English Explanatory Dictionary

bach

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bachelor.
  2. A small hut, especially for a man living alone.
  3. Now specifically, a holiday home, typically a small, simple house of one or two rooms on the beach.
verb
  1. To live as a bachelor; (chiefly of a man) to live without women, and do one's own cooking, housekeeping etc.
noun
  1. Clipping of bachelorette.
name
  1. A surname from German.
  2. Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer.
name
  1. A surname from Vietnamese.
name
  1. A motif consisting of the notes B flat, A, C, B natural.

Pronunciation

/bæt͡ʃ/ /bɛtʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bach.wav /bɑːx/ /bɑːk/

Word forms

bach baches baching bached

Etymology

Abbreviation of bachelor (or, in later senses, of bachelor pad).

Synonyms

crib

Derived words

geo-bach BACH motif Bach flower remedy Bach flower therapy Bach trumpet

Translations

Arabic: بَاخ Armenian: Բախ Azerbaijani: Bax Belarusian: Бах Bulgarian: Бах Chinese Mandarin: 巴赫 Dutch: Bach Esperanto: Baĥo Finnish: Bach French: Bach Georgian: ბახი German: Bach Greek: Μπαχ Hebrew: באך Hindi: बाख़ Hungarian: Bach Japanese: バッハ Korean: 바흐 Latvian: Bahs Macedonian: Бах Marathi: बाख Persian: باخ Portuguese: Bach Russian: Бах Spanish: Bach Swedish: Bach Tamil: பாக் Thai: บาค Ukrainian: Бах Urdu: باخ
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