adj
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of Barack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
barack
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈbɒɹətsk/
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US: /bəˈɹæk/
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UK: /bəˈɹak
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UK: -ˈɹɑːk/
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UK: /ˈbaɹak/
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US: /bəˈɹɑk/
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CMU ARPABET: B AA1 R AH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: B AE0 R AA1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
A pun on the first name of United States President Barack Obama and back, often used in the phrase "we're so Barack" ("we're so back"). Formed antonymically to "it's Joever" ("it's over").
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, humorous, predicative
Examples
- It was so Joever, but now we're so Barack.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: Joever
name
Meaning 3
A male given name from Arabic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
Hungarian apricot brandy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Anglicized spelling, used by Luo speakers, of Barak, ostensibly as an Old Testament name. A cognate of the biblical Baruch.
From Hungarian barack (“apricot, peach”), probably an ellipsis of barackpálinka, a compound with pálinka (“brandy”).
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: بَارَاك (bārāk) — male given name
- Armenian: Բարաք (Barakʻ) — male given name
- Belarusian: Бара́к (Barák) — male given name
- Bulgarian: Бара́к (Barák) — male given name
- Cherokee: Ꮖ̃ᎳᎩ (quãlagi) — male given name
- Chinese Mandarin: 巴拉克 (Bālākè) — male given name
- Esperanto: Barako — male given name
- Finnish: Barack (of Obama) — male given name
- Georgian: ბარაკ (baraḳ) — male given name
- German: Barack — male given name
- Greek: Μπαράκ (Barák) — male given name
- Hebrew: ברק (barák) — male given name
- Hebrew: ברוך (barukh) — male given name
- Hindi: बराक (barāk) — male given name
- Japanese: バラク (Baraku) — male given name
- Korean: 버락 (Beorak) — male given name
- Lithuanian: Barackas — male given name
- Macedonian: Бара́к (Barák) — male given name
- Marathi: बराक (barāk) — male given name
- Nepali: बराक (barāk) — male given name
- Persian: باراک (bârâk) — male given name
- Portuguese: Barack — male given name
- Russian: Бара́к (Barák) — male given name
- Serbo-Croatian: Барак — male given name
- Serbo-Croatian: Barack — male given name
- Serbo-Croatian: Barak — male given name
- Thai: บารัก (baarák) — male given name
- Turkish: Burak — male given name
- Ukrainian: Бара́к (Barák) — male given name
- Urdu: براک (barāk) — male given name
- Uyghur: باراك (barak) — male given name
- Vietnamese: Ba-rắc — male given name
Real reading context