different between rec vs ree

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k/
• Homophones: recc, reck, wreck

Noun

rec (countable and uncountable, plural recs)

1. (informal) Abbreviation of recreation.

2. (countable, informal) A recreation ground.
3. (countable, informal) A recommendation or suggestion.
   • 2018, Jonathan Evison, Lawn Boy (page 48)

     “Got any recs?”
     “What are you looking for?”
     “Something angry,” I said.

Alternative forms

• (recommendation): recc

Derived terms

• rec room

Verb

rec (third-person singular simple present recs, present participle reccing or recing or rec'ing, simple past and past participle recced or reced or rec'ed or rec'd)

1. (transitive, informal) To recommend.
2. (transitive, informal) To record.

Alternative forms

• (recommend): recc

Adjective

rec (not comparable)

1. (informal) Abbreviation of recreational.

Anagrams

• CER, CRE, ERC, Erc, RCE

Catalan

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *?rik- (“furrow”). Compare Occitan rèc (whence French arrèc) and Basque erreka.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?rek/
• Homophone: reg

Noun

rec m (plural recs)

1. irrigation ditch

Derived terms

• reguer

Old English

Alternative forms

• r?ec

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rauki, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz, whence also Old Frisian r?k, Old Saxon r?k, Old Dutch rouc, Old High German rouh, Old Norse reykr. Possibly a loan from the Old Norse instead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?k/

Noun

r?c m

1. smoke

Descendants

• Middle English: rek
  • English: reek
  • Scots: reek, reik

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?/

Etymology 1

Noun

ree (plural rees)

1. Alternative form of rei

Etymology 2

From Middle English rei, reh, reoh, from Old English hr?oh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, stormy, tempestuous”), from Proto-Germanic *hreuhaz (“bad, wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh?- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Scots ree, rae, ray (“ree”), Old Saxon hr? (“evil, bad, angry”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (rauhtjan, “to become angry, rage against”). Related to Old English hr?aw (“raw, uncooked”). More at raw.

Alternative forms

• rie (Scotland)

Adjective

ree (comparative reer or more ree, superlative reest or most ree)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Wild; fierce; outrageous; overexcited; frenzied; delirious; crazy.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) Befuddled with liquor; half-drunk; tipsy.

Synonyms

• (frenzied): frantic, frenetic, off the chain
• (half-drunk): buzzed, merry, squiffy; see also Thesaurus:drunk

Noun

ree (plural rees)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A state of befuddlement; intoxication.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) A state of great excitement or frenzy.

Verb

ree (third-person singular simple present rees, present participle reeing, simple past and past participle reed)

1. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To become extremely excited; fly into a rage.
2. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To drive into a state of excitement; fire with enthusiasm.

Etymology 3

Compare riddle (“a sieve”).

Verb

ree (third-person singular simple present rees, present participle reeing, simple past and past participle reed)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.

Anagrams

• 'ere, -eer, EER, Ere, e'er, eer, ere

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ree, from Middle Dutch ree, from Old Dutch r?a.

Noun

ree (plural reë)

1. roe, deer of the genus Capreolus

Derived terms

• reebok

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?/
• Hyphenation: ree
• Rhymes: -e?

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ree, from Old Dutch r?a. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

ree f or n (plural reeën, diminutive reetje n)

1. The roe, Capreolus capreolus.
2. Any deer of the genus Capreolus.

Derived terms

• reebeen
• reebok
• reegeit
• reekalf
• waterree

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ree

Etymology 2

Syncopic form of rede.

Noun

ree f (plural reeën)

1. (now literary or dialectal) Alternative form of rede (“anchorage”).

Anagrams

• eer, ere

Esperanto

Etymology

re- +? -e

Pronunciation

Adverb

ree

1. again

Italian

Adjective

ree f pl

1. feminine plural of reo

Anagrams

• ere

Latin

Noun

ree m

1. vocative singular of reus

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish rí, from Proto-Celtic *r?xs, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??s (“ruler, king”).

Noun

ree m (genitive singular ree, plural reeghyn or reeaghyn)

1. king (monarchy, chess, card games, draughts)

Derived terms

Swahili

Alternative forms

• rea
• rei

Pronunciation

Noun

ree (n class, plural ree)

1. (card games) ace

See also

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English rye, from Old English ry?e, from Proto-West Germanic *rugi.

Noun

ree

1. rye

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN