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Is bac a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bac is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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3-letter words (2 found)

BAC,CAB,

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AB,BA,

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Definitions and meaning of bac

bac

Translingual

Symbol

bac

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Baduy.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Baduy terms

English

Etymology 1

From French bac.

Noun

bac (plural bacs)

  1. A broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
  2. A vat or cistern.

Etymology 2

Noun

bac (plural bacs)

  1. Clipping of baccalaureate.
Derived terms
  • post-bac

Anagrams

  • B. C. A., B.C.A., cab, Cab, CBA, A.B.C., ABC, cba, A. B. C., BCA, CAB

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • bacë

Etymology

  1. Borrowed from South Slavic *bat'a rather than cognate with it.
  2. From Proto-Albanian *batja. According to Orel bac/bacë could be related to Proto-Slavic *bat'a (“elder brother, uncle”) and Proto-Slavic *batja (“id”). Source of Romanian baci (“chief shepherd, cheese-maker”) and Megleno-Romanian/Aromanian batš (“id”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bat͡s]

Noun

bac m (plural bacë, definite baca, definite plural bacët)

  1. elder brother
  2. uncle

References

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbak]

Etymology 1

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. alternative form of obac (“shady spot”)

Etymology 2

Cognate with French bac.

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. vat
  2. ferry

Further reading

  • “bac”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbat͡s]

Verb

bac

  1. second-person singular imperative of bacit

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bak/
  • Homophone: BAC

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French bac, from Old French bas, bac- (“flat boat”), of obscure origin. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *baccu (“container”), from Latin bacar (“kind of wine glass”). Or, possibly borrowed from Celtic or Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *baką (“back, rear”).

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. ferry
  2. vat
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Catalan: bac
  • → Dutch: bak
    • Afrikaans: bak
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: baksi
    • Negerhollands: bak
      • → Virgin Islands Creole: bak, baks (archaic)
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: báki
    • → Caribbean Javanese: bak, bag
    • → Indonesian: bak, baki
      • → Javanese: ꦧꦏꦶ (baki)
      • → Ternate: baki
    • → Javanese: ꦧꦏ꧀ (bak)
    • → Papiamentu: baki (from the diminutive)
    • → Sranan Tongo: baki
      • → Caribbean Javanese: baki
  • → English: bac

Etymology 2

Clipping of baccalauréat.

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. (informal) high school exit exam in France; A level, matura
Related terms
  • bachelier

Further reading

  • “bac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • abc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bacc (“angle, bend, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”).

The verb is from Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Aran) IPA(key): /bˠɑk/
  • (Cois Fharraige, Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /bˠak/

Noun

bac m (genitive singular baic, nominative plural baic)

  1. barrier, block, balk, hindrance
  2. bottleneck, trap
  3. blocking, obstruction
  4. constraint, handicap, impediment, encumbrance
  5. stop
  6. mattock
  7. bend (in river, etc.)
  8. (door-)step
  9. (law) stay (of proceedings)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • →⇒ English: bocky

Verb

bac (present analytic bacann, future analytic bacfaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bactha) (ambitransitive)

  1. to obstruct, block
  2. (intransitive) to interfere [with le ‘with’]

Conjugation

  • Alternative verbal noun: bacáil (Ulster)

Descendants

  • → English: bock

Mutation

References

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle English

Noun

bac

  1. alternative form of bak (“back”)

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bac.

Noun

bac n (plural bacuri)

  1. ferry
Declension

Etymology 2

Clipping of bacalaureat

Noun

bac n (plural bacuri)

  1. baccalaureat
Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from bacc (“angle, bend, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”).

Noun

bac m (genitive singular baca or baic, plural bacan)

  1. delay, obstacle, hindrance
  2. peat bank
  3. sandbank

Verb

bac (past bhac, future bacaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bacte)

  1. to prevent, hinder, obstruct, restrain

Derived terms

  • bac an tùs

Mutation

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bak/

Noun

bac

  1. soft mutation of pac

Mutation


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