Wrack

Signification

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

Fréquence

Genre

Neutre

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/vʁak/

Étymologie

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).