gemak

From Middle Dutch gemac, from Old Dutch *gimak, from Proto-Germanic *gamaką, a substantivised form of *gamakaz.

• IPA^(key): /ɣəˈmɑk/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧mak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

gemak n (plural gemakken, diminutive gemakje n)

1. convenience
2. ease, comfort
3. (euphemistic) toilet

• Afrikaans: gemak

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• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈmak/ [ɡəˈmak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: ge‧mak

gemak (plural gemak-gemak)

1. buttonquail (Any of several species of small terrestrial birds, principally in the genus Turnix of the family Turnicidae)

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.

gemak n

1. (somewhat dated or ironic) a stately room, a chamber

• sovgemak (“stately bedchamber”)

• gemak in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gemak in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gemak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)