riek

Noun

pitchfork

Verb

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

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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Pronounced as (IPA)

/rik/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: riec

In summary

From Middle Dutch riec, from Old Dutch *reko, from Proto-West Germanic *rekō, from Proto-Germanic *rekô (“rake”). Compare raak (“rake”).

Concepts

rake

hay fork

pitch fork

Synonyms

hark

gaffel

gritsel

hooivork

greep

grietsel

Translations

fourche

Harke

rastrillo

rastrello

rampí

grabie

rasclet

râteau

Rechen

τσουγκράνα

ancinho

شوكة الحشائش

πιρούνι

δικράνι

δίκρανο