different between dek vs zek

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

Deliberate misspelling of deck, to distinguish the word as not belonging in the story.

Alternative forms

• deck

Noun

dek (plural deks)

1. (journalism, slang) The subhead of a news story.

Etymology 2

From decimal.

Numeral

dek

1. The cardinal number occurring after nine and before el in a duodecimal system. Written ?, decimal value 10.

Anagrams

• EDK, KDE, KED, ked

Basque

Noun

dek

1. ergative indefinite of de

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *deg, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *dé?m?.

Numeral

dek

1. ten

See also

• (cardinal number): Previous: nav. Next: unnek

Mutation

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?k/
• Hyphenation: dek
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dec, from decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjan?. Equivalent to a deverbal from dekken.

Noun

dek n (plural dekken, diminutive dekje n)

1. A deck.
2. A cover.
3. A surface.

Derived terms

• achterdek
• benedendek
• campagnedek
• halfdek
• hoofddek
• onderdek
• scheepsdek
• sneeuwdek
• voordek
• wegdek
• zadeldek
• zonnedek

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: dek (“deck”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

dek

1. first-person singular present indicative of dekken
2. imperative of dekken

Esperanto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (déka), Latin decem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dek/
• Hyphenation: dek

Numeral

dek

1. ten (10)

Derived terms

• deko

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto dek, from Latin decem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dé?m?.

Numeral

dek

1. ten (10)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch dek (“deck”), from Middle Dutch dec (“roof, covering”), from Middle Dutch dekken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-Germanic *þakjan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?k]
• Hyphenation: dèk

Noun

dèk (first-person possessive dekku, second-person possessive dekmu, third-person possessive deknya)

1. deck, any raised flat surface that can be walked on.

Further reading

• “dek” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Jebero

Noun

dek

1. water

References

• The Shiwilu classifier system

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ????? (tuik)

Noun

dek

1. depository

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31) , “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research?^[1], volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128

Polish

Etymology

From German Deck, from Dutch dek, from Middle Dutch dec, from decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?k/

Noun

dek m inan

1. (nautical) deck (on a ship)

   Synonym: pok?ad

Declension

Further reading

• dek in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• dek in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

From Russian ???? (z??k), probably representing a pronunciation of ?/? (z/k), Soviet abbreviation of ??????????? (zaklju?ónnyj, “prisoner”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /z?k/

Noun

zek (plural zeks)

1. A prisoner at a Russian prison, especially (historical) at a Soviet labour camp. [from 20th c.]
   • 1988, Stefani Hoffman, translating Natan Sharansky, Fear No Evil, p. 235:

     Every prisoner who recants is a potential influence on other zeks to do likewise.

   • 2004, Jason Burke, The Observer, 8 Feb 2004:

     There are the zeks, the survivors of the gulags, some honest about their experiences, others still deluded or traumatised decades later.

Anagrams

• Kez

Basque

Noun

zek

1. ergative indefinite of ze

Breton

Numeral

zek

1. Soft mutation of dek.