wreak

Signification (English)

Verb

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

Noun

1. Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.
2. Punishment; retribution; payback.

Concepts

déterminer

causer

procurer

dérober

fonctionner

jeu

jouer

prendre

présenter

représailles

représenter

revanche

traquer

travailler

vengeance

rétorsion

amener

talion

apporter

assouvir

Synonyms

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

💸

perform

perpetrate

persuade

procure

produce

provide

purvey

put out

put through

realise

reprisal

retaliation

retribution

return

revenge

seize

set

settle

set up

supply

take

talion

talk round

transact

turn out

utter

vengeance

yield

act as agent

act as go-between

ultion

revengement

avenge

self-redress

bear

🐻

bring out

bring round

carry

carry out

decide

deliver

derive

determine

enact

enforce

execute

fetch

fine

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹiːk/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: wreken

Inherited from ancien anglais: wrecan

Cognate with néerlandais: wreken

Cognate with allemand: rächen

Cognate with suédois: vräka

Cognate with latin: urgeō

Cognate with anglais: urge

Cognate with anglais: wreck

Inherited from moyen anglais: wreke

Cognate with 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.