wikipedia|dab=weak
English
Etymology
ME. weike, from ON. veikr "weak," cognate with Old English wican|wīcan "to yield." Proto-Indo-European base *weik- "to bend, wind"
Pronunciation
enPR|wÄ“k, IPA|/wiËk/, SAMPA|/wi:k/
audio|en-us-weak.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|iËk
Homophones
week
Adjective
weak (compar: weaker, superl: weakest)
- Lacking in force or ability.
#: The child was too weak to move the boulder.
- dilute|Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
#: We were served stale bread and weak tea.
- context|grammar regular|Regular in inflection, especially of verbs.
- physics One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
- slang bad|Bad or uncool (this place is weak).
- context|Canada|slang rfv-sense good|Good or cool ( we had a weak time ) slang in P.E.I., w:Canada|Canada.
Synonyms
italbrac|lacking in force or ability: feeble, frail, powerless
italbrac|lacking in taste or potency: dilute, watery
Antonyms
italbrac|lacking in force or ability: healthy, powerful, robust, strong
italbrac|lacking in taste or potency: potent, robust, strong
Translations
Arabic: ARchar|ضعي٠IPAchar|(É–aÊ•Ã:f)
Bulgarian: Ñлаб m, Ñлаба f, Ñлабо n (slab, slaba, slabo)
Chinese Characters: å°¢
Chinese: 微弱 (wēiruò)
Czech: slabý m
Dutch: zwak (1,3)
Esperanto: malforta
French: faible m/f
German: schwach (1,2)
Greek: αδÏνατος m, αδÏνατη f, αδÏνατο n (aðÃnatos, aðÃnati, aðÃnato)
Hebrew: חלש (khalásh) m, חלשה (khalásha) f
Hungarian: gyenge
mid
Indonesian: lemah
Italian: debole m|f
Japanese: 弱ㄠ(yowai)
Korean: 약한 (yakhan)
Kurdish: KUchar|بێ قووه‌ت, KUchar|بێ هێز, KUchar|لاواز
Polish: słaby m, słaba f, słabe n
Portuguese: fraco m, fraca f
Russian: Ñлабый m, ÑÐ»Ð°Ð±Ð°Ñ f, Ñлабое n (slábyj, slábaja, sláboje)
Spanish: débil m|f
Swedish: svag
Turkish: zayıf, kırılgan, güçsüz
Welsh: gwan
Frisian
Adjective
weak
- soft
Category:Frisian adjectives
de:weak
fr:weak
ko:weak
io:weak
id:weak
it:weak
kk:weak
ku:weak
hu:weak
ja:weak
pl:weak
fi:weak
ta:weak
te:weak
vi:weak
tr:weak
uk:weak
zh:weak
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