wreck

Significat (English)

1. Something or someone that has been ruined.
2. The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
3. An event in which something is damaged through collision.
4. An event in which something is damaged through collision.
5. Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.
6. A large number of birds that have been brought to the ground, injured or dead, by extremely adverse weather.

ruin

destroy

make bad

interfere with

rase

make desolate

break by striking

break in pieces

cry down

do for

make a mess of

make a stroke

make sour

make ugly

mere skeleton

muck around with

make rotten

make addled

arkinʼ

Freqüència

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɹɛk/

Inherited from anglès mitjà

Cognate with anglès antic

Cognate with anglès

Cognate with alt alemany antic

Cognate with Old Saxon

Cognate with gòtic

In summary

From Middle English wrek, from Anglo-Norman wrek, from Old Norse *wrek (Norwegian and Icelandic rek, Swedish vrak, Danish vrag), from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, whence also Old English wrecan (English wreak), Old High German rehhan, Old Saxon wrekan, Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan).

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