Back

Back

1. A surname.
2. A settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB4840).

• backite

From Middle Low German bak (“bowl, box, chest”), from Middle Dutch bak (modern Dutch bak), from Old French bac (“large bowl”). Related with Becken, but unrelated with Backbord.

The sense “dining table” is due to the fact that several sailors would eat from one bowl, so the word Back came to be used for the entire area that they shared. The sense “forecastle” might be a further generalisation because it is this part of the ship where the sailors ate and slept. Otherwise it could be derived from the sense “box, chest”.

• IPA^(key): /bak/

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Homophones: back, Bug (“computer bug”)

Back f (genitive Back, plural Backen)

1. (nautical) forecastle (raised part of the upper deck)
2. (nautical) a large wooden bowl in which the meal is served
3. (nautical) a dining table used by the crew of a ship, often foldable

Borrowed from English back. Doublet of Bache.

• IPA^(key): /bɛk/
• Homophones: Beck, -beck

Back m (strong, genitive Backs, plural Backs)

1. (Switzerland, otherwise obsolete, soccer) defender; back

   Synonyms: Abwehrspieler, Verteidiger

• IPA^(key): /bak/

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Homophones: back, Bug (“computer bug”)

Back m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Backs or (with an article) Back, feminine genitive Back, plural Backs)

1. a surname

• Back on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Back” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Back (Schüssel, Esstisch)” in Duden online
• “Back (Verteidiger im Fußball)” in Duden online