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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wrake

/ɹeɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wrake
IPA
/ɹeɪk/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Suffering which comes as a result of vengeance or retribution.

Obsolete

noun

Wrecked state or condition; destruction, ruin.

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete form of wrack.

Obsolete

verb

Obsolete form of wrack.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English wrake (“vengeance, persecution, injury”), from Old English wracu (“revenge, persecution, misery, etc.”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakō, likely related to *wrēkō (“persecution, revenge, vengeance”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌰 (wraka, “persecution”), Middle Low German wrake and Middle Dutch wrake.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: wrake, wracu, *wrakō

Usage

Inflected Forms

wrakes (plural) wrakes (present, singular) wraking (participle, present) wraked (participle, past) wraked (past)

Homonyms

rake raik

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce wrake?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹeɪk/.
What does wrake mean?
Suffering which comes as a result of vengeance or retribution.
Where does wrake come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce wrake

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