frak

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English

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Etymology

Coined by an author of Battlestar Galactica (TV series). It was English frack in the original series. Changed to frak in the later series to be a four-letter word. (Compare English fraked (“evil, wicked”) and English frakel (“vile, foul, wretched, worthless”))

Pronunciation

Verb

frak (third-person singular simple present fraks, present participle frakking, simple past and past participle frakked)

  1. (slang, euphemistic) Fuck.
    • 2007, Tara McCarthy, Wouldn't Miss It for the World, page 258:
      “What the frak, Dan?”
    • 2010, John Green, David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson:
      And I say, “Where the frak did everyone get a fake ID anyway?”
    • 2011, Diana Rowland, Secrets of the Demon:
      Her frizzy blond hair was pulled up into a twist on top of her head, and she had on billowing hakama pants that nearly overwhelmed her skinny frame and a gray T-shirt that said FRAK OFF

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French frac or German Frack (itself from French), from English frock, from Middle English frok, from Old French froc, from Frankish *hrokk. Doublet with Dutch rok.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frɑk/
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  • Hyphenation: frak
  • Rhymes: -ɑk

Noun

frak m (plural frakken, diminutive frakje n or fraksken n)

  1. (Belgium) A coat, a overcoat (item of apparel).
    De frakken hangen aan de kapstok.
    The coats are at the coatstand.
  2. (Netherlands) A chic jacket with long coattails.

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Maltese

Root
f-r-k
2 terms

Etymology

From the Arabic root ف ر ك (f-r-k). Perhaps originally from a plural *أَفْراك (*ʔafrāk).

Pronunciation

Noun

frak m (collective, singulative farka, paucal farkiet)

  1. crumb(s)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Middle Norwegian frakker, possibly from Old Norse frakkr (“brave”). Related to frekk. Compare with Icelandic frakkur.

Adjective

frak (neuter frakt, definite singular and plural frake, comparative frakare, indefinite superlative frakast, definite superlative frakaste)

  1. in good shape, healthy, strong

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Polish

Etymology

Derived from Old French froc, from Frankish *hrokk, from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *rukn-, *ruk-, *rug-, *ruǵ-. Doublet of rok.

Pronunciation

Noun

frak m inan (diminutive fraczek)

  1. tailcoat

Declension

Declension of frak
singular plural
nominative frak fraki
genitive fraku fraków
dative frakowi frakom
accusative frak fraki
instrumental frakiem frakami
locative fraku frakach
vocative fraku fraki

Related terms

adjective

Further reading

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

Sranan Tongo

Determiner

frak

  1. (with indefinite article) (a) lot
    Lanti kisi wan frak kragi. ― The Government has received a lot of complaints.
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