rax

(Anglès)

Verb

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To stretch; stretch out.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To reach out; reach or attain to.
3. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To extend the hand to; hand or pass something.
4. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To perform the act of reaching or stretching; stretch oneself; reach for or try to obtain something
5. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To stretch after sleep.

Noun

barracks

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɹæks/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: raxen

Heretat de anglès antic: raxan

Cognat amb neerlandès: rekken

Cognat amb alemany: recken

Cognat amb suec: räcka

In summary

From Middle English raxen, rasken (“to stretch oneself”), from Old English raxan, racsan (“to stretch oneself after sleep”), probably alteration, with formative s, of Old English rǣċan, ræċċan, reċċan (“to stretch, extend”), from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną (“to stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to make straight”). Related to Dutch rekken (“to stretch”), German recken (“to stretch”), Swedish räcka (“to suffice, reach, pass, last”).

Sinònims

elongate

stretch

Traduccions

tendre

étendre ses membres

s'étirer

tendere

stiracchiarsi

stirarsi

uitrekken

alargar

desperezarse

estirarse