Neutre

Wrack

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (neuter, strong) wreck (damaged remains of a ship, airplane, etc.)
  2. (neuter, strong) wreck (physically and/or mentally unstable person)

Synonymes

Wrackgut

Schrotthaufen

Schiffstrümmer

Wrackteil

havariertes Schiff

Schiff in Seenot

Fréquence

C1
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/vʁak/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Middle Low German wrak, probably from Old Saxon *wrak, derived from wrekan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrekan, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, whence also German rächen and English wreak. Cognate with Dutch wrak, English wrack, wreck, Norwegian Bokmål vrak, Norwegian Nynorsk vrak, Swedish vrak (from Low German).

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