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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raik

/ɹeɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
raik
IPA
/ɹeɪk/
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.

noun

The movement of animals while grazing.

noun

The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.

noun

A journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported.

verb

To walk; to roam, to wander.

Intransitive verb

verb

Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.

Intransitive verb

verb

To roam or wander through (somewhere).

Transitive verb

noun

Alternative spelling of rake (“rate of progress; pace, speed”).

Etymology

From Middle English rake (“path”), from Old Norse rák (“trail”), from Proto-Germanic *rēkō, *raką, *rakō, *rakǭ (“file of tracks, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *(o)reg'-, *(o)reg'a- (“to straighten, direct”). Cognate with Icelandic rák (“streak, grazing”), Icelandic raka (“strip, series”), Norwegian røk (“grazing”), Norwegian rak (“wick”), Old English race, racu (“a run, riverbed”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɹeɪk/
  • British English: /ɹeɪk/

Usage

Inflected Forms

raiks (plural) rake (alternative) raiks (present, singular) raiking (participle, present) raiked (participle, past) raiked (past)

Synonyms

fare journey sith trip ambulate navigate pedestrianize raik

Homonyms

rake wrake

Rhymes With

make take break lake wake mistake fake tea break cake spirit lake sake shake

Questions

How do you pronounce raik?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹeɪk/.
What does raik mean?
A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.
Where does raik come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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