reine

See also: Reine, reiné, reìne, and reïne

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

reine

1. inflection of rein:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French reïne, reyne, royne, from Latin rēgīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛn/, /ʁɛːn/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Homophones: raine, raines, reines, rêne, rênes (general), renne, rennes, Rennes (may be short in length-distinguishing accents)

Noun

reine f (plural reines, masculine roi)

1. queen (a female monarch)
   • 1959, Jacques Brel, Ne me quitte pas:

     Je ferai un domaine où l’amour sera roi, où l’amour sera loi, où tu seras reine

     I will create a realm where love will be king, where love will be law, where you will be queen

2. queen (a reproductive female animal in a hive)

Derived terms

• bouchée à la reine
• reine des animaux
• reine mère

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Irène, renie, renié

Galician

Verb

reine

1. inflection of reinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

reine

1. inflection of rein:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch reini, from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreinə/

Adjective

reine

1. clean, pure, untainted
2. noble, pure of heart
3. free of sin
4. of excellent quality

Inflection

Adjective
		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	Indefinite	reine	reine	reine	reine
	Definite	reine		reine
Accusative	Indefinite	reinen	reine	reine	reine
	Definite			reine
Genitive		reins	reiner	reins	reiner
Dative		reinen	reiner	reinen	reinen

Alternative forms

• rêne

Derived terms

• reinen

Descendants

• Dutch: rein
  • Negerhollands: rein
• Limburgish: rein

Adverb

reine

1. neatly, properly, according to custom
2. cleanly, completely

Alternative forms

• rêne

Further reading

• “reine (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “reine (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “reine (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “reine (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Noun

reine

1. Alternative form of reyn (“rain”)

Norman

Alternative forms

• ranne (continental Normandy)
• royne (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French royne, reine, from Latin rēgīna.

Noun

reine f (plural reines)

1. (Jersey) queen

Coordinate terms

• rouai

Derived terms

• barbe d'la reine (“love-in-a-mist”, literally “queen's beard”)
• Dgieu sauve la Reine (“God Save the Queen”)
• faithe la reine (“to put on airs”)
• hèrbe à la reine (“petty spurge”)
• reine méthe (“queen mother”)

 

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

reine

1. definite singular of rein
2. plural of rein

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

reine

1. definite singular of rein
2. plural of rein

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁej.ni/ [ˈheɪ̯.ni]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁej.ni/ [ˈheɪ̯.ni]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁej.ni/ [ˈχeɪ̯.ni]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁej.ne/ [ˈheɪ̯.ne]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐj.nɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐj.nɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁej.nɨ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁej.nɨ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe.nɨ/

• Hyphenation: rei‧ne

Verb

reine

1. inflection of reinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

reine

1. inflection of reinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative