strak

Signification (Anglais)

  1. tight
  2. tense (showing stress or strain)
  3. sleek, without unnecessary bells and whistles (of design)

Fréquence

B2
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/strɑk/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Middle Dutch strac (“tight, taut”), from Old Dutch *strak, from Proto-Germanic *strakaz, *strakkaz (“straight, tight, tense”), from Proto-Indo-European *streg-, *treg- (“stiff, rigid”). Cognate with Middle Low German strac (“tight, taut”), Old English stræc (“firm, strict, rigorous, unyielding”), German strack (“straight, taut”). More at stretch.

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