different between retch vs bretch
retch
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?
- Homophone: wretch
Etymology 1
From Middle English *recchen, *rechen (attested in arechen), hræcen, from Old English hr??an (“to clear the throat, hawk, spit”), from Proto-West Germanic *hr?kijan, from Proto-Germanic *hr?kijan? (“to clear one's throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreg- (“to caw, crow”). Cognate with Icelandic hrækja (“to hawk, spit”), Limburgish räöke (“to induce vomiting”). Also related with German Rachen (“throat”).
Alternative forms
- reach (archaic or dialectal)
Verb
retch (third-person singular simple present retches, present participle retching, simple past and past participle retched)
- To make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
- 1819-1824, Lord Byron, Don Juan
- Here he grew inarticulate with retching.
- 1819-1824, Lord Byron, Don Juan
Translations
Noun
retch (plural retches)
- An unsuccessful effort to vomit.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English recchen (“to care; heed”), from Old English r???an, variant of r??an (“to care; reck”), from Proto-Germanic *r?kijan? (“to care”), from Proto-Indo-European *re?- (“straight, right, just”).
Verb
retch (third-person singular simple present retches, present participle retching, simple past and past participle retched)
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To reck
Related terms
- retchless
Etymology 3
From Middle English recchen, from Old English re??an (“to stretch, extend”), from Proto-West Germanic *rakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *rakjan? (“to straighten, stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ro?éyeti.
Verb
retch (third-person singular simple present retches, present participle retching, simple past and past participle retched or (obsolete) raught)
- (dialectal) to reach
Anagrams
- chert
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bretch
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??t?/
Noun
bretch (plural bretches)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of breach
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