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From Middle English rek, reke (“smoke”), from Old English rēc, from Proto-West Germanic *rauki, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz, from Proto-Indo-European *rowgi-. Cognate with West Frisian reek, riik, Dutch rook (“smoke”), Low German Röök, German Rauch (“smoke”), Danish røg (“smoke”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk røyk (“smoke”), Swedish rök (“smoke”), Faroese roykur (“smoke”), Icelandic reykur (“smoke”); also Lithuanian rū̃kti (“to smoke”), rū̃kas (“smoke, fog”), Albanian regj (“to tan”).

From Middle English reke (“heap, pile”), from Old English hrēac.

Probably a transferred use (after Irish cruach (“stack (of corn), pile, mountain, hill”)) of a variant of rick, with which it is cognate.

From Middle English reken (“to smoke”), from Old English rēocan, from Proto-West Germanic *reukan, from Proto-Germanic *reukaną, from Proto-Indo-European *rougi-. See above. Related to Dutch ruiken, Low German rüken, German riechen, Danish ryge, Swedish ryka.

125 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نَتَانَة (natāna) — unpleasant smell
• Belarusian: смуро́д (smuród) — unpleasant smell
• Belarusian: вонь (vonʹ) — unpleasant smell
• Bulgarian: смрад (smrad) — unpleasant smell
• Bulgarian: во́ня (vónja) — unpleasant smell
• Catalan: pudor — unpleasant smell
• Chinese Mandarin: 腐臭 (fǔchòu) — unpleasant smell
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡臭 /恶臭 (èchòu) — unpleasant smell
• Chinese Mandarin: 臭氣 /臭气 (chòuqì) — unpleasant smell
• Chinese Mandarin: 臭 (chòu) — unpleasant smell
• Czech: zápach — unpleasant smell
• Czech: smrad — unpleasant smell
• Dutch: stank — unpleasant smell
• Finnish: löyhkä — unpleasant smell
• Finnish: lemu — unpleasant smell
• French: puanteur — unpleasant smell
• Galician: fedor — unpleasant smell
• Galician: cheirume — unpleasant smell
• Galician: burruallo — unpleasant smell
• Galician: farume — unpleasant smell
• Galician: fedume — unpleasant smell
• Galician: taforada — unpleasant smell
• Galician: bravú — unpleasant smell
• German: Gestank — unpleasant smell
• Italian: puzza — unpleasant smell
• Italian: fetore — unpleasant smell
• Italian: tanfo — unpleasant smell
• Japanese: 臭気 (shūki) — unpleasant smell
• Japanese: 悪臭 (akushū) — unpleasant smell
• Japanese: 臭味 (shūmi) — unpleasant smell
• Japanese: 臭い (nioi) — unpleasant smell
• Latin: paedor — unpleasant smell
• Latin: foetor — unpleasant smell
• Macedonian: смрад (smrad) — unpleasant smell
• Macedonian: реа (rea) — unpleasant smell
• Macedonian: смрдеа (smrdea) — unpleasant smell
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tev — unpleasant smell
• Polish: smród — unpleasant smell
• Polish: fetor — unpleasant smell
• Portuguese: fedor — unpleasant smell
• Portuguese: catinga — unpleasant smell
• Russian: вонь (vonʹ) — unpleasant smell
• Russian: смрад (smrad) — unpleasant smell
• Russian: злово́ние (zlovónije) — unpleasant smell
• Serbo-Croatian: смрад — unpleasant smell
• Serbo-Croatian: воњ — unpleasant smell
• Serbo-Croatian: smrad — unpleasant smell
• Serbo-Croatian: vonj — unpleasant smell
• Slovak: zápach — unpleasant smell
• Slovak: smrad — unpleasant smell
• Slovene: smrad — unpleasant smell
• Slovene: vonj — unpleasant smell
• Spanish: hedor — unpleasant smell
• Spanish: fetidez — unpleasant smell
• Spanish: peste — unpleasant smell
• Spanish: tufo — unpleasant smell
• Swedish: stank — unpleasant smell
• Swedish: odör — unpleasant smell
• Turkish: koku — unpleasant smell
• Ukrainian: сморі́д (smoríd) — unpleasant smell
• Ukrainian: вонь (vonʹ) — unpleasant smell
• Bulgarian: изпарение (izparenie) — vapor
• Dutch: damp — vapor
• Galician: baldura — vapor
• Galician: vafo — vapor
• Galician: tafo — vapor
• German: Dampf — vapor
• Portuguese: vapor — vapor
• Spanish: vapor — vapor
• Spanish: vaho — vapor
• Spanish: emanación — vapor
• Swedish: ångor — vapor
• Turkish: buhar — vapor
• Ukrainian: па́ра (pára) — vapor
• Asturian: recender — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Asturian: arrecender — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Asturian: feder — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Asturian: aponzoñar — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Asturian: atufar — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Bulgarian: воня (vonja) — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Bulgarian: смърдя (smǎrdja) — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Czech: páchnout — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Czech: smrdět — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Czech: čpět — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Dutch: stinken — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Finnish: löyhkätä — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Finnish: lemuta — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• French: empester — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• French: puer — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• French: fouetter — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• French: schlinguer — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Galician: feder — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Galician: abafar — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• German: stinken — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Italian: puzzare — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Latin: foeteō — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Norwegian: stinke — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tevja — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Portuguese: feder — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Russian: воня́ть (vonjátʹ) — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Russian: испуска́ть за́пах (ispuskátʹ zápax) — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Russian: источа́ть за́пах (istočátʹ zápax) — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Sicilian: fètiri — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Sicilian: sbummicari — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Sicilian: nfittari — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Sicilian: attassanari — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Spanish: heder — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Spanish: apestar — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Spanish: cantar — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Spanish: oler mal — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Swedish: stinka — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Turkish: kokmak — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Ukrainian: смерді́ти (smerdíty) — to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
• Czech: smrdět — to be evidently associated with something unpleasant
• Czech: zavánět — to be evidently associated with something unpleasant
• Dutch: ruiken naar — to be evidently associated with something unpleasant
• Finnish: haiskahtaa — to be evidently associated with something unpleasant
• French: puer — to be evidently associated with something unpleasant
• Portuguese: cheirar — to be evidently associated with something unpleasant
• Russian: попахивать (popaxivatʹ) — to be evidently associated with something unpleasant
• Spanish: apestar — to be evidently associated with something unpleasant
• Spanish: dar asco — to be evidently associated with something unpleasant
• Swedish: stinka — to be evidently associated with something unpleasant
• Turkish: kokmak — to be evidently associated with something unpleasant
• Ukrainian: па́хнути (páxnuty) — to be evidently associated with something unpleasant