"fack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: facks [plural]
Rhymes: -æk Etymology: From Middle English *fak, fec, fæc (“space, compartment”), from Old English fæc (“space of time, while, division, interval; period of five years, lustrum”), from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką (“division, department, space”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-, *paǵ- (“to fasten, fix”). Cognate with West Frisian fek, Dutch vak (“section, compartment”), German Fach (“compartment”), Swedish fack (“compartment, box, department”), Latin pangō (“fasten, fix”). Doublet of Fach. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peh₂ǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|*fak}} Middle English *fak, {{m|enm|fec}} fec, {{m|enm|fæc|t=space, compartment}} fæc (“space, compartment”), {{inh|en|ang|fæc|t=space of time, while, division, interval; period of five years, lustrum}} Old English fæc (“space of time, while, division, interval; period of five years, lustrum”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*fak}} Proto-West Germanic *fak, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*faką|t=division, department, space}} Proto-Germanic *faką (“division, department, space”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*peh₂ǵ-|*peh₂ǵ-, *paǵ-|to fasten, fix}} Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-, *paǵ- (“to fasten, fix”), {{cog|fy|fek}} West Frisian fek, {{cog|nl|vak|t=section, compartment}} Dutch vak (“section, compartment”), {{cog|de|Fach|t=compartment}} German Fach (“compartment”), {{cog|sv|fack|t=compartment, box, department}} Swedish fack (“compartment, box, department”), {{cog|la|pangō|t=fasten, fix}} Latin pangō (“fasten, fix”), {{doublet|en|Fach}} Doublet of Fach Head templates: {{en-noun}} fack (plural facks)
  1. (UK dialectal) One of the four stomachs of a ruminating animal; rumen; paunch. Tags: UK, dialectal Synonyms: fec [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-fack-en-noun-vJngREus Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: facks [present, singular, third-person], facking [participle, present], facked [participle, past], facked [past]
Rhymes: -æk Head templates: {{en-verb}} fack (third-person singular simple present facks, present participle facking, simple past and past participle facked)
  1. (UK, Cockney, vulgar) Pronunciation spelling of fuck. Tags: Cockney, UK, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, vulgar Alternative form of: fuck
    Sense id: en-fack-en-verb-CLJflZSr Categories (other): British English, Cockney English, English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fack meaning in English (4.5kB)

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