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bac

French, noun/bak/

bac is spelled B-A-C (3 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written French, the 2,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bac is a French masculine noun meaning “ferry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Auge destinée à divers usages”.

What does bac mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineferry

  2. 2

    masculinevat

  3. 3

    masculinetray (at the airport)

noun

  1. 1

    informalmasculinehigh school exit exam in France; A level, matura

  2. 2

    Canadainformalmasculinebachelor's degree

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Auge destinée à divers usages. 2. Grand bateau plat, qui est principalement destiné à passer les gens, les animaux, les voitures, les charrettes, etc. d’un bord d’une rivière à l’autre, au moyen d’une corde qui la traverse. 3. Casier de bières. 4. Grosse prise de main confortable.

noun: 1. Baccalauréat, soit le diplôme qui sanctionne la fin des études secondaires. 2. Baccalauréat, soit le diplôme qui sanctionne la fin du premier cycle universitaire.

noun: 1. Apocope de baccara.

noun: 1. Béton armé continu

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of bac

  • bacs plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bac?

  • /bak/
  • \bak\
  • [lø.bak]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to bac

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bac in French?

bac appears 37 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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