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語源 1

From Middle English *recchen, *rechen (attested in arechen), hræcen (“to cough up”), from 古期英語 hrǣċan (“to clear the throat, hawk, spit”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrākijan, from Proto-Germanic *hrēkijaną (“to clear one's throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreg- (“to caw, crow”). Cognate with Icelandic hrækja (“to hawk, spit”), Limburgish räöke (“to induce vomiting”), Bavarian reckn (“to retch, gag”) and German recken (“to retch, gag”). Also related with German Rachen (“throat”).

別の表記

• reach (古風な用法 または dialectal)

動詞

retch (三人称単数 現在形 retches, 現在分詞 retching, 過去形および過去分詞形 retched)

1. To make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
   • 1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII):

     Here he grew inarticulate with retching.

名詞

retch (複数形 retches)

1. An unsuccessful effort to vomit.

語源 2

From Middle English recchen (“to care; heed”), from 古期英語 rēċċan, variant of rēċan (“to care; reck”), from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną (“to care”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“straight, right, just”).

動詞

retch (三人称単数 現在形 retches, 現在分詞 retching, 過去形および過去分詞形 retched)

1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To reck.

関連する語

• retchless

語源 3

From Middle English recchen, from 古期英語 reċċan (“to stretch, extend”), from Proto-West Germanic *rakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną (“to straighten, stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti.

動詞

retch (third-person singular simple present retches, present participle retching, simple past and past participle retched or (廃れた用法) raught)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of reach

アナグラム

• chert