rek

• IPA^(key): /rek/

rek (Bengali script রেক)

1. banana tree

• rekkun
• rekphang
• rekphul
• rekthai

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

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛk]

rek m anim (female equivalent rekyně)

1. (archaic) hero

   Synonyms: hrdina, bohatýr

• “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), 2008–2025

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

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

rek n (plural rekken, diminutive rekje n)

1. a rack or stand

• fietsenrek
• klimrek

• → Caribbean Javanese: règ
• → Papiamentu: rèki

From rekken, to stretch.

rek m (uncountable)

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

rek

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

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

rek m animal

1. crayfish

• 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

• (Courland) riek

Unknown; possibly related to Finnish retki.

rek

1. a trip (by sledge or other vehicle)
2. road

rek

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

From Dutch rekenen.

rek

1. to count

From the verb rêči.

• IPA^(key): /réːk/, /rɛ́k/

rẹ̑k or rȅk m inan

1. speech

rek

1. genitive dual/plural of reka

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

rek n

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

   Coordinate term: ass (“insured”)

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

• e.Kr.

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

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɣeːk˧˥/
• Tone numbers: rek⁷
• Hyphenation: rek

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

1. wok

   Synonyms: cauq, gva