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re

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin rē, ablative of rēs (“thing, matter, topic”).

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re

  1. About, regarding, with reference to; especially in letters, documents, emails and case law.
    Synonyms: about, apropos, as for; see also Thesaurus:about
    Re A (conjoined twins) [2000] EWCA Civ 254
    • 2020 July 24, HarryBlank, “SCP-5243”, in SCP Foundation‎[1], archived from the original on 2 September 2024:
      "I know it's been a long haul, but can we please not get complacent re: our annual magic gunk explosion? I can't believe I just typed those words."
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This word, when used in this particular sense, is often rendered as Re: (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 of reply in the 21st century, in addition to the earlier aspect of regarding.

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Etymology 2

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From Glover's solmization, from Middle English re (“second degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian re in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin resonāre (“made to resound”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

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re (uncountable)

  1. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.
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Etymology 3

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From re-.

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Noun

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re (plural res)

  1. (video games, slang) Clipping of rematch.
    gg [good game], no re
  2. (marketing, branding) Clipping of reinsurance. (used in the branding of reinsurance company names)

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Ainu

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Ainu cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : re
    Ordinal : re ikinne

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Numeral

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re (Kana spelling レ)

  1. three

Albanian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Albanian *rina, a noun derived from the Proto-Indo-European verb *h₃rinéHti whence Albanian rij (“to make humid”), from the root *h₃reyH- (“move, flow, boil”). It is likely morphologically identical with Illyrian ῥινός (rhinós, “mist”).[1] Further related to Sanskrit रिणाति (riṇā́ti, “to make flow, to release, to pour”) and Proto-Slavic *rinǫti (“push, shove”).[2]

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ré f (plural ré, definite réja, definite plural rétë)

  1. cloud
    qiell pa re ― cloudless sky
  2. (less literally)
    re tymi ― plume of smoke
    re pluhuri ― cloud of dust
    një re mushkonjash ― a swarm of mosquitos
    një re zogjsh ― a flock of birds
  3. (figurative) cloud, gloom, bad luck (clarification of this definition is needed)
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  1. ^ Katičić, Radoslav (1976) Ancient Languages of the Balkans, page 171
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “re ~ rê”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 366

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  • “re”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Albanian *raida, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey- (“reason, count”). Cognate with Latin rātiō (“reason, judgment”), Old Norse ráða, English read.

Noun

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re f (plural re, definite reja)

  1. attention, care, consideration
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Etymology 3

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Adjective

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re f sg

  1. feminine of ri (“young, new”)
    një vajzë e re ― a young girl
    Djata e re ― The New Testament

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re f (plural reja, definite reja)

  1. young girl
    Synonyms: vajzë, voce
  2. daughter-in-law
    Synonym: nuse

Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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re

  1. second-person singular simple perfect indicative of bie

Asturian

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Noun

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re m (plural res)

  1. Alternative form of rei
  2. (music) re, ray

Breton

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Celtic *ɸro- (compare Welsh rhy, Irish ró-).

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re

  1. too much

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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re

  1. those

Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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re m (plural reo)

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

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin rēm (“thing, accusative”), res coming from the nominative. Compare French rien.

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Pronoun

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re

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of res

Etymology 2

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Compare English re.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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re m (plural res)

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

Chuukese

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Pronoun

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re

  1. they
    Synonym: ra
  2. they are
    Synonym: ra
  3. Of a nationality or place; -ish.

Classical Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish ri, fri, from Old Irish fri,[1] from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Welsh wrth, prefix gwrth-), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)).

Preposition

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re (with dative, triggers h-prothesis)

  1. to, toward
  2. against

Inflection

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  • First-person singular: riom, rum
  • Second-person singular: riot, rut
  • Third-person singular masculine: ris
  • Third-person singular feminine: ria
  • First-person plural: rinn, ruinn
  • Second-person plural: ribh, ruibh
  • Third-person plural: riú, rú
  • Before the definite article: ris
  • Combined with a third-person possessive determiner: ria

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fri”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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  • Damian McManus (1994) “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, section 10.4, page 436

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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re n (indeclinable)

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

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re n (indeclinable)

  1. (music) re

Dutch

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re f (plural re's, diminutive re'tje n)

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

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Eastern Arrernte

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Pronoun

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re

  1. he (third person singular masculine pronoun)

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin rēx, rēgem. Compare Italian re.

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re m (plural rês)

  1. king
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Galician

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Noun

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re m (plural res)

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

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musical solfège notes: notas musicaisedit

Ido

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Etymology

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From r +‎ -e.

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Noun

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re (plural re-i)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter R/r.

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Interlingua

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Preposition

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re

  1. about

Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Classical Gaelic re, from Middle Irish ri, fri, from Old Irish fri,[1] from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Welsh wrth, prefix gwrth-), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)).

Conflated with le (“with”) in the modern language.

Preposition

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re (plus dative, triggers h-prothesis, before the definite article ris) (obsolete)

  1. to, toward
  2. against
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Inflection of re
Person: simple emphatic
singular first riom riomsa
second riot, reat riotsa, reatsa
third m ris ris-sean
f ria riasa
plural first rinn rinne
second ribh ribhse
third riú riúsan
  • ris (before the definite article)
  • ria (combined with a third-person possessive determiner)
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Further reading

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  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “re”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Damian McManus (1994) “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, section 10.4, page 436

Etymology 2

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Reduced form of eile (“other”).

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Particle

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re

  1. Only used in gach re

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fri”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Etymology 1

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
    Proto-Indo-European *-s
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs
    Proto-Italic *rēks
    Latin rēx
    Italian re

    Inherited from Latin rēx, via the nominative singular, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of rege, which was borrowed from Latin via the accusative rēgem.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈre/*, /ˈre/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -e
    • Hyphenation: ré

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    re m (invariable, feminine regina)

    1. king (male monarch)
      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
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    • → Maltese: re
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    Chess pieces in Italian · pezzi degli scacchi (layout · text)
               
    re regina,
    donna     		torre alfiere cavallo pedone
    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

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    From Latin resonāre (“to resound”), from the first word of the second line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based, because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.

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

    Noun

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    re m (invariable)

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

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    re

    1. The hiragana syllable れ (re) or the katakana syllable レ (re) in Hepburn romanization.

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    Noun

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    rē f

    1. ablative singular of rēs
    2. in reality, in fact, on practice (often strengthened by vērā, ipsā)

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

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    Etymology 1

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    Through 17th century Italian. The first syllable of Latin resonāre (“to resound”), the first word of the second line of the medieval hymn Ut queant laxis, from which the solfège syllables were taken because its successive lines started each on the next note of the scale.

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    re m (invariable)

    1. (music) re, D (second note in the major scale)

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    Unclear.

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    re

    1. look! see? (used to draw the listener's attention to something visible)
      re, tās ir mājas, kur piedzimu ― look, that is the house where I was born
      re, kā ceriņi saglaudušies ap mājām un žogiem ― look how the lilacs have become smooth around the houses and fences
      re, cik klusu un nemanot mana māmuļa sirmo ― look how quietly, without being noticed, my mom became older (literally, “grayer)”)
    2. look, here is..., you see (used to draw the listener's attention to, or to emphasize, something said or written)
      malkas virtuvē nav; tad re, kāpēc māte vakar nekurināja ― there is no wood in the kitchen; here is why 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
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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin rēx, via the nominative singular. Compare Italian re.

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    re m (please provide plural)

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

    Maltese

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Sicilian re and/or Italian re, from Latin rēx.

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    re m (plural rejiet, feminine reġina)

    1. king
      Synonym: (see there for notes) sultan
    2. (chess) king
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    Chess pieces in Maltese · bċejjeċ taċ-ċess (layout · text)
               
    re reġina torri isqof żiemel pjun, pedina, petun

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    re

    1. Nonstandard spelling of ré.
    2. Nonstandard spelling of rě.
    3. Nonstandard spelling of rè.

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

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    re

    1. dependent form (after dy, nagh) of she
      Heill mee dy re Manninagh oo. ― I thought you were a Manxman.
      Ta mee credjal dy re ayns y gharey hooar ad eh. ― I think it was in the garden that they found it.

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    Postposition

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    re

    1. a postposed element of several circumpositions

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    Northern Sotho

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

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    re

    1. to say

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Etymology 1

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    From Old Norse reiða. Doublet of rede.

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    re (present tense rer, past tense redde, past participle redd)

    1. to prepare; make (a bed)

    Etymology 2

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    From Italian.

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    re m (definite singular re-en, indefinite plural re-er, definite plural re-ene)

    1. re, the second syllable in the scale of solfège

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    Etymology

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    Through 17th century Italian. The first syllable of Latin resonāre (“to resound”), the first word of the second line of the medieval hymn Ut queant laxis, from which the solfège syllables were taken because its successive lines started each on the next note of the scale.

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    re m (definite singular re-en, indefinite plural re-ar, definite plural re-ane)

    2. (music) re a syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

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    re

    1. Alternative spelling of ré (“before”)

    Pali

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    Noun

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    re

    1. locative singular of ra (“the Pali letter 'r'”)

    Pennsylvania German

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    Etymology

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    Compare German einer.

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    re

    1. dative feminine singular of en: a, an

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    Declension of en
    singular plural
    m f n
    nominative en en en –
    dative emme
    me         		re emme
    me         		–
    accusative en en en –

    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French ré or Italian re.

    Noun

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    re m (plural re)

    1. re (musical note)

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    Declension of re
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative re reul re rei
    genitive-dative re reului re relor
    vocative reule relor

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    re m (plural res)

    1. king
      Coordinate term: reina
    2. (chess) king

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    Chess pieces in Sardinian · petzos de is iscacos (layout · text)
               
    re reina turre alfiere caddu peone

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    Noun

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    re

    1. eye

    Sotho

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

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    re

    1. to say

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

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    re m (plural res)

    1. (music) re

    Etymology 2

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    Originally a prefix, re-.

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    re

    1. (chiefly Argentina, somewhat informal) very
      Synonym: muy
      es re tarde ― it's very late

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    re (present rer, preterite redde, supine rett, imperative red)

    1. Variation of reda

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    re

    1. The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.
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    Etymology 2

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    From Arabic رَاء (rāʔ).

    Noun

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    re

    1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ر

    Venetan

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    Re Artù.

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin rēx, via the nominative singular, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of rege, which was borrowed from Latin via the accusative rēgem.

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    re m (plural re)

    1. king
      El re el goerna co saviesa.
      The king rules with wisdom.

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    re

    1. eye

    Yoruba

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    rè

    1. (intransitive) to go
      Synonyms: lọ, yú
      Àwòdì t'ó ń re Ìbarà, ẹ̀fúùfùú ta a nídìí pá; ó ní 'iṣẹ́ kúkú yá'
      The hawk which is going to Ibara, the wind pushes it suddenly, it responds quickly that that is the next best thing
      (proverb on expediency)
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    • re when followed by direct object.
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    rè

    1. (intransitive, Ekiti) to be
      Synonym: jẹ́
      Ọmọ mẹ́tàdínlógún ní mo rè ― I am seventeen years old

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    ré

    1. (intransitive, Ijebu) to be
      Synonym: jẹ́
      Ìjẹ̀bú "ré" m wa ― I am Ijebu.
      Ọmọ Ìjẹ̀bú "ré" iye mi ― My mother is Ijebu.

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    rè

    1. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) to roast
      Synonym: wì
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    • re when followed by direct object.
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    rè

    1. (transitive) to nurse, to give specific attention to something or someone
      Synonym: tọ́jú
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    • re when followed by direct object.
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    ré

    1. (transitive) to soak, to become swollen (usually in reference to the skin)
      Synonyms: wú, só
      ara ọmọ náàá ré lọ́wọ́ọ nínà ― The child's body became swollen from the beating
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    ré

    1. (transitive) to exceed (in degree or dimension), to pass, to go across a mark
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    ré

    1. (transitive) to skim the top of a liquid
    2. To alter something, to cause something to be transferred or removed via supernatural or authoritative means
      Ifá ré ikú lórí awo ― Ifa removed(premature) death from the head of the Ifa priest
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    ré

    1. (transitive) to put a curse or spell on someone
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    • Always preceded by gbé
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    ré

    1. (intransitive) to trigger, to undergo a hit
      Pàkúté ré ― The trap triggered off
    2. (medicine) to dislocate, to suffer from a dislocated body part
      Synonyms: wọ́n, hán
      Ẹ̀yìn aboyún ré ― The pregnant woman dislocated her back
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    From re used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

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    • (abbreviated): R, r

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    re

    1. The syllable used to represent the mid-tone
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    names for tones
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