir of a vehicle)
    Hypernym: zbiornik
  2. tank (tankful)
Declension edit

tankful:

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from German Backenbart.

Noun edit

bak m inan (diminutive baczek)

  1. sideburn
    Synonyms: baczek, bokobrody, faworyt
Declension edit

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

bak f

  1. genitive plural of baka

Further reading edit

Sahu edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch bak.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bak

  1. a water-basin

References edit

  • Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill

Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Adverb edit

bak (not comparable)

  1. behind, at the back
Antonyms edit
Related terms edit

Preposition edit

bak

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

Noun edit

bak c

  1. behind, ass, butt
Declension edit
Declension of bak 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bak baken bakar bakarna
Genitive baks bakens bakars bakarnas

Noun edit

bak n

  1. baking
    Inget doftar som mors bak.
    Nothing smells like mom's baking.
Declension edit
Declension of bak 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bak baket bak baken
Genitive baks bakets baks bakens

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Turkish bak.

Verb edit

bak (present bak, preterite bak, supine bak, imperative bak)

  1. (slang) Alternative form of bakk

References edit

Turkish edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

bak

  1. second-person singular imperative of bakmak

Descendants edit

Tzeltal edit

Noun edit

bak

  1. bone

Tzotzil edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Zinacantán) IPA(key): /ɓäkʰ/

Noun edit

bak

  1. bone

Derived terms edit

References edit

Yola edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English bak.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

bak

  1. back
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 19:
      A pipere vel bak lik own in a smote,
      The piper fell back like one well smitten,

References edit

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133

Zhuang edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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 (mouth) (whence ɓak⁷ in modern lects). Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq (whence Cebuano baba, Eastern Cham ꨚꨝꩍ (pabah), Hawaiian vaha).

Noun edit

bak (Sawndip forms or or or 𫩡 or or or 𠺣 or , 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 edit

From Chinese (MC paek).

Numeral edit

bak (1957–1982 spelling bak)

  1. hundred