reek
Betekenis (English)
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- A strong unpleasant smell.
- Vapour; steam; smoke; fume.
Synonyms
give off an odour
bad smell
smell bad
emit smoke
fill with smoke
be disseminated
be rank
give off a bad odor
smeek
erhale
falstench
be full
smell strongly
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/riːk/
Etimologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English rek, reke (“smoke”), from Old English rēc, rīec, 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”).
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