Masculine
Frack
Concepts
article of dress
swallow-tail
dress-coat
swallow-tailed coat
Synonyms
queue-de-pie
frac
rok
marsina
fraque
frakFrequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
fuurzdailer
Basel-Landschaft
schwalbeschwanz
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fʁak/
Etymology
In summary
18th century, from English frock. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz and thus a doublet of Rock. The very open English [ɒ] was substituted with German [ɑ] (as it was then predominantly spoken).
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