Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barack

/bəˈɹɑk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.96 in modern English

Syllables: barack
IPA: /bəˈɹɑk/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Hungarian apricot brandy.

Uncountable

adj

Alternative letter-case form of Barack.

name

A male given name from Arabic.

adj

A pun on the first name of United States President Barack Obama and back, often used in the phrase "we're so Barack" ("we're so back"). Formed antonymically to "it's Joever" ("it's over").

Humorous

Example Sentences

""What did Marcus call you just now? Some African name, wasn't it?" "Barack." "I thought your name was Barry." "Barack's my given name. My father's name. He was Kenyan." "Does it mean something?" "It means 'Blessed'. In Arabic. My grandfather was a Muslim.""
"Joe Biden has had a two-word retort to recent questions about his record on civil rights and race: Barack Obama."
"It was so Joever, but now we're so Barack."

Etymology

From Hungarian barack (“apricot, peach”), probably an ellipsis of barackpálinka, a compound with pálinka (“brandy”).

Origin

Source language: Hungarian

Word Breakdown

Root: barack

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bəˈɹɑk/
British English: /bəˈɹak

Usage

Inflected Forms

more barack (comparative) most barack (superlative)

Derived Forms

Baracknophobia BHO

Frequently Paired Words

Barak Mubarak

Antonyms

Joever

Rhymes With

barak

Questions

How do you pronounce barack?: The recorded pronunciation is /bəˈɹɑk/.
What does barack mean?: Hungarian apricot brandy.
Where does barack come from?: It is traced to Hungarian.

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