reître

French

Alternative forms

• reitre (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From German Reiter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛtʁ/
  • Toulouse, France: IPA^(key): [ˈʁɛː.tʁ̥ɐ]
  • Saguenay, Canada (formal): IPA^(key): [ʁɛɪ̯tʀ̥]
• (Canada) (informal) IPA^(key): [ʁaɪ̯tʁ̥]

Noun

reître m (plural reîtres)

1. (historical) reiter
2. (now rare) old soldier, leatherneck, roughneck soldier

Further reading

• “reître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.