rook

Meaning

Noun

smoke

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of roken:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of roken:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of roken:

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, past, singular) singular past indicative of ruiken
2. (form-of, indicative, past, singular) singular past indicative of rieken

roken

1. (intransitive, transitive) to smoke (a tobacco product, another drug, a surrogate, a foodstuff)
2. (intransitive) to smoke, to produce smoke

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ruiken

1. to smell (i.e. to perceive a smell)
2. to smell (i.e. to emit a smell)

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rieken

1. (formal) to stink
2. (Belgium, informal) to smell (i.e. to produce, give off a smell)
3. (Belgium, informal) to smell (i.e. to sense a smell)

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Concepts

smoke

fume

fumes

reek

vapour

flue gas

incense burner

fog

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smelled

steam

Synonyms

damp

walm

wasem

mist

🌫️

roken

stoom

stofwolk

rookgas

Translations

Rauch

fumée

humo

fumo

fumo

fumaça

fum

fumus

duman

καπνός

دخان

dûxan

dûkêl

fum

Pronounced as (IPA)

/roːk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: rôoc

Inherited from Old Dutch: *rōk

In summary

Inherited from Middle Dutch rôoc, from Old Dutch *rōk, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz.

Sentences

In de bakkerij rook het naar vers gebakken brood .

In the bakery, it smelled like freshly baked bread.

De rook van mijn buurman waaide in mijn gezicht .

My neighbor's smoke blew in my face.

Het was een mooie winteravond en er kwam rook uit de schoorsteen .

It was a beautiful winter evening and smoke came out of the chimney.