reek

(Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A strong unpleasant smell.
2. (Scotland, countable, uncountable) Vapour; steam; smoke; fume.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To be evidently associated with something unpleasant.
3. (archaic, intransitive) To be emitted or exhaled, emanate, as of vapour or perfume.
4. (archaic, intransitive) To emit smoke or vapour; to steam.
5. (rare, transitive) To cause (something) to smell.
6. (archaic) To fall in such a way (e.g. particularly finely or heavily) as to resemble smoke.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/riːk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: rek

Geërf van Old English: rēc

Verwante met Fries: reek

Verwante met Nederlands: rook

Verwante met Nederduits: Röök

Verwante met Duits: Rauch

Verwante met Deens: røg

Verwante met Boeknoors: røyk

Verwante met Litaus: rū̃kti

Verwante met Albanees: regj

Geërf van Middle English: reken

Geërf van Old English: rēocan

Verwante met Nederlands: ruiken

Verwante met Nederduits: rüken

Verwante met Duits: riechen

Verwante met Deens: ryge

Verwante met Sweeds: ryka

In summary

From Middle English rek, reke (“smoke”), from Old English rēc, from Proto-West Germanic *rauki, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz, from Proto-Indo-European *rowgi-.
See also West Frisian reek, riik, Dutch rook, Low German Röök, German Rauch, Danish røg, Norwegian Bokmål røyk; also Lithuanian rū̃kti (“to smoke”), rū̃kas (“smoke, fog”), Albanian regj (“to tan”).

Sinonieme

stink

smell

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stench

give off an odour

fetor

smoke

fume

pong

malodour

bad smell

smelliness

feel

niff

odor

finger

grope

sense

smell bad

touch

fog

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belch

evaporation

fetidness

malodorousness

mephitis

odour

smack

steam

emit smoke

vapour

fill with smoke

foetor

malodor

foulness

be disseminated

aflame

extend

exhale

spread

be rank

steamer

exhalation

emit

give off a bad odor

stink out

diffuse

vapor

vaporisation

vaporization

vapors

Vertalings

puanteur

riechen

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stinken

puer

cheirar

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puzzo

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fetore

apestar

rieken

ruiken

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sentire

empester

sentir

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geuren

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stank