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English

Etymology

Adjective

brak (comparative more brak, superlative most brak)

1. (South Africa) Brackish.
   • 1995, Bill Sheat, Gerald Schofield, Complete Gardening in Southern Africa (page 437)

     Brak soils, which continue to be a subject of research, are unlikely to provide a major stumbling block […] However, brak conditions and their effects underline many of the principles of good soil management […]

Anagrams

• bark, kbar, krab

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

German Brack (“defective goods, defect, flaw”).

Noun

brak

1. defect

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /br?k/
• Hyphenation: brak
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch brac. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

brak (comparative brakker, superlative brakst)

1. brackish
2. (colloquial) bad
3. (colloquial) hung over

Inflection

Derived terms

• brakheid
• uitbrakken

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch bracke. Compare German Bracke, French braque, English brach, Italian bracco, Spanish braco. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

brak m or f (plural brakken, diminutive brakje n)

1. hound, brach (of either sex)

   Synonym: jachthond

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

brak

1. singular past indicative of breken

Anagrams

• bark, krab

Gothic

Romanization

brak

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse brak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pra?k/

  Rhymes: -a?k

Noun

brak n (genitive singular braks, no plural)

1. crash, din
2. wreckage, broken wood, etc.

Declension

Derived terms

• brak og brestir (a colossal din)

Polish

Etymology

From Middle Low German brak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brak/

Noun

brak m inan

1. lack, dearth, scarcity
2. defect

Declension

Verb

brak (defective verb)

1. there is/are no; is/are wanting

Conjugation

Further reading

• brak in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• brak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bork?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brâ?k/

Noun

br?k m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. marriage

Declension

Derived terms

• br??n?

Uzbek

Etymology

From Russian ???? (brak), from Polish brak, from Middle Low German brak (“flaw, defect; breaking”).

Noun

brak (plural braklar)

1. reject, defective product

Declension

* Note: The type of possessive is not specified.

English

Etymology 1

Shortening.

Noun

brek (countable and uncountable, plural breks)

1. (informal) breakfast

Etymology 2

Verb

brek

1. Pronunciation spelling of break.

Anagrams

• Berk, berk, kerb

Czech

Alternative forms

• brekot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?br?k]
• Hyphenation: brek

Noun

brek m inan

1. crying

Declension

Synonyms

• plá?, brekot, bek

Related terms

• bre?et

Further reading

• brek in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• brek in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Faroese

Noun

brek n (genitive singular breks, plural brek)

1. defect
2. disability
3. infirmity
4. hindrance
5. (computing) bug

Declension

Icelandic

Noun

brek n (genitive singular breks, nominative plural brek)

1. (uncountable) trickery
2. (countable) practical joke

Declension

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bre?k/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

brek n (definite singular breket, indefinite plural brek, definite plural breka)

1. a bleat

Verb

brek

1. imperative of breka

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

brek c (plural brekken, diminutive brekje)

1. break, fracture
2. fraction

Further reading

• “brek (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011