rek

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rek"

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rek/

Noun

rek (Bengali script রেক)

1. banana tree

See also

• rekkun
• rekphang
• rekphul
• rekthai

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛk]

Noun

rek m anim (female equivalent rekyně)

1. (archaic) hero

   Synonyms: hrdina, bohatýr

Declension

Declension of rek (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	rek	reci
genitive	reka	reků
dative	rekovi, reku	rekům
accusative	reka	reky
vocative	reku	reci
locative	rekovi, reku	recích
instrumental	rekem	reky

Derived terms

• rekyně

Further reading

• “rek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “rek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “rek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛk/
• Hyphenation: rek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

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

• fietsenrek
• klimrek

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^[1]
• “rek”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Livonian

Noun

rek

1. obsolete spelling of riek

References

• "rek" in Livische Grammatik nebst Sprachproben
• Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch

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

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛk]

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Slovene

Etymology

From the verb rêči.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /réːk/, /rɛ́k/

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.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	rék
gen. sing.	réka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	rék	réka	réki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	réka	rékov	rékov
dative (dajȃlnik)	réku	rékoma	rékom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	rék	réka	réke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	réku	rékih	rékih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	rékom	rékoma	réki

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.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	rèk
gen. sing.	réka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	rèk	réka	réki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	réka	rékov	rékov
dative (dajȃlnik)	réku	rékoma	rékom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	rèk	réka	réke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	réku	rékih	rékih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	rékom	rékoma	réki

Noun

rek

1. genitive dual/plural of reka

Further reading

• “rek”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Swedish

Noun

rek n

1. (postal) a registered letter; abbreviation of rekommenderad (försändelse)

   Coordinate term: ass (“insured”)

Declension

Declension of rek

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	rek	reks
	definite	reket	rekets
plural	indefinite	rek	reks
	definite	reken	rekens

See also

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

Anagrams

• e.Kr.

Zhuang

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɣeːk˧˥/
• Tone numbers: reg⁷
• Hyphenation: rek

Noun

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

1. wok

   Synonyms: cauq, gva