# rek
## Atong (India)
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rek/

### Noun

rek (Bengali script রেক)
* banana tree

#### See also

* rekkun
* rekphang
* rekphul
* rekthai

### References

* van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech rek, from Old High German reccho (compare German Recke).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɛk]

### Noun

rek m anim (female equivalent rekyně)
* (archaic) hero
    Synonyms: hrdina, bohatýr

#### Derived terms

* rekyně

### Further reading

* “rek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “rek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “rek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɛk/
* Hyphenation: rek
* Rhymes: -ɛk

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rek. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Noun

rek n (plural rekken, diminutive rekje n)
* a rack or stand

##### Derived terms

* fietsenrek
* klimrek

##### Descendants

* → Caribbean Javanese: règ
* → Papiamentu: rèki

### Etymology 2

From rekken, to stretch.

#### Noun

rek m (uncountable)
* the ability for a material to stretch
* tolerance, flexibility, permissiveness

#### Verb

rek
* inflection of rekken:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛk/
* Rhymes: -ɛk
* Syllabification: rek

### Noun

rek m animal
* crayfish

### Further reading

* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “rak”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “rek”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Livonian
### Alternative forms

* (Courland) riek

### Etymology

Unknown; possibly related to Finnish retki.

### Noun

rek
* a trip (by sledge or other vehicle)
* road

## Old Norse
### Verb

rek
* inflection of reka:
** first-person singular present active indicative
** second-person singular present active imperative

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Dutch rekenen.

### Verb

rek
* to count

## Slovene
### Etymology

From the verb rêči.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /réːk/, /rɛ́k/

### Noun

rẹ̑k or rȅk m inan
* speech

#### Inflection
### Noun

rek
* genitive dual/plural of reka

### Further reading

* “rek”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Swedish
### Noun

rek n
* (post) a registered letter; abbreviation of rekommenderad (försändelse).
    Coordinate term: ass (“insured”)

#### Declension
### See also

* reka (“[to] register [a consignment]”)
* reka (“[to] reconnoiter”)

### Anagrams

* e.Kr.

## Zhuang
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /ɣeːk˧˥/
* Tone numbers: rek$^7$
* Hyphenation: rek

### Noun

rek (Sawndip forms 𨦙 or 𰽊, 1957–1982 spelling rek)
* wok
    Synonyms: cauq, gva