bracka

See also: bracką and bräcka

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrat͡s.ka/
• Rhymes: -at͡ska
• Syllabification: brac‧ka

Adjective

bracka

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of bracki

Swedish

Etymology

From older bracka (“pants”), from Latin bracca, from brāca (“trousers; breeches”). Shift in meaning likely due to a contraction of old noun skinnbracka, originally meaning "leather pants", but used figuratively to describe those with tacky clothing.

Noun

bracka c

1. philistine (narrow-minded person)

Declension

Declension of bracka

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bracka	brackas
	definite	brackan	brackans
plural	indefinite	brackor	brackors
	definite	brackorna	brackornas

Synonyms

• filister
• kälkborgare

Derived terms

• borgarbracka
• brackig

References

• bracka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bracka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bracka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• bracka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)