bac

Etymology

From French bac

Noun

bac (plural bacs)

1. A broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
2. A vat or cistern.

Anagrams

• ABC, B. C. A., B.C.A., BCA, CAB, CBA, cab

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *batja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bat͡s]

Noun

bac ?

1. elder brother
2. uncle

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

1. ferry

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bak/

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Etymology 1

Ultimately from Late Latin baccārium

Etymology 2

Clipping of baccalauréat.

Further reading

• “bac” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• abc

Etymology

From Old Irish bacc (“angle, bend, corner; mattock, grub-hoe, bill-hook; hindrance, act of hindering”).

The verb is from Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from the noun.

Noun

bac m (genitive singular baic, nominative plural baic)

1. barrier, block, balk, hindrance
2. bottleneck, trap
3. blocking, obstruction
4. constraint, handicap, impediment, encumbrance
5. stop
6. mattock
7. bend (in river, etc.)
8. (door-)step
9. (law) stay (of proceedings)

Verb

bac (present analytic bacann, future analytic bacfaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bactha) (transitive, intransitive)

1. obstruct, balk, hinder
2. impede, block, clog
3. pre-empt
4. bind
5. foul
6. (with le) interfere, meddle with
7. heed

Mutation

References

• "bac" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Etymology

Borrowed from French bac.

Noun

bac n (plural bacuri)

1. ferry

Etymology

From Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from bacc (“angle, bend, corner; mattock, grub-hoe, bill-hook; hindrance, act of hindering”).

Verb

bac (past bhac, future bacaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bacte)

1. prevent, hinder, obstruct, restrain

Noun

bac m (genitive singular baca or baic, plural bacan)

1. delay, obstacle, hindrance
2. peat bank
3. sandbank