bach

See also: Bach, bách, bạch, and bac̱h

English

Etymology

Probable shortening of bachelor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bætʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ætʃ

Noun

bach (plural baches)

  1. (New Zealand, northern) A holiday home, usually small and near the beach, often with only one or two rooms and of simple construction.

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Translations

Verb

bach (third-person singular simple present baches, present participle baching, simple past and past participle bached)

  1. (US) To live apart from women, as during the period when a divorce is in progress. (Compare bachelor pad.)

Anagrams

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baːχ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *bɨx, from Proto-Celtic *bikkos.

Adjective

bach (feminine singular bach, plural bach, equative bached, comparative llai, superlative lleiaf)

  1. small, little, short
    Na, rwy'n mynd ar y trên bach. ― No, I'm taking the little train.
    [1]
  2. not fully-grown or developed, young
  3. insignificant, unimportant, humble
  4. small (of business, etc.)
  5. lowercase (of letter)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Old Welsh bach, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos, from Proto-Indo-European *bak-.

Noun

bach m or f (plural bachau)

  1. hook
  2. bend, corner
  3. hinge
  4. bracket
Derived terms
  • bach cyrliog
  • bach petryal

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
bach fach mach unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. They Thought You'd Say This
  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “bach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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