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See also: Appendix:Variations of "rek"

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

Noun

rek (Bengali script রেক)

  1. banana tree

See also

References

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech rek, from Old High German reccho (compare German Recke).

Pronunciation

Noun

rek m anim (female equivalent rekyně)

  1. (archaic) hero
    Synonyms: hrdina, bohatýr

Declension

Declension of rek (velar masculine animate)
More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

  • rekyně

Further reading

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rek. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

rek n (plural rekken, diminutive rekje n)

  1. a rack or stand
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Caribbean Javanese: règ
  • → Papiamentu: rèki

Etymology 2

From rekken, to stretch.

Noun

rek m (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. the ability for a material to stretch
  2. tolerance, flexibility, permissiveness

Verb

rek

  1. inflection of rekken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛk
  • Syllabification: rek

Noun

rek m animal

  1. crayfish

Further reading

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “rak”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
  • “rek”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Livonian

Noun

rek

  1. obsolete spelling of riek

References

Old Norse

Verb

rek

  1. inflection of reka:
    1. first-person singular present active indicative
    2. second-person singular present active imperative

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch rekenen.

Verb

rek

  1. to count

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

rek m animal

  1. (Far Masovian, Kolno) alternative form of rak

Further reading

  • Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “rek”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 242
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Slovene

Etymology

From the verb rêči.

Pronunciation

Noun

rẹ̑k or rȅk m inan

  1. speech

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
More information Masculine inan., hard o-stem, nom. sing. ...
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
More information Masculine inan., hard o-stem, nom. sing. ...

Noun

rek

  1. genitive dual/plural of reka

Further reading

  • “rek”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

Noun

rek n

  1. (postal) a registered letter; abbreviation of rekommenderad (försändelse)
    Coordinate term: ass (“insured”)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

See also

  • reka (“[to] register [a consignment]”)
  • reka (“[to] reconnoiter”)

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Zhuang

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

rek (Sawndip forms 𨦙 or 𰽊, 1957–1982 spelling rek)

  1. wok
    Synonyms: cauq, gva

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