creek

WOTD – 18 October 2008

See also: Creek

English

Etymology

creke, from kryk, from Old Norse kriki.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: krēk IPA^(key): /kriːk/
• Rhymes: -iːk
• Homophone: creak
• (US) IPA^(key): /krik/, /krɪk/

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• Homophones: creak, crick

Noun

Wikipedia

creek (plural creeks)

1. (UK, India) A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
2. (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
3. Any turn or winding.

Synonyms

• beck, brook, burn, stream

Derived terms

• up the creek

Translations

small inlet or bay

• Bulgarian: бухта f (buhta), тясно заливче (tjasno zalivče)
• Dutch: kreek (nl) m, f
• Finnish: poukama (fi)
• German: Bucht (de) f
• Hungarian: öböl (hu)

• Limburgish: krieëk m
• Malay: serokan
• Spanish: caleta (es) f
• West Frisian: sleat

stream of water

• Armenian: գետակ (getak)
• Bulgarian: поток (bg) (potok)
• Chinese:

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• Czech: potok (cs) m
• Finnish: puro (fi)
• French: ruisseau (fr) m
• Galician: regato m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can

• German: Bach (de) m
• Hungarian: patak (hu)
• Italian: ruscello (it), rivo m
• Malay: anak sungai
• Norwegian: bekk (no), liten (no) elv (no)
• Portuguese: riacho (pt) m
• Russian: ручей (ru) m (ruchei)
• Spanish: arroyo (es) m
• Turkish: çay (tr)

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• Maori: manga