different between rec vs rel

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

Preposition

rel

1. (mathematics) Abbreviation of relative to.

Anagrams

• RLE

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?r?l/

Noun

rel f (plural rels)

1. Alternative form of arrel

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?l/
• Hyphenation: rel
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

From rellen (“to talk”), western variant of rallen.

Noun

rel m (plural rellen, diminutive relletje n)

1. riot
2. scandal, outrage

Derived terms

• nozemrel
• rellen
• relnicht
• relschopper
• verkiezingsrel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

rel

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch rail, from English rail, from Middle English rail, rayl, *re?el, *re?ol (found in re?olsticke (“a ruler”)), partly from Old English regol (“a ruler, straight bar”) and partly from Old French reille; both from Latin regula (“rule, bar”), from regere (“to rule, to guide, to govern”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r?l]
• Hyphenation: rèl

Noun

rel (plural rel-rel, first-person possessive relku, second-person possessive relmu, third-person possessive relnya)

1. rail: the metal bar that makes the track for a railroad.
2. (figuratively) rule.

   Synonym: aturan

Compounds

Further reading

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

Volapük

Noun

rel (nominative plural rels)

1. religion

Declension