Feminine

kreek

  1. (feminine) a small inlet or gully of the sea, a creek (UK meaning)
  2. (Suriname, feminine) a stream of water smaller than a river, a creek (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand)

Frequency

21k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kreːk/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch creke, from Old Dutch krika, from Proto-West Germanic *krikō, from Proto-Germanic *krikô.

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