re

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English

Etymology 1

Borrowed fromLatinrē,ablative ofrēs(“thing, matter, topic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɹiː/,/ɹeɪ/

  • Audio(Southern England):

    (file)

  • Audio(Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes:-iː,-eɪ

Preposition

re

1. About,regarding,withreferenceto; especially inletters,documents,emailsandcase law.

   Synonyms:about,apropos,as for;see alsoThesaurus:about

   ReA (conjoined twins)[2000] EWCA Civ 254

   • 2020July 24, HarryBlank, “SCP-5243”,inSCP Foundation‎^[1],archived fromthe originalon2 September 2024:

     "I know it's been a long haul, but can we please not get complacentre:our annual magic gunk explosion? I can't believe I just typed those words. "

Usage notes

This word, when used in this particular sense, is often rendered asRe:(with a colon and a capital R). It is not an abbreviation. Its capitalization in sentence-initial position (such as in subject lines) is often reanalyzed as being intrinsic, leading to intrasentence capitalization. Because email software introduces it to the subject line in email replies, it often conveys an added meaning ofreplyin the 21st century, in addition to the earlier aspect ofregarding.

Related terms

• in re
• in rem

Translations

regarding

• Arabic:فِي مَا يَخُصّ(fī mā yaḵuṣṣ)

  Egyptian Arabic:عن(ʕann),الي يخص(eli yeḵuṣṣ)

• Danish:angående,hvadangår
• Dutch: (wat(nl))betreft(nl)
• German:AW(de)
• Greek:περί(el)(perí)
• Japanese:は(ja)(wa)

Etymology 2

From Glover'ssolmization,fromMiddle Englishre(“second degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”),Italianrein the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable ofLatinresonāre(“made to resound”)in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymnUt queant laxisby Paulus Deacon.

Alternative forms

• ray

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɹeɪ/

  • Audio(Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes:-eɪ

Noun

re(uncountable)

1. (music)A syllable used insolfègeto represent the second note of amajor scale.

Translations

the second note in solfège

• Arabic:رِيm(rī),رِيm(rē)
• Basque:re(eu)
• Danish:rec
• Finnish:re(fi)
• French:ré(fr)m
• Greek:ρε(el)(re)
• Hungarian:re(hu)
• Irish:ré(ga)m
• Japanese:レ(ja)(re)
• Korean:레(ko)(re)
• Macedonian:ре(mk)(re)
• Portuguese:ré(pt)m
• Russian:ре(ru)n(re)
• Thai:เร(th)(ree)

Etymology 3

Fromre-.

Noun

re(pluralres)

1. (video games,slang)Clipping ofrematch.

   gg [good game], nore

2. (marketing,branding)Clipping ofreinsurance.(used in the branding of reinsurance company names)

Anagrams

• 'er,-'er,-er,E-R,E. R.,E.R.,ER,er,er.

Ainu

Ainu cardinal numbers

< 2	3	4 >
Cardinal:re Ordinal:re ikinne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ɾe̞]

Numeral

re(Kana spellingレ)

1. three

Albanian

Etymology 1

FromProto-Albanian*rina,a noun derived from theProto-Indo-Europeanverb*h₃rinéHtiwhence Albanianrij(“to make humid”),from the root*h₃reyH-(“move, flow, boil”).It is likely morphologically identical withIllyrianῥινός(rhinós,“mist”).Further related toSanskritरिणाति(riṇā́ti,“to make flow, to release, to pour”)andProto-Slavic*rinǫti(“push, shove”).

Alternative forms

• rê,rêj,rêu,rênj,rên—Gheg
• ren—Old Albanian,Tosk,Cham,Arbëresh,Arvanitika

Noun

réf(pluralré,definiteréja,definite pluralrétë)

1. cloud

   qiellpare―cloudless sky

2. (lessliterally)

   retymi―plumeof smoke

   repluhuri―cloudof dust

   njëremushkonjash―aswarmof mosquitos

   njërezogjsh―aflockof birds

3. (figurative)cloud,gloom,bad luck(clarification of this definition is needed)

Related terms

• renf
• rend
• rij,ritë
• vranësi
• vrenjt
• vrenjtur
• vrëndë

Further reading

• “re”,inFGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe(in Albanian),2006

Etymology 2

FromProto-Albanian*raida,fromProto-Indo-European*h₂rey-(“reason, count”).Cognate withLatinrātiō(“reason, judgment”),Old Norseráða,Englishread.

Noun

ref(pluralre,definitereja)

1. attention,care,consideration

Related terms

• vë
• vërej
• vërejtje
• vrojtimm

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɾe/

Adjective

refsg

1. feminineofri(“young,new”)

   një vajzë ere―ayounggirl

   Djata ere―TheNewTestament

Noun

ref(pluralreja,definitereja)

1. younggirl

   Synonyms:vajzë,voce

2. daughter-in-law

   Synonym:nuse

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

re

1. second-personsingularsimpleperfectindicativeofbie

Asturian

Noun

rem(pluralres)

1. Alternative form ofrei
2. (music)re,ray

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ʁeː/

Etymology 1

FromProto-Celtic*ɸro-(compareWelshrhy,Irishró-).

Adverb

re

1. toomuch

Etymology 2

Pronoun

re

1. those

Etymology 3

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Noun

rem(pluralreo)

1. pair(of shoes, eyes, etc.)
2. couple

Catalan

Etymology 1

InheritedfromLatinrēm(“thing, accusative”),rescoming from the nominative. CompareFrenchrien.

Alternative forms

• ren(archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic)[ˈrɛ]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[ˈre]

Pronoun

re

1. (colloquial)Alternative form ofres

Etymology 2

CompareEnglishre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈre]

Noun

rem(pluralres)

1. (music)re(second note of diatonic scale)

Chuukese

Pronoun

re

1. they

   Synonym:ra

2. they are

   Synonym:ra

3. Of a nationality or place;-ish.

Czech

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ren(indeclinable)

1. (card games)doubleraise(multiplies the current stake by 4)

Noun

ren(indeclinable)

1. (music)re

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/reː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ref(pluralre's,diminutivere'tjen)

1. (Netherlands,music)re(second note of a major scale)
2. (Belgium,music)d(tone)

Anagrams

• er

Eastern Arrernte

Pronoun

re

1. he(third person singular masculine pronoun)

References

• 2007.The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive.Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Friulian

Etymology

FromLatinrēx, rēgem.CompareItalianre.

Noun

rem(pluralrês)

1. king

Related terms

• reâl
• reìne

Galician

Noun

rem(pluralres)

1. (music)re(musical note)
2. (music)D(the musical note or key)

See also

• (musical notes)notamusical;dó,re,mi,fa,sol,la,si^{(Category:gl:Music)}

Ido

Etymology

Fromr+‎-e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/re/,/ɾɛ/

Noun

re(pluralre-i)

1. The name of theLatin scriptletterR/r.

See also

• (Latin script letter names)litero;a,be,ce,che,de,e,fe,ge,he,i,je,ke,le,me,ne,o,pe,que,re,se,she,te,u,ve,we,xe,ye,ze^{(Category:io:Latin letter names)}

Interlingua

Preposition

re

1. about

Italian

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European*-s

Proto-Indo-European*h₃rḗǵs

Proto-Italic*rēks

Latinrēx

Italianre

Inherited fromLatinrēx,via the nominative singular, fromProto-Indo-European*h₃rḗǵs(“ruler, king”).Doubletofrege,which was borrowed from Latin via the accusativerēgem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈre/^*,/ˈre/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-e
• Hyphenation:ré

Noun

rem(invariable,feminineregina)

1. king(malemonarch)

   Synonyms:(obsolete, poetic)rege,sovrano

   Hypernyms:monarca,regnante

2. (chess,card games)king
3. (figurative)king,magnate(man who excels in something)

   Synonyms:campione,principe,signore

Descendants

• →Maltese:re

See also

• re di cuori
• re di fiori
• re di picche
• re di quadri

See also

Playing cards in Italian ·carte da gioco(layout·text)
asso	due	tre	quattro	cinque	sei	sette
otto	nove	dieci	fante	donna, regina	re	jolly,joker, matta

Etymology 2

FromLatinresonāre(“to resound”),from the first word of the second line ofUt queant laxis,the medieval hymn on whichsolfègewas based, because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈrɛ/,/ˈrɛ/^*
• Rhymes:-ɛ
• Hyphenation:rè

Noun

rem(invariable)

2. re(musical note)
3. D(musical note or key)

Further reading

• reinLuciano Canepari,Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Japanese

Romanization

re

1. Thehiraganasyllableれ(re)or thekatakanasyllableレ(re)inHepburnromanization.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/reː/,[reː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/re/,[rɛː]

Noun

rē

1. ablativesingularofrēs
2. in reality,in fact,onpractice(often strengthened byvērā,ipsā)

Derived terms

• rē ipsā
• rē vērā/rēvērā
• reāpse

Further reading

• "re",inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "re",inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
• reinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.

Latvian

Etymology 1

Through 17th centuryItalian.The first syllable ofLatinresonāre(“to resound”),the first word of the second line of the medieval hymnUt queant laxis,from which thesolfègesyllables were taken because its successive lines started each on the next note of the scale.

Noun

rem(invariable)

1. (music)re,D(secondnotein themajor scale)

Etymology 2

Unclear.

Interjection

re

1. look!see?(usedtodrawthelistener'sattentiontosomethingvisible)

   re,tās ir mājas, kur piedzimu―look,that is the house where I was born

   re,kā ceriņi saglaudušies ap mājām un žogiem―lookhow the lilacs have become smooth around the houses and fences

   re,cik klusu un nemanot mana māmuļa sirmo―lookhow quietly, without being noticed, my mom became older(literally, “grayer)”)

2. look,hereis...,yousee(usedtodrawthelistener'sattentionto, or toemphasize,somethingsaidorwritten)

   malkas virtuvē nav; tadre,kāpēc māte vakar nekurināja―there is no wood in the kitchen;here iswhy mother did not start the heating yesterday

   re,Mārtiņ, kā iet mūsu dzīvīte―see,Martin, how our little life is going?...

   bet strazds,re,dzied par Ēģipti pie būra tavā priedē―but the sterling,see,he is singing about Egypt at the cage in your pine tree

Synonyms

• āre
• lūk

Ligurian

Etymology

Inherited fromLatinrēx,via the nominative singular. CompareItalianre.

Noun

rem(please provide plural)

1. king(type of monarch who rules a kingdom)

Maltese

Etymology

BorrowedfromSicilianreand/orItalianre,fromLatinrēx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/rɛː/

Noun

rem(pluralrejiet,femininereġina)

1. king

   Synonym:(see there for notes)sultan

2. (chess)king

Related terms

• renju

Mandarin

Romanization

re

1. Nonstandardspelling ofré.
2. Nonstandardspelling ofrě.
3. Nonstandardspelling ofrè.

Usage notes

• Transcriptionsof Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonaldifferences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Manx

Alternative forms

• nee

Particle

re

1. dependent form(afterdy,nagh)ofshe

   Heill mee dyreManninagh oo.―I thought you were a Manxman.

   Ta meecredjaldyreayns y gharey hooar ad eh.―I think it was in the garden that they found it.

Northern Kurdish

Postposition

re

1. a postposed element of severalcircumpositions

Derived terms

• bi... re
• di... re
• ji... re

Northern Sotho

Etymology

FromProto-Bantu*-tɪ̀(“say, quote”).

Verb

re

1. tosay

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

FromOld Norsereiða.Doublet ofrede.

Alternative forms

• reie

Verb

re(present tenserer,past tenseredde,past participleredd)

1. toprepare;make(a bed)

Etymology 2

FromItalian.

Noun

rem(definite singularre-en,indefinite pluralre-er,definite pluralre-ene)

1. re,the second syllable in the scale ofsolfège

References

• “re”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• er

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Through 17th centuryItalian.The first syllable ofLatinresonāre(“to resound”),the first word of the second line of the medieval hymnUt queant laxis,from which thesolfègesyllables were taken because its successive lines started each on the next note of the scale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈreː/
• Rhymes:-eː

Noun

rem(definite singularre-en,indefinite pluralre-ar,definite pluralre-ane)

2. (music)rea syllable used insolfègeto represent the second note of amajor scale.

References

• “re”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• er

Old Irish

Preposition

re

1. Alternative spelling ofré(“before”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀭𑁂(Brahmi script)
• रे(Devanagari script)
• রে(Bengali script)
• රෙ(Sinhalese script)
• ရေ(Burmese script)
• เร(Thai script)
• ᩁᩮ(Tai Tham script)
• ເຣ(Lao script)
• រេ(Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄬(Chakma script)

Noun

re

1. locativesingularofra(“the Pali letter 'r'”)

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

CompareGermaneiner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/rə/

Article

re

1. dativefemininesingularofen:a,an

Declension

Declension ofen
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	en	en	en	–
dative	emme me	re	emme me	–
accusative	en	en	en	–

Romanian

Etymology

BorrowedfromFrenchréorItalianre.

Noun

rem(pluralre)

1. re(musical note)

Declension

Declension ofre

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un)re	reul	(niște)re	rei
genitive/dative	(unui)re	reului	(unor)re	relor
vocative	reule		relor

Sardinian

Noun

rem(pluralres)

1. king

   Coordinate term:reina

2. (chess)king

Further reading

• “re”inDitzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda(2016). Searchable in multiple languages atditzionariu.sardegnacultura.it

Serui-Laut

Noun

re

1. eye

Sotho

Etymology

FromProto-Bantu*-tɪ̀(“say, quote”).

Verb

re

1. tosay

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈre/[ˈre]
• Rhymes:-e
• Syllabification:re

Etymology 1

Noun

rem(pluralres)

1. (music)re

Etymology 2

Originally a prefix,re-.

Adverb

re

1. (chieflyArgentina,somewhatinformal)very

   Synonym:muy

   esretarde―it'sverylate

Further reading

• “re”,inDiccionario de la lengua española(in Spanish), online version 23.7,Royal Spanish Academy,2023 November 28

Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

re

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterR/r.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names)harf;a,be,ce,çe,de,e,fe,ge,yumuşak ge,he,ı,i,je,ke,le,me,ne,o,ö,pe,re,se,şe,te,u,ü,ve,ye,ze

Etymology 2

FromArabicرَاء(rāʔ).

Noun

re

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet:ر

Venetan

Re Artù.

Alternative forms

• rè(obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited fromLatinrēx,via the nominative singular, fromProto-Indo-European*h₃rḗǵs(“ruler, king”).Doubletofrege,which was borrowed from Latin via the accusativerēgem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈrɛ/

Noun

rem(pluralre)

1. king

   Elreel goerna co saviesa.

   Thekingrules with wisdom.

Wandamen

Noun

re

1. eye

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɾè/

Verb

rè

1. (intransitive)togo

   Synonyms:lọ,yú

   Àwòdì t'ó ńreÌbarà, ẹ̀fúùfùú ta a nídìí pá; ó ní 'iṣẹ́ kúkú yá'

   The hawk which isgoing toIbara, the wind pushes it suddenly, it responds quickly that that is the next best thing

   (proverb on expediency)

Usage notes

• rewhen followed by direct object.

Derived terms

• relé
• rírè
• àrè
• ìrè

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɾè/

Verb

rè

1. (intransitive,Ekiti)tobe

   Synonym:jẹ́

   Ọmọ mẹ́tàdínlógún ní morè―Iamseventeen years old

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɾé/

Verb

ré

1. (intransitive,Ijebu)tobe

   Synonym:jẹ́

   Ìjẹ̀bú "ré" m wa―WeareIjebu.

   Ọmọ Ìjẹ̀bú "ré" iye mi―My motherisIjebu.

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɾè/

Verb

rè

1. (transitiveorintransitiveorergative)toroast

   Synonym:wì

Usage notes

• rewhen followed by direct object.

Derived terms

• arè
• rè níná
• rírè
• ìrè

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɾè/

Verb

rè

1. (transitive)tonurse,to givespecificattentiontosomethingorsomeone

   Synonym:tọ́jú

Usage notes

• rewhen followed by direct object.

Derived terms

• arè
• remú
• rè lójú
• rè nímú
• rírè
• ìrè

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɾé/

Verb

ré

1. (transitive)tosoak,to becomeswollen(usually in reference to the skin)

   Synonyms:wú,só

   ara ọmọ náàárélọ́wọ́ọ nínà―The child's bodybecame swollenfrom the beating

Derived terms

• aré
• rírè
• ìré

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɾé/

Verb

ré

1. (transitive)toexceed(indegreeordimension), topass,togoacrossamark

Derived terms

• aré
• ré kọjá
• réhán
• réwọ́
• ríré
• ìré

Etymology 8

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɾé/

Verb

ré

1. (transitive)toskimthetopof aliquid
2. Toaltersomething,to cause something to betransferredorremovedviasupernaturalorauthoritativemeans

   Ifáréikú lórí awo―Ifaremoved(premature) death from the head of the Ifa priest

Derived terms

• aré
• ré lórí
• ríré
• ìré

Etymology 9

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɾé/

Verb

ré

1. (transitive)to put acurseorspellon someone

Usage notes

• Always preceded bygbé

Derived terms

• aré
• ríré
• ìré

Etymology 10

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɾé/

Verb

ré

1. (intransitive)totrigger,to undergo ahit

   Pàkútéré―The traptriggeredoff

2. (medicine)todislocate,tosufferfrom adislocatedbody part

   Synonyms:wọ́n,hán

   Ẹ̀yìn aboyúnré―The pregnant womandislocatedher back

Derived terms

• aré
• ríré
• ìré

Etymology 11

Fromreused insolfègeto represent the secondnoteof amajor scale.

Alternative forms

• (abbreviated):R,r

Noun

re

1. Thesyllableused to represent the mid-tone

See also

names for tones

• dò
• mí