re

See also: Appendix:Variations of "re"

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiː/, /ɹeɪ/

  • Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -iː, -eɪ

Preposition

re

1. About, regarding, with reference to; especially in letters, documents and emails.

Usage notes

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.

Synonyms

• about, apropos, as for; See also Thesaurus:about

Derived terms

• in re
• in rem

Translations

regarding

• Arabic: فِي مَا يَخُصّ‎ (fī mā yaḵuṣṣ)

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

• Danish: angående, hvad angår
• Dutch: (wat (nl)) betreft (nl)
• Greek: περί (el) (perí)
• Japanese: は (ja) (wa)

Etymology 2

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. Doublet of resound and resonate.

Alternative forms

• ray

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹeɪ/

  • Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

re (uncountable)

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

Translations

the second note in solfège

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

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

Alternative forms

• rê, rêj, rêu, rênj, rên (Gheg dialects)
• ren (Old Albanian and Tosk: Çamërisht, Arbëreshë, Arvanitika)

Etymology 1

• From Old Albanian ren (“cloud(s)”), from Proto-Albanian *rina, derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rinéHti (and thus related to Albanian rij (“to make humid”)), present of Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“move, flow, boil”). It is probably etymologically identical with Illyrian *ῥίνος *άχλύς. Further related to Sanskrit रिणाति (riṇā́ti, “to make flow, to release, to pour”) and Proto-Slavic *rinǫti (“push, shove”).

Noun

re f (indefinite plural re, definite singular reja, definite plural retë)

1. cloud(s) (uncountable)
2. haze, mist
3. overcast

Related terms

• rij, ritë
• vrenjt
• vrenjtur
• vrëndë
• vranësi
• ren f
• rend

Etymology 2

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

Noun

re f (indefinite plural re, definite singular reja)

1. attention, care, consideration

Related terms

• vërej
• vërejtje
• vrojtim m
• vë

Etymology 3

Cognate to ri m (“new”). See ri for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾe] (Standard)

Adjective

re f sg

1. young

   një vajzë e re

   a young girl

2. new

   Djata e re

   The New Testament

Etymology 4

Inflection of bie.

Verb

re

1. second-person singular simple perfect indicative of bie

Asturian

Noun

re m (plural res)

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

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁeː/

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

re

1. too much

Etymology 2

Pronoun

re

1. those

Etymology 3

Noun

re m (plural reo)

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

Catalan

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• ren (archaic)

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈrə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈre/

Pronoun

re

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of res

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ/

Noun

re m (plural res)

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

Chuukese

Pronoun

re

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

Synonyms

• ra

Czech

Noun

re n

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reː/

• Audio

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Noun

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

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

From Latin rēx, rēgem. Compare Italian re.

Noun

re m (plural rês)

1. king

Related terms

• reìne
• reâl

Galician

Noun

re m (plural res)

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

See also

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

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re/, /ɾɛ/

Noun

re (plural re-i)

1. The name of the Latin script letter R/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

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈre/^*, /ˈre/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: ré

Noun

re m (invariable, feminine regina)

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

Synonyms

• (male monarch): monarca, regnante, sovrano
• (someone who excels): campione, principe, signore

Descendants

• → Maltese: re

See also

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

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

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

re m (invariable)

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

Further reading

• re in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Japanese

Romanization

re

1. Rōmaji transcription of れ
2. Rōmaji transcription of レ

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rē

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

Derived terms

• reāpse
• rē ipsā
• rē vērā / rēvērā

Further reading

• "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

Latvian

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

re m (invariable)

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

Etymology 2

Unclear.

Interjection

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 (lit. 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

Synonyms

• āre
• lūk

Ligurian

Etymology

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

Noun

re m (please provide plural)

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

Maltese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛː/

Noun

re m (plural rejiet, feminine reġina)

1. king

   Synonym: (see there for notes) sultan

Related terms

• renju

 

Mandarin

Romanization

re

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

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Manx

Alternative forms

• nee

Particle

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.

Northern Kurdish

Postposition

re

1. a postposed element of several circumpositions

Derived terms

• bi ... re
• di ... re
• ji ... re

Northern Sotho

Etymology

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

Verb

re

1. to say

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse reiða. Doublet of rede.

Alternative forms

• reie

Verb

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

1. to prepare; make (a bed)

Etymology 2

From Italian.

Noun

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

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

References

• “re” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• er

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

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.

References

• “re” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• er

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German einer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rə/

Article

re f (indefinite)

1. a, an

Declension

	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	en	en	en
Accusative	en	en	en
Dative	me	re	me

Romanian

Etymology

From French ré or Italian re.

Noun

re m (plural re)

1. re (musical note)

Declension

Declension of re

	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

re m (plural res)

1. king

   Coordinate term: reina

2. (chess) king

Further reading

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

Serui-Laut

Noun

re

1. eye

Sotho

Etymology

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

Verb

re

1. to say

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

re m (plural res)

1. (music) re

Etymology 2

Originally a prefix, re-.

Adverb

re

1. very

   Synonym: muy

   es re tarde ― it's very late

Further reading

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

Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

re

1. The name of the Latin-script letter 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

From Arabic رَاء‎ (rāʔ).

Noun

re

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ر

Wandamen

Noun

re

1. eye

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾè/

Verb

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)

Usage notes

• re when followed by direct object.

Derived terms

• àrè
• ìrè
• relé
• rírè

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾè/

Verb

rè

1. (intransitive, Ekiti) to be

   Synonym: jẹ́

   Ọmọ mẹ́tàdínlógún ní mo rè ― I am seventeen years old

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾè/

Verb

rè

1. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) to roast

   Synonym: wì

Usage notes

• re when followed by direct object.

Derived terms

• arè
• ìrè
• rè níná
• rírè

 

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾè/

Verb

rè

1. (transitive) to nurse, to give specific attention to something or someone

   Synonym: tọ́jú

Usage notes

• re when followed by direct object.

Derived terms

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

 

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾé/

Verb

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

Derived terms

• aré
• ìré
• rírè

 

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾé/

Verb

ré

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

Derived terms

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

 

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾé/

Verb

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

Derived terms

• aré
• ìré
• ré lórí
• ríré

 

Etymology 8

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾé/

Verb

ré

1. (transitive) to put a curse or spell on someone

Usage notes

• Always preceded by gbé

Derived terms

• aré
• ìré
• ríré

 

Etymology 9

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾé/

Verb

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

Derived terms

• aré
• ìré
• ríré

 

Etymology 10

From re used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

Alternative forms

• (abbreviated): R, r

Noun

re

1. The syllable used to represent the mid-tone

See also

names for tones

• dò
• mí