gemak

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch gemac, from Old Dutch *gimak, from Proto-Germanic *gamaką, a substantivised form of *gamakaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣəˈmɑk/ Hyphenation: ge‧mak Rhymes: -ɑk === Noun === gemak n (plural gemakken, diminutive gemakje n) convenience ease, comfort (euphemistic) toilet ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: gemak == Indonesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay gemak. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ɡəˈmak/ [ɡəˈmak̚] Rhymes: -ak Syllabification: ge‧mak === Noun === gemak (plural gemak-gemak) buttonquail (Any of several species of small terrestrial birds, principally in the genus Turnix of the family Turnicidae) ==== Compounds ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === From Middle Low German gemak, cognate with German Gemach. Originally in the sense of comfort, ease, calmness. Used in the sense of a room since 1627. === Noun === gemak n (somewhat dated or ironic) a stately room, a chamber ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== sovgemak (“stately bedchamber”) === References === “gemak”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “gemak”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “gemak”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)