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From Middle English rakke, rekke, from Middle Dutch rac, recke, rec (Dutch rek), see rekken.

From Middle English reken, from Old Norse reka (“to be drifted, tost”) The noun is from Middle English rak, rakke, from Middle English rek (“drift; thing tossed ashore; jetsam”), from the verb.

See rack (“that which stretches”), or rock (verb).

See wreck.

Uncertain. Perhaps a contraction of rabbock, an alteration ( + -ock) of rabbit.

From Old English reċċan (“to stretch out, extend”).

Inherited from Middle English rakken.

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَكْتَبَة شَخْصِيَّة — series of shelves
• Basque: apal — series of shelves
• Breton: estajerenn — series of shelves
• Bulgarian: стелаж (stelaž) — series of shelves
• Chinese Mandarin: 架子 (jiàzi) — series of shelves
• Czech: regál — series of shelves
• Czech: stojan — series of shelves
• Czech: police — series of shelves
• Czech: přihrádka — series of shelves
• Dutch: rek — series of shelves
• Dutch: schap — series of shelves
• Esperanto: rako — series of shelves
• Finnish: hyllykkö — series of shelves
• Finnish: hylly — series of shelves
• Finnish: teline — series of shelves
• Finnish: räkki — series of shelves
• French: étagère — series of shelves
• German: Regal — series of shelves
• Irish: raca — series of shelves
• Irish: aidhleann — series of shelves
• Irish: alchaing — series of shelves
• Italian: rastrelliera — series of shelves
• Khmer: ធ្នើរ (thnəə) — series of shelves
• Korean: 선반 (seonban) — series of shelves
• Latin: pluteus — series of shelves
• Persian: قفسه (qafase) — series of shelves
• Polish: regał — series of shelves
• Polish: etażerka — series of shelves
• Polish: etażera — series of shelves
• Polish: półka — series of shelves
• Portuguese: estante — series of shelves
• Portuguese: armário — series of shelves
• Portuguese: compartimentos — series of shelves
• Romanian: raft — series of shelves
• Romanian: etajeră — series of shelves
• Russian: этаже́рка (etažérka) — series of shelves
• Russian: стелла́ж (stelláž) — series of shelves
• Russian: по́лка (pólka) — series of shelves
• Spanish: estante — series of shelves
• Spanish: estantería — series of shelves
• Vietnamese: giá — series of shelves
• Armenian: գելոց (gelocʻ) — torture device
• Armenian: գելարան (gelaran) — torture device
• Catalan: poltre — torture device
• Chinese Mandarin: 刑架 (xíngjià) — torture device
• Czech: skřipec — torture device
• Dutch: pijnbank — torture device
• Finnish: piinapenkki — torture device
• French: chevalet — torture device
• German: Streckbank — torture device
• Ancient Greek: στρεβλωτήριον (streblōtḗrion) — torture device
• Hindi: शिकंजा (śikañjā) — torture device
• Irish: raca céasta — torture device
• Italian: eculeo — torture device
• Latin: equuleus — torture device
• Portuguese: cavalete — torture device
• Portuguese: ecúleo — torture device
• Russian: ды́ба (dýba) — torture device
• Spanish: potro — torture device
• Spanish: ecúleo — torture device
• Swedish: sträckbänk — torture device
• Basque: esekitoki — frame for hanging objects
• Bulgarian: закачалка (zakačalka) — frame for hanging objects
• Chinese Mandarin: 架 (jià) — frame for hanging objects
• Czech: věšák — frame for hanging objects
• Dutch: rek — frame for hanging objects
• Esperanto: vestarko — frame for hanging objects
• Finnish: naulakko — frame for hanging objects
• Ingrian: veešalka — frame for hanging objects
• Irish: raca — frame for hanging objects
• Irish: aidhleann — frame for hanging objects
• Irish: alchaing — frame for hanging objects
• Khmer: ប្រដាប់ព្យួរ (prɑɑdappyuə) — frame for hanging objects
• Korean: 횃대 (hwaetdae) — frame for hanging objects
• Māori: tīrewa — frame for hanging objects
• Persian: رگال (regâl) — frame for hanging objects
• Polish: wieszak — frame for hanging objects
• Russian: ве́шалка (véšalka) — frame for hanging objects
• Spanish: perchero — frame for hanging objects
• Swedish: klädhängare — frame for hanging objects
• Turkish: askılık — frame for hanging objects
• Vietnamese: giá — frame for hanging objects
• Bulgarian: плешка (pleška) — cut of meat
• French: carré — cut of meat
• Irish: raca — cut of meat
• Polish: żeberka — cut of meat
• Swedish: revbensspjäll — cut of meat
• Bulgarian: балкон (balkon) — woman's breasts
• Catalan: pitrera — woman's breasts
• Finnish: rintavarustus — woman's breasts
• Finnish: rinnat — woman's breasts
• Finnish: tissit — woman's breasts
• French: balcon — woman's breasts
• French: devanture — woman's breasts
• German: Holz vor der Hütte — woman's breasts
• Irish: brollach — woman's breasts
• Irish: cliabh — woman's breasts
• Italian: davanzale — woman's breasts
• Polish: bufory — woman's breasts
• Polish: zderzaki — woman's breasts
• Portuguese: prateleira — woman's breasts
• Spanish: pechamen — woman's breasts
• Swedish: hylla — woman's breasts
• Māori: kōhurehure — to cause someone to suffer pain as from the effects of disease
• Bulgarian: закачвам (zakačvam) — to place or hang on a rack
• Portuguese: alongar — stretch joints of a person
• Portuguese: estirar — stretch joints of a person
• Dutch: klaren — brewing: to clarify by draining or siphoning from the dregs
• Finnish: laskea — brewing: to clarify by draining or siphoning from the dregs
• Finnish: räkätä — brewing: to clarify by draining or siphoning from the dregs
• German: abstechen — brewing: to clarify by draining or siphoning from the dregs
• Spanish: desliar — brewing: to clarify by draining or siphoning from the dregs