rax

(Inglese)

Verb

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To stretch; stretch out.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To reach out; reach or attain to.
3. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To extend the hand to; hand or pass something.
4. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To perform the act of reaching or stretching; stretch oneself; reach for or try to obtain something
5. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To stretch after sleep.

Noun

barracks

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɹæks/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: raxen

Ereditato da inglese antico: raxan

Affine olandese: rekken

Affine tedesco: recken

Affine svedese: räcka

In summary

From Middle English raxen, rasken (“to stretch oneself”), from Old English raxan, racsan (“to stretch oneself after sleep”), probably alteration, with formative s, of Old English rǣċan, ræċċan, reċċan (“to stretch, extend”), from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną (“to stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to make straight”). Related to Dutch rekken (“to stretch”), German recken (“to stretch”), Swedish räcka (“to suffice, reach, pass, last”).

Concetti

tendere

stiracchiarsi

stirarsi

sinonimi

elongate

stretch

Traduzioni

tendre

étendre ses membres

s'étirer

uitrekken

alargar

desperezarse

estirarse