Barack
nom propreadjectifattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//bəˈɹak/
- Royaume-Uni/-ˈɹɑːk//
- Royaume-Uni//ˈbaɹak//
- États-Unis//bəˈɹɑk//
- États-Unis//bəˈɹæk//
A male given name from Arabic.
nom propre
- 1
A male given name from Arabic.
"What did Marcus call you just now? Some African name, wasn't it?" "Barack." "I thought your name was Barry." "Barack's my given name. My father's name. He was Kenyan." "Does it mean something?" "It means 'Blessed'. In Arabic. My grandfather was a Muslim."
Joe Biden has had a two-word retort to recent questions about his record on civil rights and race: Barack Obama.
Étymologie
Anglicized spelling, used by Luo speakers, of Barak, ostensibly as an Old Testament name. A cognate of the biblical Baruch.
adjectif
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A pun on the first name of United States President Barack Obama and back, often used in the phrase "we're so Barack" ("we're so back"). Formed antonymically to "it's Joever" ("it's over").
It was so Joever, but now we're so Barack.
Formes
- comparatif
- more Barack
- superlatif
- most Barack