Jack

jack English Etymology en :inh enm:Jackin<ety:der<fr:Jacques>> 1 From en enm Jak, enm Jakke (also enm Jackin, enm Jankyn, etc.), from en xno Jakke, fro *Janke, from en dum Janke, diminutive of dum Jan John; equivalent to en John -kin 1. en Yankee. It can be also used as nickname for Jacob. Though the name was originally a pet form, it has become more of an independent name. See also frm Hennequin, frm Jannequin, dum Janneken, en Jake and en Jacques. Pronunciation en /ˈd͡ʒæk/ [ˈd͡ʒæk] en En-au-Jack.ogg AU en æk 1 en Jack Proper noun ~ s en unisex derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan. I III Since every Jack became a gentlemanthere's many a gentle person made a Jack. en w:William Shakespeare The First Part of Henry the Fourth, with the Life and Death of Henry, Sirnamed Hot-spvrre Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies London Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount c. 1597 1623 act II, scene iv 58, column 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=uNtBAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA24 606515358 Heere comes leane Iacke, heere comes bare-bone. How now my ſweet Creature of Bombaſt, how long is't agoe, Iacke, ſince thou ſaw'ſt thine owne Knee? I JACK. Well, really, Gwendolen, I must say that I think that there are lots of other much nicer names. I think Jack, for instance, a charming name.GWENDOLEN. Jack?...No, there is very little music in the name Jack, if any at all, indeed. It does not thrill. It produces absolutely no vibrations...I have known several Jacks, and they all, without exception, were more than usually plain. Besides, Jack is a notorious domesticity for John! en Chuck Johnston Judge not allowed back to court after berating woman who died w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/23/us/woman-dies-after-judge-berates-her-trnd 2018-04-23 Chief Judge Jack Tuter, who oversees the 17th Judicial Circuit Court in Fort Lauderdale, released a statement over the weekend berating Ehrlich for her conduct. https://web.archive.org/web/20251112190719/https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/23/us/woman-dies-after-judge-berates-her-trnd en. en 31 May 2017 Aberdeen: Ash Taylor & Lawrence Shankland join players leaving Pittodrie https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40113519 BBC Sport Aberdeen have confirmed, external Ash Taylor and Lawrence Shankland will follow Ryan Jack, Niall McGinn and Peter Pawlett in leaving the club this summer. 2 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20210524151445/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40113519 en colloquial Jack Daniel's, a brand of Tennessee whiskey. en 2009 Ke$ha (Kesha Rose Sebert) Tik Tok (song) Tik Tok Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack. en Halsey (singer) Halsey, Ricky Reed, Justin Tranter, Rogét Chahayed no w:Bad at Love w:Hopeless Fountain Kingdom 2017 Halsey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdYFuCp3m9k Got a boy back home in Michigan / And it tastes like Jack when I'm kissing him / So I told him that I never really liked his friends / Now he's gone and he's calling me a bitch again en unincorporated community co/Coffee County s/Alabama c/USA. en unincorporated community co/Dent County s/Missouri c/USA. en Monterey Jack a type of cheese. Derived terms en Big Jacks Creek cheapjack Colby-Jack get from a Cracker Jack box Happy Jack I'm alright and fuck you Jack Jack and Danny Jack ashore Jack cheese Jack County jackeen Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon Jack Horner pie Jackintosh Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me Jacko Jack Presbyter Jack-pudding Jack River Jacksboro Jacks Creek Jack shit Jack Sparrow Jack squat jackstay Jackster Jack tar Jack-with-a-lantern Janto Jate Little Jacks Creek Monterey Jack pepper Jack diminutives: Jacky, Jackie surnames: Jackson Descendants 1 da Jack 1 sv Jack Translations pet name of John Arabic: ar جَاك m jak Bengali: bn জ্যাক Bulgarian: bg Джак m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 傑克 Jiékè Czech: cs Honza m, cs Honzík m Danish: da Jack Esperanto: eo Ĵakvo, eo Joĉjo Finnish: fi Jussi French: fr Jeannot m German: de Hans m, de Hanns m, de Hannes m, de Hänsel m (dated), de Hansel m (Bavarian), de Hansl m (Bavarian), Hansi Greek: el Γιάννης m, el Τζακ transliteration from English Hindi: hi जैक m Hungarian: hu Jancsi, hu Jankó Italian: it Gianni m Japanese: ja ジャック Jakku Korean: ko ^잭 Latin: la Iohannes m, la Ioannes m Maltese: mt Ġwakkin Māori: mi Haki Marathi: mr जॅक m Persian: fa جک jak Polish: pl Jasiek m, pl Jaś m Portuguese: pt João m Russian: ru Ва́ня m, ru Джек m transliteration Scots: sco Jock Scottish Gaelic: gd Seoc m Slovak: sk Jano m, sk Janko m Slovene: sl Janko, sl Jani Spanish: es Juanito m Swedish: sv Jack c Welsh: cy Jac m anglicized form of Jacques Abkhaz: ab Еқәыԥ Afrikaans: af Jakobus, af Jaco, af Jako Aghwan: xag 𐔺𐔰𐕄𐕒𐔱 Arabic: ar جَاك m jak, ar يَعْقُوب m, ar جَيْمْس m, ar جَايْمْز m jaymz transliteration Aragonese: an Chaime Aramaic: Syriac: syc ܝܥܩܘܒ Armenian: hy Հակոբ Old Armenian: xcl Յակոբ Azerbaijani: az Ceyms Bashkir: ba Яҡуп Basque: eu Jakes Belarusian: be Я́каў m Bengali: bn জ্যাক Breton: br Jagu, br Jakez Bulgarian: bg Я́ков m, bg Джак m Catalan: ca Jaume, ca Xaume Cebuano: ceb Santiago Chinese: Cantonese: yue 雅各 ngaa5 gok3 Eastern Min: cdo 雅各 Ngā-gáuk Mandarin: cmn 傑克 Jiékè Comorian: Ngazidja Comorian: zdj Yakub, zdj Yakuba Coptic: cop ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ Cornish: kw Jago Corsican: co Ghjàcumu Czech: cs Jakub m Danish: da Jakob, da Jacob, da Jack Dutch: nl Jaap, nl Jakob, nl Jacob, nl Jacobus Esperanto: eo Jakobo Estonian: et Jaak Ewe: ee Yakob m Faroese: fo Jákup, fo Jakob, fo Jacob Finnish: fi Jaakko Franco-Provençal: frp Jâque French: fr Jacques, fr Jacob, fr Jack Frisian: West Frisian: fy Jakobus, fy Japik Friulian: fur Jacum Galician: gl Iago, gl Xacobe, gl Xácome, gl Xaime, gl Santiago m Georgian: ka იაკობი, ka ჯეიმზ transliteration German: Bavarian: bar Jackl Greek: el Ιάκωβος m, el Ιακώβ m, el Τζέιμς Ancient Greek: grc Ἰάκωβος m Greenlandic: kl Jaaku Hausa: ha Yaƙubu Hawaiian: haw Kimo, haw Iakopo, haw Iakopa Hebrew: transcription he ג׳ק m Hindi: hi जैक Hungarian: hu Jakab Icelandic: is Jakob, is Jakop, is Jaki, is Jack Ido: io Iakobus m Inuktitut: iu ᔮᑯᑉ Irish: ga Séamas m, ga Séamus m Italian: it Giacomo, it Giacobbe m, it Jacopo m, it Iago m Japanese: ja ヤコブ Yakobu, ja ジャック Jakku, ja ジェームズ Jēmuzu, ja ジェイムズ Jeimuzu, ja サンティアゴ Santiago Korean: ko 야곱, ko ^야고보, ko ^제임스, ko ^잭 Latin: la Iacobus m, la Jacobus m, la Jacomus Late Latin Latvian: lv Jēkabs m, transliteration lv Džeimss m Limburgish: li Jakobus Lithuanian: lt Jokūbas Macedonian: mk Јаков m Malay: ms Yakub, ms Yaakub, ms Yaacob British misspelling Maltese: mt Ġakbu Manchu: mnc ᠶᠠᡴᠣᠪ Manx: gv Jamys Māori: mi Hākopa, mi Haki, mi Hēmi Marathi: mr जॅक m Navajo: nv Jéíkab Norman: nrf Jâcob m, nrf Jimce m Norwegian: no Jakob, no Jacob, no Jack Occitan: oc Jammes, oc James, oc Jacme (Provençal), oc Jaume Persian: fa یعقوب ya'qub, fa جیمز jeymz Polish: pl Jakub Portuguese: pt Jacó m, pt Iago, pt Tiago, pt Diogo, pt Jaime Romanian: ro Iacob Russian: ru Я́ков, ru Джеймс m transliteration Sami: Northern Sami: se Jáhkot Scots: sco Hamish, sco Jaucob, sco Jack, sco Jock, sco James, sco Jamie, sco Jeames, sco Peem Scottish Gaelic: gd Seumas, gd Sheumais Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Јаков Latin: sh Jakov m Sicilian: scn Jàbbucu m, scn Jàcumu m Slovak: sk Jakub Slovene: sl Jakob m Spanish: es Jacobo, es Jacob, es Santiago, es Santi, es Diego, es Jaime, es Yago, es Iago Swahili: sw Yakobo, sw Yaakub Swedish: sv Jakob, sv Jacob, sv Jack c Tagalog: tl Jaime, tl Santiago Thai: th ยาโคบ yaa-kôhp Turkish: tr Yakub, tr Yakup Ukrainian: uk Я́ків m Vietnamese: vi Giacôbê, vi Giacôbe, vi Giacóp, vi Giacơ, vi Yacôbê Walloon: wa Djåke Waray-Waray: war Santiago Welsh: cy Jac m, cy Iago Yiddish: yi יעקבֿ m yakev Zealandic: zea Jakobus Noun en informal A placeholder or conventional name for any man, particularly a younger, lower-class man. en 22 April 1946 March 1961 New Juke Box Hits Bobby Troup (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 side 2, track 2 Chuck Berry Well, if you ever plan to motor west / Jack, take my way, it's the highway that's the best / Get your kicks on Route 66 en informal archaic en Jack Tar a sailor. en 1899 w:Joseph Conrad w:Heart of Darkness section 1 When he went home on leave he rioted on a large scale—pompously. Jack ashore—with a difference—in externals only. en informal archaic en Jack Rum a soldier. A jacqueminot rose. Usage notes Despite being a common noun, the word is still treated as a name and capitalized as such. The name is most often used with a descriptive "surname", showing the type of lad intended. Synonyms en John, en Jacques, en Jacob, en James Coordinate terms en Joan, en Jill, en Jane Derived terms en all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy cheapjack every man Jack Jack and Jill Jack and Jill bathroom Jack and Jill bedroom Jack Benny Jack Frost Jack Ketch Jack Nasty Jack the lad Jack o' the clock Jack of all trades Jack out of doors Jack Pudding Jack Robinson,before you can say Jack Robinson Jack Russell jacktar,Jack Tar Jack the Ripper Jack whore Union Jack Whispering Jack en Cheeses en diminutives of male given names Danish Etymology From da en Jack. Proper noun da proper noun da male Swedish Etymology From sv en Jack. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1883. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Jack.wav Proper noun c sv male