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rec

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See also: řeč, reč, rěč, rěc, rèc, and rec.

English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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rec (countable and uncountable, plural recs)

  1. (uncountable, informal) Clipping of recreation.
    At 11 o'clock, school's out, and it's time for rec.
  2. (countable, informal) Clipping of recreation ground.
    Synonym: reccy
  3. (countable, informal) Clipping of recommendation.
    Synonym: recc
    • 2018, Jonathan Evison, Lawn Boy, page 48:
      “Got any recs?”
      “What are you looking for?”
      “Something angry,” I said.

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Verb

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rec (third-person singular simple present recs, present participle reccing or recing or rec'ing or rec, simple past and past participle recced or reced or rec'ed or rec'd)

  1. (transitive, informal) To recommend.
    Synonym: recc
  2. (transitive, informal) To record.

Adjective

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rec (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Clipping of recreational.

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *ɸrik- (furrow). Compare Occitan rèc (whence French arrèc) and Basque erreka.

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Noun

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rec m (plural recs)

  1. irrigation ditch

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *rauki, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz, whence also Old Frisian rēk, Old Saxon rōk, Old Dutch rouc, Old High German rouh, Old Norse reykr. Possibly a loan from the Old Norse instead.

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Noun

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rēc m

  1. smoke

Declension

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Strong i-stem:

singular plural
nominative rēc rēcas
accusative rēc rēcas
genitive rēces rēca
dative rēce rēcum

Descendants

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  • Middle English: rek

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Reck.

Noun

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rec n (plural recuri)

  1. (gymnastics) horizontal bar

Declension

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Declension of rec
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative rec recul recuri recurile
genitive-dative rec recului recuri recurilor
vocative recule recurilor