bek

See also: bèk, bėk, bek., and век

English

Noun

bek (plural beks)

  1. Alternative form of bey (Turkish governor)

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bek.

Noun

bek (plural bekke)

  1. beak

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *biak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛːk/

Adjective

bek

  1. fat

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛk
  • Homophone: beg

Etymology 1

From back, which was borrowed from English back. See also bachyně.[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

bek m

  1. (animate, colloquial, sports) back [20th c.]
    • 1996, Bohumil Hrabal, Ze zápisníku zapisovatele‎, Praha: Pražská imaginace, →ISBN, page 251:
      Vojta Bradáč dvěma góly vyrovnal a pak zdánlivě kulhající Puč najednou nekulhal, obešel halvy, pak po něm vystartoval bek Černý, ale Puč dělovkou překonal brankáře Tichého a já jsem odcházel z hřiště smutný…
      Vojta Bradáč equalized with two goals and then seemingly limping Puč suddenly wasn't limping, got through the half-backs, then back Černý started off against him, but Puč defeated goalkeeper Tichý with a hard shot and I was leaving the pitch sad…
  2. (inanimate, colloquial, sports) defense (portion of a team dedicated to defending) [20th c.]
    • 1999, Vlasta Chramostová, Vlasta Chramostová‎, Brno: Doplněk, →ISBN, page 176:
      Standíkovi bylo třináct čtrnáct a hrál na beku.
      Standík was thirteen or fourteen and played in the defense.
Declension

animate

inanimate

Synonyms
Antonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

bek m inan

  1. bleat
    • 1902, Josef K. Šlejhar, Temno‎, J. Otto, page 210:
      V tu dobu zase žalný bekot telátka přerývavě zazněl z chléva. Nejistý, bázlivý byl to bek […]
      Sad bleating was heard disjointedly from the barn in that time. It was uncertain, timid bleating […]
  2. cry
    • 1900, Holeček, Josef, Květy‎, volume 45:
      Frantík tentokrát nedal se pro sklamání do beku.
      This time Frantík didn't start crying because of his disappointment.
Declension
Synonyms

Interjection

bek

  1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a roe deer.
    • 2015, Karel Čapek, Hordubal‎, KKnihy.cz, →ISBN, page 37:
      Bek, bek, povídá, zadupe kopýtky a kluše dál.
      Bek, bek, she says, stamps with her little hooves and keeps trotting.

References

  1. ↑ "bek" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 80.

Further reading

  • bek in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • bek in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛk
  • Audio(file)

Noun

bek m (plural bekken, diminutive bekje n)

  1. a bird's beak
  2. any animal's mouth (such as a snout)
  3. (informal) a human mouth
    Hou je bek!
    Shut your mouth!

Derived terms

  • op je bek gaan (“to fall, to trip over (so that fall is face-down)”, informal)

Verb

bek

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bekken
  2. imperative of bekken

Derived terms

Papiamentu

Etymology

From English back.

Adjective

bek

  1. back

Noun

bek

  1. back

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English bag.

Noun

bek

  1. bag

Etymology 2

From English back.

Adverb

bek

  1. back
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:19 (translation here):
      Na bai yu wok hat tru long kisim kaikai bilong yu na tuhat bai i kamap long pes bilong yu. Na bai yu hatwok oltaim inap yu dai na yu go bek long graun. Long wanem, mi bin wokim yu long graun, na bai yu go bek gen long graun.”
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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse bik, from Latin pix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪːk/, /bek/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

bek n

  1. pitch; A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
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