barak

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Central Cagayan Agta

Noun

barak

  1. piglet

Danish

Noun

barak

  1. barrack

Declension

Declension of barak
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative barak barakken barakker barakkerne
genitive baraks barakkens barakkers barakkernes

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

barak

  1. piglet

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːˈɹɑk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧rak
  • Rhymes: -ɑk

Noun

barak f (plural barakken, diminutive barakje n)

  1. barracks (housing for (garrisoned) soldiers)
  2. barrack (building used for housing in a (concentration) camp)
  3. (Belgium) shed, shelter
  4. barrack (any relatively primitive temporary building, especially used for housing)
  5. (historical) field hospital
  6. (historical) temporary building to house, treat or isolate patients of contagious diseases, especially cholera

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Descendants

  • → Caribbean Javanese: barag, mbarag
  • → Indonesian: barak
  • → Papiamentu: barak

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch barak, from French baraque, from Spanish barraca, from Catalan barraca, diminutive of barra (“clay, mud”), from Vulgar Latin *barrum, probably ultimately from Celtiberian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ba‧rak

Noun

barak (first-person possessive barakku, second-person possessive barakmu, third-person possessive baraknya)

  1. barracks
  2. shed
  3. (healthcare, medicine, rare) ward

Alternative forms

  • bérék (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

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Derived terms

Further reading

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from French baraque, from Valencian barraca.

Pronunciation

Noun

barak m inan (diminutive baraczek)

  1. barrack, shack, shanty (simple, 1-story, usually temporary structure)

Declension

Declension of barak
singular plural
nominative barak baraki
genitive baraku baraków
dative barakowi barakom
accusative barak baraki
instrumental barakiem barakami
locative baraku barakach
vocative baraku baraki

Derived terms

adjective
nouns

Further reading

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