bak

bak (not comparable)

1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of back.

• BKA, kab

bak

1. trunk (of a tree)

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

• IPA^(key): /bak/

From Dutch bak, from French bac.

bak (plural bakke, diminutive bakkie)

1. covered bowl, basin
2. tub, vat

From Dutch bakken, from Middle Dutch backen.

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

1. to bake
2. to fry

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”).

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

1. belly, stomach

• bark
• lukth

• bakull

• bukur

• IPA^(key): /bɑk/

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• Hyphenation: bak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

From French bac

bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)

1. a container, such as a box, a crate, a tray or a tub
2. (Netherlands) a drinking vessel, usually a cup or mug
3. (colloquial) a vehicle, a car

• → Sranan Tongo: baki
• → Indonesian: bak, baki

bak

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

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.

bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)

1. pork: the meat of a pig
2. a pig

bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)

1. Abbreviation of versnellingsbak.

• handbak

bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)

1. a joke, crack

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

bak n (genitive singular baks, plural bøk)

1. back

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

From German Bock (“buck”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒk]

bak (plural bakok)

1. buck

• baklövés
• bűnbak

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

• IPA^(key): /paːk/
• Rhymes: -aːk

bak n (genitive singular baks, nominative plural bök)

1. (anatomy) back
2. back, backside

• ber er hver að baki, nema sér bróður eigi
• stólbak

• IPA^(key): /bak/
• Hyphenation: bak

bak

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

From Dutch bak (“container, vessel”).

• IPA^(key): /bɑk/
• Hyphenation: bak

bak

1. container.
2. water container.

From Min Nan 墨 (ba̍k, “Chinese ink”).

• IPA^(key): /bak/
• Hyphenation: bak

bak

1. black Chinese ink.

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /bak/
• Hyphenation: bak

bak

1. sound of slapping or punching.

• “bak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

bak

1. second-person singular imperative of baken

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

• bac, bacc, back, backe, bakke, bakk, bake

• IPA^(key): /bak/

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.

   1. (figuratively) 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)

• abak
• bakbon
• bak side
• bakward
• thornbak

• English: back
• Scots: back, bak, bake

• “bak (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-12.

• beli
• behinde

A shortening of Old Swedish nattbakka.

bak (plural bakkes)

1. Alternative form of bakke (“bat”)

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

bak

1. at the back, behind

   bak fram - back to front

   for langt bak - too far back / behind

bak

1. behind

   bak kulissene - behind the scenes

bak m (definite singular baken, indefinite plural baker, definite plural bakene)

1. (anatomy) behind, bottom, backside

   et spark bak - a kick in / up the backside (etc.)

2. back, rear, seat (of trousers)
3. buttocks

bak

1. imperative of bake

• “bak” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /bɑːk/

bak

1. at the back, behind

   bak fram - back to front

   for langt bak - too far back / behind

bak

1. behind

   bak kulissane - behind the scenes

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)

• “bak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *baką.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑk/

bak n

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

• Middle Low German: bak

• IPA^(key): /bak/

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bak m inan

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

• zbiornik

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

• IPA^(key): /bɑːk/

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bak (not comparable)

1. behind, at the back

• fram

• bakom
• bakre (adjective)
• bakerst (adverb)
• bakersta (adjective)
• bakerste (adjective)

bak

1. (dated) behind, 'hind

   när månen döljer sig bak vinrankan

   when the moon hides 'hind the grape vine

bak n or c

1. backside, bottom c
2. baking n

   Inget doftar som mors bak.

   Nothing smells like mom's baking.

bak

1. look

• (Zinacantán) IPA^(key): /ɓäkʰ/

bak

1. bone

• kʼatin bak

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

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

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

bak (old orthography 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

From a dialect of Chinese 百 (bǎi).

bak (old orthography bak)

1. hundred