vlek
Czech
Etymology
Deverbal from vléct.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvlɛk]
Noun
vlek m inan
- Alternative form of vlečení.
- trailer (unpowered vehicle)
- Synonym: přívěs
- ski tow
Further reading
- vlek in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- vlek in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch vleck, vlecke (also vlacke), from Old Dutch flec (attested as a byname) and *flekko, from Proto-Germanic *flekka- (“spot, mark, blemish”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂g-, *pleh₂k- (“to beat, strike”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vlɛk/
vlek (file) - Hyphenation: vlek
- Rhymes: -ɛk
Noun
vlek f or m (plural vlekken, diminutive vlekje n)
- spot, stain, speck
- Synonym: smet
Derived terms
- archipelvlek
- bevlekken
- blinde vlek
- moedervlek
- olievlek
- zonnevlek
Descendants
- → Sranan Tongo: flaka, fraka
- → Caribbean Javanese: flakah, flèg
Noun
vlek n (plural vlekken, diminutive vlekje n)
- (obsolete) area, region
- hamlet
- (obsolete) town, large village
- Synonym: dorp
Derived terms
- bevlekken
References
- Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “vlek”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001