See also: Reet and réët

English edit

Etymology edit

From eye dialectal spelling of right.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

reet (comparative mair reet, superlative maist reet)

  1. (Geordie, Lancashire, Yorkshire) right

Usage notes edit

Generally this spelling and pronunciation of right applies only in the adjective and adverb (see below) senses of the word and of the noun sense. Sometimes heard elsewhere in the North of England, especially historically, the word is now mainly Geordie.

Adverb edit

reet (not comparable)

  1. (Geordie, Lancashire, Yorkshire) right
    • 2011, “Awterations” (track 14), in Bread and Fishes[1], performed by Houghton Weavers:
      Now I've only bin once wi a scarf round mi neck, And I moan't go agin, no not me will I eck. Now it doesn't seem reet if mi memory jogs, Goin down for a pint in thi bowtie and clogs.

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Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /reːt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: reet
  • Rhymes: -eːt

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch rete. Equivalent to a deverbal from rijten (to rip (up)).

Noun edit

reet f (plural reten, diminutive reetje n) (sometimes m)

  1. A ripped-up spot, tear; cleft, crack, crevice
    De kat krabde reten in het behang.
    The cat tore up the wallpaper to shreds.
  2. (vulgar) The butt crack, arse, anus
  3. (by extension, vulgar) The butt, behind
  4. (by extension, vulgar) (in geen reet nothing at all) nothing
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Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

reet

  1. singular past indicative of rijten

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Finnish edit

Noun edit

reet

  1. nominative plural of reki

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Old Irish edit

Noun edit

reet (gender unknown)

  1. (hapax) impetigo

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