barak

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See also: Barak, barák, Barák, and bar-ak

Central Cagayan Agta

Noun

barak

  1. piglet

Danish

Noun

barak

  1. barrack

Declension

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

barak

  1. piglet

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːˈrɑk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧rak
  • Rhymes: -ɑk

Noun

barak f (plural barakken, diminutive barakje n)

  1. barracks (housing for (garrisoned) soldiers)
  2. barrack (building used for housing in a (concentration) camp)
  3. (Belgium) shed, shelter
  4. barrack (any relatively primitive temporary building, especially used for housing)
  5. (historical) field hospital
  6. (historical) temporary building to house, treat or isolate patients of contagious diseases, especially cholera

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Caribbean Javanese: barag, mbarag
  • Indonesian: barak
  • Papiamentu: barak

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch barak, from French baraque, from Spanish barraca, from Catalan barraca, diminutive of barra (clay, mud), from Vulgar Latin *barrum, probably ultimately from Celtiberian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbarak̚]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧rak

Noun

barak (first-person possessive barakku, second-person possessive barakmu, third-person possessive baraknya)

  1. barracks
  2. shed
  3. (healthcare, medicine, rare) ward

Alternative forms

  • bérék (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from French baraque, from Valencian barraca.

Pronunciation

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Noun

barak m inan (diminutive baraczek)

  1. barrack, shack, shanty (simple, 1-story, usually temporary structure)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns

Further reading

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