bak

Adverb

bak (not comparable)

1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of back.

Anagrams

• BKA, kab

Noun

bak

1. trunk (of a tree)

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bak/

Etymology 1

From Dutch bak, from French bac

Noun

bak (plural bakke, diminutive bakkie)

1. covered bowl, basin
2. tub, vat

Etymology 2

From Dutch bakken

Verb

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

1. to bake
2. to fry

Etymology

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

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

1. belly, stomach

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑk
• IPA^(key): /bɑk/

• audio

  (file)

Etymology 1

From French bac

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

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.

Etymology 4

Noun

bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)

1. a joke, crack

Etymology

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

Noun

bak n (genitive singular baks, plural bøk)

1. back

See also

• bringa
• barmur
• bulur
• búkur
• rumpa
• kroppur

Etymology

From German Bock (“buck”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒk]

Noun

bak (plural bakok)

1. buck

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːk/
• Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

bak n (genitive singular baks, nominative plural bök)

1. (anatomy) back
2. back, backside

Verb

bak

1. second-person singular imperative of baken

Noun 1

bak (plural baks)

1. back
   • c. 1300, Havelok, Havelok the Dane

     Summe putten with gleyue in bac and side, And yeuen wundes longe and wide.

2. animal fur or pelt

Noun 2

bak (plural baks)

1. Alternative form of bakke (“bat”)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Etymology 2

References

• “bak” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːk/

Adverb

bak

1. at the back, behind

   bak fram - back to front

   for langt bak - too far back / behind

Preposition

bak

1. behind

   bak kulissane - behind the scenes

Noun

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)

References

• “bak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baką.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑk/

Noun

bak n

1. (anatomy) back
2. back, rear part of something

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bak/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

bak m inan

1. tank (especially of a motorcycle, storing fuel)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːk/

• Audio

  (file)

Adverb

bak (not comparable)

1. behind, at the back

Preposition

bak

1. (dated) behind, 'hind

   när månen döljer sig bak vinrankan

   when the moon hides 'hind the grape vine

Noun

bak n, c

1. backside, bottom c
2. baking n

   Inget doftar som mors bak.

   Nothing smells like mom's baking.

Verb

bak

1. look

Pronunciation

• (Zinacantán) IPA^(key): /ɓäkʰ/

Noun

bak

1. bone

References

• Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /paːk˧˥/
• Tone numbers: bak⁷
• Hyphenation: bak

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *paːkᴰ (“mouth”). Cognate with Thai ปาก (bpàak). Northern Thai ᨸᩣ᩠ᨠ, Lao ປາກ (pāk), Shan ပၢၵ်ႇ (pàak), Ahom 𑜆𑜀𑜫 (pak), Saek ป̄าก.

Etymology 2

From Chinese 百 (bǎi).