wreak

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.
2. (archaic) To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite.
3. (archaic) To inflict or take vengeance on.
4. (archaic) To take vengeance for.
5. (alt-of, intransitive, misspelling) Misspelling of reek.

Noun

1. (archaic, literary) Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.
2. (archaic, literary) Punishment; retribution; payback.

Concepts

déterminer

causer

procurer

dérober

fonctionner

jeu

jouer

prendre

présenter

représailles

représenter

revanche

traquer

travailler

vengeance

rétorsion

amener

talion

apporter

assouvir

Synonymes

inflict

cause

give rise to

play

pose

bring

provoke

do

result in

cause to take place

make for

work

stage

hold

organize

fix

force

generate

get

give

have

implement

impose

induce

manufacture

move

necessitate

output

pall

pay

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perform

perpetrate

persuade

procure

produce

provide

purvey

put out

put through

realise

reprisal

retaliation

retribution

return

revenge

seize

set

settle

set up

supply

Traductions

verursachen

auslassen

causar

aanrichten

provocar

teweegbrengen

aandoen

veroorzaken

veranlassen

bewirken

antun

zufügen

ξεθυμαίνω

causare

bereiten

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹiːk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: wreken

Hérité de ancien anglais: wrecan

Appartenant à néerlandais: wreken

Appartenant à allemand: rächen

Appartenant à suédois: vräka

Appartenant à latin: urgeō

Appartenant à anglais: urge

Appartenant à anglais: wreck

Hérité de moyen anglais: wreke

Appartenant à néerlandais: wraak

In summary

From Middle English wreken, from Old English wrecan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrekan, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“push, shove, drive, track down”). Cognate via Proto-Germanic with Dutch wreken, German rächen, Swedish vräka; cognate via PIE with Latin urgēre (English urge), and distantly cognate with English wreck.