rec

English Online Dictionary. What means rec‎? What does rec mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɛk/
• Homophones: recc, reck, wreck
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

rec (countable and uncountable, plural recs)

1. (uncountable, informal) Clipping of recreation.

2. (countable, informal) Clipping of recreation ground.

   Synonym: reccy

3. (countable, informal) Clipping of recommendation.

   Synonym: recc

Derived terms

• rec hall
• rec league
• rec room

Verb

rec (third-person singular simple present recs, present participle reccing or recing or rec'ing, simple past and past participle recced or reced or rec'ed or rec'd)

1. (transitive, informal) To recommend.

   Synonym: recc

2. (transitive, informal) To record.

Adjective

rec (not comparable)

1. (informal) Clipping of recreational.

Anagrams

• CER, CRE, ERC, Erc, RCE

Catalan

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸrik- (“furrow”). Compare Occitan rèc (whence French arrèc) and Basque erreka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈrek]
• Homophone: reg

Noun

rec m (plural recs)

1. irrigation ditch

Derived terms

• reguer

Related terms

• rega
• regar

Further reading

• “rec” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Old English

Alternative forms

• rīec

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rauki, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz, whence also Old Frisian rēk, Old Saxon rōk, Old Dutch rouc, Old High German rouh, Old Norse reykr. Possibly a loan from the Old Norse instead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reːk/

Noun

rēc m

1. smoke

Declension

Strong i-stem:

Descendants

• Middle English: rek
  • English: reek
  • Scots: reek, reik

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Reck.

Noun

rec n (plural recuri)

1. (gymnastics) horizontal bar

Declension