prank

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /pɹæŋk/ without æ-raising
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈpɹwæŋk] without æ-raising
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• British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard: /pɹaŋk/
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• Scotland, Wales: /pɾaŋk/
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• /pɹeɪ̯ŋk/ US, Canada, æ-raising
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• [ˈpɹweɪ̯ŋk] ~ [ˈpɹwɛ̃ŋk] US, Canada, æ-raising
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• Australian: /pɹæːŋk/
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• Australian: [ˈpɹwæːŋk]
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• Australian: [ˈpɹwɛːŋk] ~ [ˈpɹweːŋk] æ-raising
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• New-Zealand: /pɹɛŋk/
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• rhymes with -æŋk
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AE1 NG K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English pranken (“to adorn, arrange one's attire”), probably from Middle Dutch pronken, proncken (“to flaunt, make a show, arrange one's attire”), related to German prangen (“to make a show, be resplendent”), Dutch prangen (“to squeeze, press”), Danish pragt (“pomp, splendor”), all from Proto-Germanic *pranganą, *prangijaną, *prag- (“to press, squeeze, thring”), from Proto-Indo-European *brengh- (“to press, squeeze”). Or, perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *brahtaz, similar to Dutch pracht (“splendor”), Swedish prakt (“glory, pomp”) (loaned from Low German). Cognate with Middle Low German prunken (“to flaunt”), German prunken (“to flaunt”), Danish prunke (“to make a show, prank”). Sense of "mischievous act" from earlier verbal sense of "to be crafty or subtle, set in order, adjust". See also prink, prance, prong.

170 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: poets — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Afrikaans: grap — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Albanian: rreng — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Arabic: مَقْلَب (maqlab) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Arabic: مَقْلَب (maglab) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Armenian: օյին (ōyin) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Azerbaijani: şuluqluq — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Azerbaijani: dəcəllik — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Azerbaijani: nadinclik — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Basque: bihurrikeria — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Basque: deabrukeria — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Belarusian: вы́брык (výbryk) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Belarusian: вы́хадка (výxadka) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Belarusian: сваво́льства (svavólʹstva) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Belarusian: жарт (žart) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Belarusian: ро́зыгрыш (rózyhryš) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Belarusian: пранк (prank) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Bulgarian: шега́ (šegá) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Bulgarian: лудори́я (ludoríja) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Bulgarian: майта́п (majtáp) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Catalan: malifeta — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡作劇 /恶作剧 (èzuòjù) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Czech: kanadský žert — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Czech: šprým — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Czech: špás — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Czech: fígl — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Dutch: streek — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Dutch: grap — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Esperanto: bubaĵo — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Esperanto: petolo — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Estonian: temp — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Estonian: vemp — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Finnish: kepponen — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Finnish: jäynä — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Finnish: pila — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Finnish: kuje — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Finnish: jekku — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Finnish: metku — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Finnish: kolttonen — practical joke or mischievous trick
• French: farce — practical joke or mischievous trick
• French: tour — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Galician: trasnada — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Galician: falcatrúa — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Galician: falcatruada — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Galician: aduanada — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Georgian: ოინი (oini) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• German: Streich — practical joke or mischievous trick
• German: Schabernack — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Greek: φάρσα (fársa) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Hawaiian: kēpuka — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Hebrew: מְתִיחָה (metikhá) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Hindi: लंगराई (laṅgrāī) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Hungarian: kópéság — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Hungarian: huncutság — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Hungarian: csínytevés — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Hungarian: hecc — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Hungarian: csíny — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Icelandic: hrekkur — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Ingrian: koirus — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Irish: cleas — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Italian: burla — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Italian: beffa — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Italian: vigliaccata — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Italian: scherzo meschino — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Japanese: 悪戯 (itazura) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Japanese: 悪ふざけ (warufuzake) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Japanese: どっきり (dokkiri) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Kabuverdianu: txakóta — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Kabuverdianu: txokóta — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Korean: 장난 (jangnan) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Korean: 농담 (nongdam) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Latvian: draiskulība — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Latvian: nerātnība — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Macedonian: ма́јтап (májtap) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Macedonian: ше́га (šéga) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Māori: māminga — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Norwegian Bokmål: ablegøyer — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ablegøyer — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rampestrek — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pøbelstrek — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Plautdietsch: Spos — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Polish: figiel — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Polish: kawał — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Portuguese: travessura — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Portuguese: trote — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Portuguese: pegadinha — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Romanian: farsă — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Romanian: poznă — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Russian: вы́ходка (výxodka) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Russian: прока́за (prokáza) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Russian: ша́лость (šálostʹ) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Russian: проде́лка (prodélka) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Russian: шу́тка (šútka) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Russian: пранк (prank) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Russian: ро́зыгрыш (rózygryš) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Scottish Gaelic: cleas — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Serbo-Croatian: пси̏на — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Serbo-Croatian: псине — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Serbo-Croatian: ша́ла — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Serbo-Croatian: psȉna — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Serbo-Croatian: psine — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Slovak: špás — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Slovak: fígeľ — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Slovak: žart — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Slovak: huncútstvo — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Slovene: šala — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Slovene: hec — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: travesura — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: broma — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: inocentada — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: jaimitada — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: diablura — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: picardía — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: trastada — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: jarana — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: chanza — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: chacota — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: cuchufleta — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: guasa — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: chirigota — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: trebejo — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: changoneta — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: chafa — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: chufla — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: trampucheta — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Spanish: cabuleo — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Swedish: hyss — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Swedish: streck — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Swedish: bus — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Swedish: busstreck — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Swedish: spratt — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Thai: กลอุบาย (gon-ù-baai) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Turkish: muziplik — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Turkish: eşek şakası — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Turkish: şaka — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Ottoman Turkish: اویون (oyun) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Ottoman Turkish: شقا (şaka) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Ottoman Turkish: لطیفه (latife) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Ukrainian: ро́зіграш (rózihraš) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Ukrainian: жарт (žart) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Ukrainian: фі́гель (fíhelʹ) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Ukrainian: ви́брик (výbryk) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Ukrainian: пранк (prank) — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Vietnamese: trò chơi khăm — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Welsh: pranc — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Welsh: cast — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Welsh: cestyn — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Welsh: rhosb — practical joke or mischievous trick
• Afrikaans: poets bak — perform a joke on
• Armenian: գժվցնել (gžvcʻnel) — perform a joke on
• Bulgarian: занасям (zanasjam) — perform a joke on
• Finnish: jekuttaa — perform a joke on
• German: veralbern — perform a joke on
• German: veräppeln — perform a joke on
• Icelandic: hrekkja — perform a joke on
• Macedonian: се ма́јтапи (se májtapi) — perform a joke on
• Macedonian: ма́јтапи (májtapi) — perform a joke on
• Māori: māminga — perform a joke on
• Romanian: păcăli — perform a joke on
• Romanian: trage pe sfoară — perform a joke on
• Spanish: embromar — perform a joke on
• Spanish: chancear — perform a joke on
• Spanish: guasear — perform a joke on
• Spanish: jaranear — perform a joke on
• Spanish: cabulear — perform a joke on
• Spanish: gastarle una broma a — perform a joke on
• Swedish: busa med — perform a joke on
• Ottoman Turkish: لطیفه ایتمك (latife etmek) — perform a joke on
• Vietnamese: chơi khăm — perform a joke on
• Welsh: castio — perform a joke on