Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pack

/pæk/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables
pack
IPA
/pæk/
12
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.

noun

A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack

noun

A multitude.

noun

A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.

noun

A full set of playing cards

noun

The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.

noun

A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or living together.

noun

A group of wolves, hunting together.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *pakkô Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old English *pæcca? ▲ Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old Dutch *pakko Middle Dutch pakbor.? Middle English pak English pack From Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English *pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe; both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”). Cognate with Dutch pak (“pack”), Low German Pack (“pack”), German Pack (“pack”), Swedish packe (“pack”), Icelandic pakka, pakki (“package”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: pak, *pæcca, *pakkō, *pakkô, pakken

Usage

Inflected Forms

packs (plural) packs (present, singular) packing (participle, present) packed (participle, past) packed (past)

Derived Forms

airpack artpack backpack bagpack beltpack bipack bodypack brickpack coursepack daypack digipak doublepack

Phrases

ahead of the pack battery pack blister pack bobbery pack body pack booster pack bowl pack brick pack

Synonyms

wolfpack deck stack face pack clique coterie ingroup inner circle camp

Homonyms

PAC

Antonyms

unpack

Rhymes With

back black attack track lack jack mac crack hack stack pac sack

Questions

How do you pronounce pack?
The recorded pronunciation is /pæk/.
What does pack mean?
A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
Where does pack come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce pack

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