different between glen vs creek

English

Etymology

From Middle English glen, borrowed from Irish gleann and Scottish Gaelic gleann, Old and Middle Irish glend, glenn (“mountain valley”), from Proto-Celtic *glendos (“valley”), hypothetically from Proto-Indo-European *glend- (“shore”) but the word may have been borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language. Compare Manx glion, Welsh glyn. Doublet of glyn.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: gl?n, IPA^(key): /?l?n/
  • (pin–pen merger) enPR: gl?n, IPA^(key): /?l?n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

glen (plural glens)

1. A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• defile (noun)
• strath

Further reading

• glen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• NELG, gen'l

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?n/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glan, from Proto-Celtic *glanos (“clean, clear”).

Adjective

glen (plural glenney, comparative glenney)

1. clean, hygienic
2. clear
3. pure
4. downright, unqualified, emphatic

Derived terms

• neughlen

Etymology 2

From Old Irish glanaid (“cleanses, purifies, purges”), from the adjective.

Verb

glen (verbal noun glenney, past participle glennit or glent)

1. clean
2. clear
3. wipe
4. purify, cleanse

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gl?n?.

Noun

glen m inan

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Further reading

• “glen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

English

Alternative forms

• crick (dialectical US)
• crik (eye dialect)

Etymology

From Middle English cr?ke, from Old Norse kriki. Early British colonists of Australia and the Americas used the term in the usual British way, to name inlets; as settlements followed the inlets upstream and inland, the names were retained and creek was reinterpreted as a general term for a small waterway.. Compare Dutch kreek, and French crique, both from the same source.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kr?k IPA^(key): /k?i?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k?ik/, (Appalachia) /k??k/
• Rhymes: -i?k, -?k
• Homophones: creak, crick

Noun

creek (plural creeks)

1. (Britain) A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
2. (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger than a brook; in Australia, also used of river-sized waterbodies.
3. Any turn or winding.

Synonyms

• beck, brook, burn, stream
• (regional US terms:) run (Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia), brook (New England), branch (Southern US), bayou (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Southeastern Texas)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin: kriki
• Sranan Tongo: kriki

Translations

References

Anagrams

• ecker