rês

See also: res, Res, rés, res-, re's, and Res.

Franco-Provençal

Noun

rês

1. plural of rê

Portuguese

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish res. Origin contested. From either Latin rēs (“thing, property”) or Arabic رَأْس (raʔs, “head”, also of cattle). While the latter is a perfect semantic match, the front vowel of the Romance form speaks against Arabic origin because dialects generally maintain a back -a- in this word (compare Maltese ras, not *ries).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -es

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe(j)s/ [ˈhe(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe(j)s/ [ˈhe(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe(j)ʃ/ [ˈχe(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁeʃ/

Noun

rês f (plural reses)

1. neat (food animal)