frak
English
Alternative forms
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
- IPA(key): /fɹæk/
- Rhymes: -æk
Verb
frak (third-person singular simple present fraks, present participle frakking, simple past and past participle frakked)
- (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
Synonyms
- eff, feck, frack, frig; see also Thesaurus:copulate or Thesaurus:copulate with
See also
- Appendix:Fictional English curse words
References
- Frak (expletive)
- Frack
- Battlestarwiki frak.
- Battlestarwiki frack
Anagrams
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/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: frak
- Rhymes: -ɑk
Noun
frak m (plural frakken, diminutive frakje n or fraksken n)
- (Belgium) a coat, a overcoat (item of apparel)
- De frakken hangen aan de kapstok.
- The coats are at the coatstand.
- (Netherlands) a chic jacket with long coattails
Synonyms
- (coat): jas
Maltese
Root |
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f-r-k |
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Etymology
From the Arabic root ف ر ك (f r k). Perhaps originally from a plural *أَفْراك (*ʔafrāk).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fraːk/
Noun
frak m (collective, singulative farka, paucal farkiet)
- crumb(s)
- 2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:
- f’żarbun ġa ssikkat. irkiekel dahri
tat-terrakotta - ’kk tmisshom,
isiru frak. dil-belt tentakli waħedha -
għoddha qalftitni fatat.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- a small quantity [with object]
- frak ġobon ― a little bit of cheese.
Adverb
frak
- a bit, a little bit
- somewhat
- frak tari ― somewhat tender
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
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)
References
- “frak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary..
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
- IPA(key): /ˈfrak/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: frak
Noun
frak m inan (diminutive fraczek)
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- frak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- frak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Sranan Tongo
Determiner
frak
- (with indefinite article) (a) lot
- Lanti kisi wan frak kragi. ― The Government has received a lot of complaints.