Weak

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Translations 2 Frisian 2.1 Adjective

English

Etymology

From Old Norse veikr "weak," from Proto-Indo-European base *weik- "to bend, wind"

Pronunciation

• wēk, /wiːk/, /wi:k/

  Homophones: week

  Rhymes: -iːk

Adjective

weak (comparative: weaker, superlative: weakest)

1. Lacking in force or ability.
2. Good or cool ( we had a weak time ) slang in P.E.I., Canada.
3. Bad or uncool ( this homework goes weak ) slang in Austin, Texas
4. (Grammar) regular.
5. ((physics{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.

Synonyms

• frail (1)

Antonyms

• strong

Translations

Arabic: ضعيف (ɖaʕí:f) Bulgarian: слаб m., слаба f., слабо n. (slab, slaba, slabo) Chinese Characters: 尢 Chinese: 微弱 (wēiruò) Dutch: zwak (1,3) Esperanto: malforta French: faible m/f German: schwach (1,2) Greek: αδύνατος m., αδύνατη f., αδύνατο n. (aðínatos, aðínati, aðínato) Hebrew: חלש (khalásh) m., חלשה (khalásha) f. Hungarian: gyenge

Italian: debole m/f Japanese: 弱い (yowai) Korean: 약한 (yakhan) Polish: słaby m., słaba f., słabe n. Portuguese: fraco m., fraca f. Russian: слабый m., слабая f., слабое n. (slábyj, slábaja, sláboje) Spanish: débil m/f Swedish: svag Turkish: zayıf, kırılgan, güçsüz Welsh: gwan

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Frisian

Adjective

weak

1. softfr:weak

ko:weak io:weak it:weak hu:weak ja:weak fi:weak uk:weak zh:weak