kwak

See also: Kwak and kwāk

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʋɑk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kwak
  • Rhymes: -ɑk

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

kwak

  1. quack (sound of quacking by ducks)
    Synonym: kwaak

Noun

kwak m (plural kwakken, diminutive kwakje n)

  1. quack (the sound made by ducks or croaking by frogs and toads)
    Synonym: kwaak

Etymology 2

From kwakken (to dump, to throw, to smack), from Proto-Germanic *kwakōną, probably ultimately imitative. Related to Old English cwacian.

Noun

kwak m (plural kwakken, diminutive kwakje n or kwakkie n)

  1. a small pile or heap
  2. (slang) cum, sperm; a pile of sperm

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic, after its call.

Noun

kwak m (plural kwakken)

  1. a night heron, any bird of Nycticorax
  2. (particularly) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    Synonym: blauwe kwak
Derived terms
  • blauwe kwak

Further reading

Kumeyaay

Pronunciation

Noun

kwak

  1. deer.

Palikur

Noun

kwak n

  1. manioc meal/flour

References

  • Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkfak/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: kwak
  • Homophone: Kwak

Noun

kwak m inan

  1. quack (sound made by a duck)
    Synonym: kwakanie

Declension

Further reading

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