reine
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Audio (file)
Adjective edit
reine
- inflection of rein:
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French reïne, reyne, royne, from Latin rēgīna.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ʁɛn/, /ʁɛːn/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛn
- Homophones: raine, raines, reines, rêne, rênes (general), renne, rennes, Rennes (may be short in length-distinguishing accents)
Noun edit
reine f (plural reines, masculine roi)
- 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
- queen (a reproductive female animal in a hive)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “reine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Galician edit
Verb edit
reine
- inflection of reinar:
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Audio (file)
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reine
- inflection of rein:
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch reini, from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.
Pronunciation edit
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reine
Inflection edit
Adjective | |||||
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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 |
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Adverb edit
reine
- neatly, properly, according to custom
- cleanly, completely
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “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
Norman edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French royne, reine, from Latin rēgīna.
Noun edit
reine f (plural reines)
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
- 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 edit
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reine
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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reine
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: rei‧ne
Verb edit
reine
- inflection of reinar:
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Verb edit
reine
- inflection of reinar: