frac

== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English fraction. === Symbol === frac (mathematics) fractional part function == English == === Alternative forms === frack === Etymology 1 === Clipping of hydrofracking. ==== Verb ==== frac (third-person singular simple present fracs, present participle fraccing, simple past and past participle fracced) (oil industry) To use hydraulic fracturing (fraccing) ==== Adjective ==== frac (not comparable) (oil industry) Relating to or denoting hydraulic fracturing === Etymology 2 === Abbreviation of frac job. ==== Noun ==== frac (plural fracs) (oil industry) Frac job. === Etymology 3 === Abbreviation of fracture. ==== Noun ==== frac (plural fracs) Fracture. Fracturing. === Etymology 4 === Abbreviation of fraction. ==== Noun ==== frac (plural fracs) Fraction Fractioning === Derived terms === frac job frac spread === Anagrams === FARC, FCRA, RCAF, carf == French == === Etymology === From English frock. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʁak/ === Noun === frac m (plural fracs) white tie and tails ==== Descendants ==== → Russian: фрак (frak)→ Armenian: ֆրակ (frak)→ Georgian: ფრაკი (praḳi) === Further reading === “frac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Alternative forms === fracche === Etymology === Borrowed from French frac. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfrak/ Rhymes: -ak Hyphenation: fràc === Noun === frac m (invariable) morning dress, tailcoat, white tie and tails === References === == Middle Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *wrakkā, probably related to *grúac (“hair”); for similar sense development, see Scottish Gaelic gruagach (“maiden, woman”), which evolved from gruag, as unmarried women did not cover their hair. Compare Welsh gwraig and Breton gwreg. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɸɾaɡ/ === Noun === frac f woman ==== Synonyms ==== banscál, ben === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 frac, frag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French frac. === Noun === frac n (plural fracuri) white tie and tails ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Alternative forms === fraque === Etymology === Borrowed from French frac, from English frock. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɾak/ [ˈfɾak] Rhymes: -ak Syllabification: frac === Noun === frac m (plural fracs or fraques) tailcoat === Further reading === “frac”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025