wreck

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• rĕk
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• /ˈɹɛk/
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• rhymes with -ɛk
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• dialectal, obsolete: răk
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• dialectal, obsolete: /ˈɹæk/
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From Middle English wrek, from Anglo-Norman wrek, from Old Norse *wrek (whence Norwegian rek, Icelandic rek, Swedish vrak, Danish vrag), from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (“to pursue”, whence Old English wrecan (English wreak), Old Saxon wrekan, Old High German rëhhan, Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan)), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to track; to hunt; to follow”).

155 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: руина (ruina) — ruined object or person
• Bulgarian: развалина (razvalina) — ruined object or person
• Catalan: ruïna — ruined object or person
• Chinese Mandarin: 破坏 (pòhuài) — ruined object or person
• Dutch: wrak — ruined object or person
• Finnish: raunio — ruined object or person
• Finnish: ihmisraunio — ruined object or person
• French: épave — ruined object or person
• German: Wrack — ruined object or person
• German: Schrott — ruined object or person
• German: Schrotthaufen — ruined object or person
• German: Schrottkiste — ruined object or person
• White Hmong: tsoo — ruined object or person
• Italian: relitto — ruined object or person
• Italian: rottame — ruined object or person
• Japanese: 荒廃 (kōhai) — ruined object or person
• Japanese: 敗残 (haizan) — ruined object or person
• Polish: wrak — ruined object or person
• Romanian: ruină — ruined object or person
• Romanian: epavă — ruined object or person
• Spanish: cacharro — ruined object or person
• Spanish: trasto — ruined object or person
• Spanish: guiñapo — ruined object or person
• Swedish: vrak — ruined object or person
• Turkish: enkaz — ruined object or person
• Bulgarian: останки (ostanki) — remains
• Bulgarian: отломки (otlomki) — remains
• Chinese Mandarin: 残骸 (cánhái) — remains
• Czech: vrak — remains
• Esperanto: vrako — remains
• Finnish: romu — remains
• Finnish: raato — remains
• Finnish: jäännökset — remains
• Finnish: hylky — remains
• French: carcasse — remains
• German: Wrack — remains
• Hungarian: roncs — remains
• Ingrian: raakki — remains
• Italian: carcassa — remains
• Italian: relitto — remains
• Italian: carretta — remains
• Italian: resti — remains
• Italian: rovine — remains
• Italian: colabrodo — remains
• Italian: rottame — remains
• Japanese: 残骸 (zangai) — remains
• Macedonian: оста́тоци (ostátoci) — remains
• Macedonian: о́станки (óstanki) — remains
• Macedonian: кр́нтија (kŕntija) — remains
• Norwegian: vrak — remains
• Polish: wrak — remains
• Portuguese: destroço — remains
• Romanian: dărâmătură — remains
• Romanian: ruină — remains
• Serbo-Croatian: òlupina — remains
• Swedish: vrak — remains
• Arabic: تَصَادُّم (taṣāddum) — collision
• Bulgarian: ава́рия (avárija) — collision
• Chinese Mandarin: 碰撞 (pèngzhuàng) — collision
• Dutch: botsing — collision
• Finnish: törmäys — collision
• Finnish: yhteentörmäys — collision
• Finnish: kolari — collision
• French: accident — collision
• German: Zusammenstoß — collision
• Hebrew: גרוטאה — collision
• White Hmong: tsoo — collision
• Hungarian: karambol — collision
• Italian: collisione — collision
• Italian: disastro — collision
• Japanese: 衝突 (shōtotsu) — collision
• Korean: 충돌 (chungdol) — collision
• Macedonian: хава́рија (havárija) — collision
• Polish: kolizja — collision
• Polish: wypadek — collision
• Portuguese: choque — collision
• Romanian: accident — collision
• Romanian: avarie — collision
• Romanian: coliziune — collision
• Russian: ава́рия (avárija) — collision
• Spanish: choque — collision
• Spanish: desastre — collision
• Spanish: accidente — collision
• Spanish: siniestro — collision
• Spanish: colisión — collision
• Spanish: paletazo — collision
• Swedish: sammanstötning — collision
• Swedish: krock — collision
• Swedish: krasch — collision
• Bulgarian: разбивам (razbivam) — to cause severe damage
• Chinese Mandarin: 破坏 (pòhuài) — to cause severe damage
• Dutch: beschadigen — to cause severe damage
• Dutch: slopen — to cause severe damage
• Esperanto: detrui — to cause severe damage
• Esperanto: ruinigi — to cause severe damage
• Finnish: tuhota — to cause severe damage
• Finnish: särkeä — to cause severe damage
• Finnish: romuttaa — to cause severe damage
• French: bousiller — to cause severe damage
• French: ruiner — to cause severe damage
• Greek: καταστρέφω (katastréfo) — to cause severe damage
• White Hmong: tsoo — to cause severe damage
• Ido: naufrajigar — to cause severe damage
• Italian: distruggere — to cause severe damage
• Japanese: 破壊する (hakai suru) — to cause severe damage
• Japanese: 打ち壊す (buchikowasu) — to cause severe damage
• Japanese: めちゃめちゃにする (mechamecha ni suru) — to cause severe damage
• Romanian: distruge — to cause severe damage
• Romanian: avaria — to cause severe damage
• Spanish: arruinar — to cause severe damage
• Spanish: destruir — to cause severe damage
• Spanish: estropear — to cause severe damage
• Spanish: echar a perder — to cause severe damage
• Spanish: joder — to cause severe damage
• Swedish: fördärva — to cause severe damage
• Swedish: krascha — to cause severe damage
• Ottoman Turkish: بالطهلامق (baltalamak) — to cause severe damage
• Azerbaijani: dağıtmaq — to ruin
• Basque: hondatu — to ruin
• Bulgarian: руинирам (ruiniram) — to ruin
• Bulgarian: унищожавам (uništožavam) — to ruin
• Catalan: arruinar — to ruin
• Chinese Mandarin: 毁掉 (huǐdiào) — to ruin
• Dutch: ruïneren — to ruin
• Dutch: verwoesten — to ruin
• Esperanto: detrui — to ruin
• Finnish: tuhota — to ruin
• Finnish: särkeä — to ruin
• French: ruiner — to ruin
• Galician: arruinar — to ruin
• Greek: καταστρέφω (katastréfo) — to ruin
• White Hmong: tsoo — to ruin
• Hungarian: rombol — to ruin
• Italian: rovinare — to ruin
• Japanese: 荒廃させる (kōhai saseru) — to ruin
• Japanese: 打ち壊す (buchikowasu) — to ruin
• Japanese: めちゃめちゃにする (mechamecha ni suru) — to ruin
• Latin: perdō — to ruin
• Portuguese: estragar — to ruin
• Romanian: ruina — to ruin
• Romanian: părăgini — to ruin
• Romanian: dărăpăna — to ruin
• Russian: разруша́ть (razrušátʹ) — to ruin
• Russian: разру́шить (razrúšitʹ) — to ruin
• Spanish: arruinar — to ruin
• Swedish: grusa — to ruin
• Turkish: harap etmek — to ruin
• Turkish: viran etmek — to ruin
• Dutch: ontmantelen — to dismantle wrecked objects
• Finnish: romuttaa — to dismantle wrecked objects
• White Hmong: tsoo — to dismantle wrecked objects
• Italian: smantellare — to dismantle wrecked objects
• Japanese: 解体する (kaitai suru) — to dismantle wrecked objects
• Japanese: ばらす (barasu) — to dismantle wrecked objects
• Swedish: skrota — to dismantle wrecked objects