flak

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• /flæk/
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• rhymes with -æk
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• homophone: flack
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• CMU ARPABET: F L AE1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from German FlaK, short for Fliegerabwehrkanone (“anti airplane cannon”).

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: зенитно оръдие (zenitno orǎdie) — ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells
• Bulgarian: зенитка (zenitka) — ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells
• Chinese Mandarin: 高射炮 (gāoshèpào) — ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells
• Danish: antiluftskyts — ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells
• Dutch: luchtafweergeschut — ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells
• Finnish: ilmatorjuntatykki — ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells
• Finnish: ilmatorjuntatykistö — ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells
• French: lutte anti-aérienne — ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells
• French: DCA — ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells
• French: défense anti-aérienne — ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells
• German: Fliegerabwehrkanone — ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells
• German: Flugabwehrkanone — ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells
• Portuguese: bateria antiaérea — ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells
• Russian: зени́тное ору́дие (zenítnoje orúdije) — ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells
• Russian: зени́тка (zenítka) — ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells
• Serbo-Croatian: protuzračna artiljerija — ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells
• Serbo-Croatian: protivvazdušna artiljerija — ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells
• Spanish: fuego antiaéreo — ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells
• Danish: antiluftskytsgranat — anti-aircraft shell fire
• Dutch: luchtafweergranaten — anti-aircraft shell fire
• Finnish: ilmatorjuntatuli — anti-aircraft shell fire
• Spanish: fuego antiaéreo — anti-aircraft shell fire
• Catalan: critica adversa — adverse criticism
• Dutch: afbrekende kritiek — adverse criticism
• Finnish: tykitys — adverse criticism
• Italian: criticismo avverso — adverse criticism
• Italian: critica avversa — adverse criticism
• Portuguese: crítica — adverse criticism
• Russian: перекрёстный ого́нь (perekrjóstnyj ogónʹ) — adverse criticism
• Russian: разно́с (raznós) — adverse criticism
• Russian: взбу́чка (vzbúčka) — adverse criticism
• Russian: втык (vtyk) — adverse criticism
• Russian: вы́волочка (vývoločka) — adverse criticism
• Serbo-Croatian: oštra kritika — adverse criticism
• Spanish: criticismo adverso — adverse criticism
• Dutch: woordvoerder — a public-relations spokesperson
• Serbo-Croatian: glasnogovornik — a public-relations spokesperson
• Serbo-Croatian: glasnogovornica — a public-relations spokesperson