# frak
## English
### Alternative forms

* frack

### 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: /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

* fark

## 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: /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
* f-r-k
* 2 terms

### Etymology

From the Arabic root ف ر ك (f-r-k). Perhaps originally from a plural *أَفْراك (*ʔafrāk).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

* frakk

### 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)
* in good shape, healthy, strong

### 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: /ˈfrak/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ak
* Syllabification: frak

### Noun

frak m inan (diminutive fraczek)
* tailcoat

#### Related terms

* frakowy

### 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.