arete

See also: areté, aretê, and arête

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæɹɪtiː/

Noun

arete (uncountable)

1. (Classical philosophy) Virtue, excellence.
   • 1962, Lionel Ignacius Cusack Pearson, Popular Ethics in Ancient Greece, page 78 (translating a line from an old text):

     All arete is included in justice, Cyrnus.

2. (Classical philosophy) The proper state or condition for a human.

Related terms

• aretaic

Translations

virtue, excellence

• Ancient Greek: ἀρετή f (aretḗ)
• Greek: αρετή (el) f (aretí)
• Hebrew: סְגֻלָּה‎ (he) f (sgulá)

• Portuguese: areté f, aretê f
• Tamil: அறன் (ta) (aṟaṉ), அறம் (ta) (aṟam)

Etymology 2

Noun

arete (plural aretes)

1. Alternative spelling of arête

Anagrams

• areet, eater, ratee, teare

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Latin

Verb

ārēte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of āreō

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin aries, arietem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“certain domestic animal”).

Noun

arete m (plural areți)

1. ram (male sheep)

Declension

Declension of arete

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) arete	aretele	(niște) areți	areții
genitive/dative	(unui) arete	aretelui	(unor) areți	areților
vocative	arete		areților

Synonyms

• berbec

See also

• oaie
• miel

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Spanish

Etymology

From aro +‎ -ete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾete/, [a.ˈɾe.t̪e]

Noun

arete m (plural aretes)

1. (Latin America, Philippines) earring

   Synonym: pendiente

Derived terms

• aretito

Further reading

• “arete” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.