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

frak (third-person singular simple present fraks, present participle frakking, simple past and past participle frakked)

1. (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

• eff, feck, frack, frig; see also Thesaurus:copulate or Thesaurus:copulate with

See also

• Appendix:Fictional English curse words

References

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

Anagrams

• fark

Dutch

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frɑk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: frak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

Noun

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

1. (Belgium) a coat, a overcoat (item of apparel)

   De frakken hangen aan de kapstok.

   The coats are at the coatstand.

2. (Netherlands) a chic jacket with long coattails

Synonyms

• (coat): jas

Maltese

Root
f-r-k
2 terms

Etymology

From the Arabic root ف ر ك (f-r-k). Perhaps originally from a plural *أَفْراك (*ʔafrāk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fraːk/

Noun

frak m (collective, singulative farka, paucal farkiet)

1. crumb(s)
   • 2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:

     f’żarbun ġa ssikkat. irkiekel dahri
     tat-terrakotta － ’kk tmisshom,
     isiru frak. dil-belt tentakli waħedha －
     għoddha qalftitni fatat.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. a small quantity [with object]

   frak ġobon ― a little bit of cheese.

Adverb

frak

1. a bit, a little bit
2. somewhat

   frak tari ― somewhat tender

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• frakk

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian frakker, possibly from Old Norse frakkr (“brave”). Related to frekk. Compare with Icelandic frakkur.

Adjective

frak (neuter frakt, definite singular and plural frake, comparative frakare, indefinite superlative frakast, definite superlative frakaste)

1. in good shape, healthy, strong

References

• “frak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary..

Polish

Etymology

Derived from Old French froc, from Frankish *hrokk, from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *rukn-, *ruk-, *rug-, *ruǵ-. Doublet of rok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrak/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: frak

Noun

frak m inan (diminutive fraczek)

1. tailcoat

Declension

Declension of frak

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

Related terms

adjective

• frakowy

 

Further reading

• frak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• frak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sranan Tongo

Determiner

frak

1. (with indefinite article) (a) lot

   Lanti kisi wan frak kragi. ― The Government has received a lot of complaints.