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English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From English hydrofracking.
Verb
frac (third-person singular simple present fracs, present participle fraccing, simple past and past participle fracced)
- (oil industry) To use hydraulic fracturing (fraccing)
2011, Arrow, “Fraccing”, in Arrow Energy (html), archived from the original on 22 January 2012:To date, Arrow has only fracced about 2.5 percent of its wells ...
Adjective
frac
- (oil industry) Relating to or denoting hydraulic fracturing
2012 January 3, Ralph Benko, “Daniel Yergin's The Quest”, in Forbes:More than a million wells have been fracced in the United States since the first frac job six decades ago.
2012 January 26, Jonathan Fahey, “No energy industry backing for the word 'fracking'”, in Yahoo News:The drilling industry has generally spelled the word without a "K," using terms like "frac job" or "frac fluid."
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of frac job.
Noun
frac (plural fracs)
- (oil industry) Frac job.
1976, United States. Energy Research and Development Administration, Bartlesville Energy Technology Center, United States. Dept. of Energy. Division of Oil, Gas, and Shale Technology, United States. Division of Oil, Gas, Shale, and In Situ Technology, United States. Dept. of Energy. Division of Fossil Fuel Extraction, “NATURAL BUTTES UNIT, UINTAH COUNTY, UTAH, MASSIVE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING DEMONSTRATION”, in Contracts for cooperative and supporting research on enhanced oil and gas recovery and improved drilling methods, volumes 7-10:A program summary showing the type and volume of fluid and the size and amount of sand that is planned for the eight fracs is shown in table 1.
Etymology 3
Abbreviation of fracture.
Noun
frac (plural fracs)
- Fracture.
- Fracturing.
Etymology 4
Abbreviation of fraction.
Noun
frac (plural fracs)
- Fraction
- Fractioning
Derived terms
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From English frock.
Pronunciation
Noun
frac m (plural fracs)
- white tie and tails
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French frac.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfrak/
- Rhymes: -ak
- Hyphenation: fràc
Noun
frac m (invariable)
- morning dress, tailcoat, white tie and tails
References
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *wrakkā, probably related to *grúac (“hair”); for similar sense development, see Scottish Gaelic gruagach (“maiden, woman”), which evolved from gruag, as unmarried women did not cover their hair.
Compare Welsh gwraig and Breton gwreg.
Pronunciation
Noun
frac f
- woman
- Synonyms: banscál, ben
Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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fracL
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fraicL
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fracaH
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Vocative
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fracL
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fraicL
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fracaH
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Accusative
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fraicN
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fraicL
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fracaH
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Genitive
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fraiceH
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fracL
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fracN
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Dative
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fraicL
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fracaib
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fracaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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frac
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ḟrac
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frac pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “frac”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page gruag
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwraig”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Garnett, R. (1859). The Philological Essays of the Late Rev. Richard Garnett, of the British Museum. United Kingdom: Williams and Norgate, p. 159
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French frac.
Noun
frac n (plural fracuri)
- white tie and tails
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French frac.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɾak/
- Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: frac
Noun
frac m (plural fracs or fraques)
- tailcoat
Further reading