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trek
English
Alternative forms
- treck (archaic)
Etymology
From Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trekken (weak verb) and tr?ken (“to trek, place, bring, move”, strong verb), from Old Dutch *trekkan, *trekan, from Proto-Germanic *trekan?, *trakjan? (“to drag, haul, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: tr?k, IPA(key): /t??k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
trek (plural treks)
- (South Africa) A journey by ox wagon.
- (South Africa) The Boer migration of 1835-1837.
- A slow or difficult journey.
- A long walk.
- Synonym: slog
Verb
trek (third-person singular simple present treks, present participle trekking, simple past and past participle trekked)
- (intransitive) To make a slow or arduous journey.
- 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Beach of Falesá
- Before that they had been a good deal on the move, trekking about after the white man, who was one of those rolling stones that keep going round after a soft job.
- 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Beach of Falesá
- (intransitive) To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
- (South Africa) To travel by ox wagon.
Related terms
- trigger
Translations
Anagrams
- rekt
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /træk/
Etymology 1
From Dutch trekken.
Verb
trek (present trek, present participle trekkende, past participle getrek)
- to haul
- to move (moving house)
- to pull
Descendants
- ? English: trek
Etymology 2
From Dutch trek.
Noun
trek (plural trekke)
- journey
Derived terms
- Groot Trek
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tr?k/
- Hyphenation: trek
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch trec, from trecken.
Noun
trek m (plural trekken, diminutive trekje n)
- (uncountable) appetite
- Ik heb trek in een reep chocola — I could (now) have a chocolate bar
- Ik heb geen trek in deze klus — I have no mind to carry out this task
- (countable) journey, migration
- (uncountable) animal migration
- (uncountable) draught, air current through a chimney.
- (countable) feature, trait
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
trek
- first-person singular present indicative of trekken
- imperative of trekken
Anagrams
- rekt
French
Noun
trek m (plural treks)
- treck
- trecking
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?ek]
Noun
trek
- truck
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh, page 30
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sail
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se?l/, [se???]
- Rhymes: -e?l
- Homophone: sale
Etymology 1
From Middle English saile, sayle, seil, seyl, from Old English se?l, from Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *segl?. Cognate with West Frisian seil, Low German Segel, Dutch zeil, German Segel, Swedish segel.
Noun
sail (countable and uncountable, plural sails)
- (nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
- (nautical, uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
- (uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
- A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- (dated, plural "sail") A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
- (nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.
- The blade of a windmill.
- A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
- The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
- (fishing) A sailfish.
- (paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
- Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:sail
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English sailen, saylen, seilen, seilien, from Old English si?lan (“to sail”), from Proto-West Germanic *siglijan, from *siglijan?. Cognate with West Frisian sile, Low German seilen, Dutch zeilen, German segeln, Swedish segla, Icelandic sigla.
Verb
sail (third-person singular simple present sails, present participle sailing, simple past and past participle sailed)
- To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.
- To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
- To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- (intransitive) To set sail; to begin a voyage.
- To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
- [flavor text of the card "Spirit of the Winds"] A spirit of the wind that freely sails the skies.
- (intransitive) To move briskly.
Derived terms
- sail close to the wind
Translations
External links
- Sail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Sail in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Alis, Isla, LIAs, LISA, Lias, Lisa, SiAl, ails, lais, lias, sial
Basque
Noun
sail
- area
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English sail. Doublet of zeil
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se?l/
- Hyphenation: sail
- Rhymes: -e?l
Noun
sail n (plural sails)
- (nautical) The fin or sail of a submarine.
- Synonym: toren
Irish
Alternative forms
- sal
Etymology
From Old Irish sal, from Proto-Celtic *sal?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sal?/
Noun
sail f (genitive singular saile)
- dirt, dross, impurity
- stain, defilement
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “sal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “sal” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 589.
- "sail" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “sail” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Volapük
Noun
sail (nominative plural sails)
- (nautical) sail
Declension
Derived terms
- sailan
- sailön
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin solea (“sole”).
Noun
sail f (plural seiliau, not mutable)
- base, basis, foundation
- Synonym: sylfaen
Derived terms
- seiliedig (“established; fundamental”)
References
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “sail”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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