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Definition: Arak |
ArakNoun1. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "arak" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1915. (references) |
Synonym: ArakSynonym: arrack (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Arak |
| English words defined with "arak": hoot. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Arak" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (arrack, rack), Dutch (arrack, rack), Hungarian (arak), Indonesian (arrack, geneva, gin, liquor, rice wine), Serbo-Croatian (quire), Turkmen (vodka). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Arak" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "Arak" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 91.67% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 8.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
arak iran | 95 |
arak | 30 |
arak pacha | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "arak"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | arrak (arrack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | arraki (arrack), arrack (arrack), arak (arrack, rack), raki (arrack, raki). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | arrakki (arrack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | arrac (arrack), arak (arrack), arac (arrack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Arrak (arrack, rack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αράκ (arrack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rizspálinka (arrack, rack, sake), arak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | arac (arrack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | アラタ" (arrack or arak, corpus allatum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | アラック (arrack or arak). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arakay arak (arrack), aguardente de arroz (arrack). (various references) arrac (arrack), aguardiente de arroz (arrack). (various references) arrak (arrack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "arak": araks. (additional references) | |
Words containing "arak": karakul, karakuls, parakeet, parakeets, parakite, parakites. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "arak" (pronounced 'Ar"ak'): kayak. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-k-r" | |
-1 letter: ark. | |
-2 letters: aa, ar, ka. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-k-r" | |
+1 letter: araks, kabar, karat, karma, kraal, makar, parka. | |
+2 letters: anorak, arrack, carack, chakra, charka, kabars, kantar, karate, karats, karmas, kraals, makars, markka, parkas. | |
+3 letters: airpark, amtrack, anoraks, arabesk, arracks, autarky, awkward, barrack, bidarka, caracks, carrack, chakras, charkas, charkha, clarkia, earmark, hatrack, hayrack, kantars, karakul, karaoke, karates, kayaker, khaddar, kithara, kraaled, lashkar, malarky, markkaa, markkas, mazurka, palikar, paprika, parkway, partake, ransack, reawake, seamark, tanbark, tankard. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 72 61 6B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-. .- -.- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110010 01100001 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A r a k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0072 0061 006B |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35846777 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, dinamarquês, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, holandês, holandés, holländsk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, francés, fransk, franska |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, alemán, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", grego, griego, grek |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, húngaro, ungrare |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés, japansk |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés, japansk |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portugués, portugis |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", sueco, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, inglés, engelsk |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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