reis

See also: Reis, reís, rèis, and réis

English

Etymology 1

From Arabic رَئِيس‎ (raʔīs, “head, chief, leader”)

Noun

reis (plural reises)

1. (historical) The holder of a Turkish military rank akin to that of naval captain.

Alternative forms

• rais, ras

Translations

holder of military rank

• French: raïs (fr) m
• German: Rais (de) m
• Italian: rais (it) m
• Macedonian: реис m (reis)

Etymology 2

Noun

reis

1. plural of real

Related terms

• milreis

Anagrams

• EIRs, Eris, Iser, SIer, Seri, eirs, ires, rise, sire

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch reis, from Middle Dutch rêse, reise, from Old Dutch *rēsa, from Proto-West Germanic *raisu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rə̟i̯s]

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Noun

reis (plural reise, diminutive reisie)

1. journey, trip, voyage

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Asturian

Noun

reis

1. plural of rei

Catalan

Noun

reis

1. plural of rei

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛi̯s/

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• Hyphenation: reis
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯s
• Homophones: rijs, Rijs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rêse, reise, from Old Dutch *rēsa, from Proto-West Germanic *raisu. Distantly related to English rise and raise. The form with -ei- is expected only in south-eastern dialects; several sources suspect that it was reinforced by Middle High German reise, modern German Reise.

Noun

reis f or m (plural reizen, diminutive reisje n)

1. travel
2. trip, tour

Derived terms

• reizen
• bootreis
• busreis
• dromenreis
• droomreis
• groepsreis
• huwelijksreis
• motorreis
• reisverzekering
• reisbureau
• reischeque
• reisplanner
• schoolreis
• treinreis

Descendants

• Afrikaans: reis
• → Russian: рейс (rejs)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

reis

1. first-person singular present indicative of reizen
2. imperative of reizen

Anagrams

• Iers, Sier, sier

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *raici, of Baltic origin. Compare Lithuanian rietas (“thigh”), rietai. Cognates include Finnish reisi.

Noun

reis (genitive reie, partitive reit)

1. (anatomy) thigh

Declension

Inflection of reis (ÕS type 14/uus, d/t-ø-s gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	reis	reied
accusative	reie	reied
genitive	reie	reite
partitive	reit	reisi
illative	reide reiesse	reitesse reisisse
inessive	reies	reites reisis
elative	reiest	reitest reisist
allative	reiele	reitele reisile
adessive	reiel	reitel reisil
ablative	reielt	reitelt reisilt
translative	reieks	reiteks reisiks
terminative	reieni	reiteni
essive	reiena	reitena
abessive	reieta	reiteta
comitative	reiega	reitega

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German reise.

Noun

reis (genitive reisi, partitive reisi)

1. trip, journey

Declension

Declension of reis (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	reis	reisid
genitive	reisi	reiside
partitive	reisi	reise / reisisid
illative	reisi / reisisse	reisidesse / reisesse
inessive	reisis	reisides / reises
elative	reisist	reisidest / reisest
allative	reisile	reisidele / reisele
adessive	reisil	reisidel / reisel
ablative	reisilt	reisidelt / reiselt
translative	reisiks	reisideks / reiseks
terminative	reisini	reisideni
essive	reisina	reisidena
abessive	reisita	reisideta
comitative	reisiga	reisidega

(humorous, poetic)

Declension of reis (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	reis	reisud
genitive	reisu	reisude
partitive	reisu	reise / reisusid
illative	reisu / reisusse	reisudesse / reisesse
inessive	reisus	reisudes / reises
elative	reisust	reisudest / reisest
allative	reisule	reisudele / reisele
adessive	reisul	reisudel / reisel
ablative	reisult	reisudelt / reiselt
translative	reisuks	reisudeks / reiseks
terminative	reisuni	reisudeni
essive	reisuna	reisudena
abessive	reisuta	reisudeta
comitative	reisuga	reisudega

Derived terms

• reisibüroo

Galician

Noun

reis

1. plural of rei

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

reis

1. singular imperative of reisen

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *raici. Cognates include Finnish reisi and Estonian reis.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrei̯s/, [ˈre̞i̯z̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrei̯s/, [ˈre̞i̯ʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ei̯s
• Hyphenation: reis

Noun

reis

1. thigh
2. pole (of a wagon)
3. wing (of a seine)

Declension

Declension of reis (type 5/vesi, it-ij gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	reis	reijet
genitive	reijen	reisiin, reisilöin
partitive	reittä	reisiä, reisilöjä
illative	reitee	reisii, reisilöihe
inessive	reijees	reisiis, reisilöis
elative	reijest	reisist, reisilöist
allative	reijelle	reisille, reisilöille
adessive	reijeel	reisiil, reisilöil
ablative	reijelt	reisilt, reisilöilt
translative	reijeks	reisiks, reisilöiks
essive	reitennä, reiteen	reisinnä, reisilöinnä, reisiin, reisilöin
exessive1)	reitent	reisint, reisilöint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• (thigh): sapsu

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 472

Latin

Etymology 1

From reus.

Noun

reīs f

1. dative/ablative plural of rea

Etymology 2

From rēs.

Noun

reīs m

1. dative/ablative plural of reus

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

reis

1. imperative of reise

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

reis f (definite singular reisa, indefinite plural reiser, definite plural reisene)

1. Alternative form of reise

Etymology 2

Verb

reis

1. imperative of reise

Etymology 3

Verb

reis

1. past of risa

Old French

Noun

reis m

1. nominative singular of rei
   • circa 1250, Marie de France, Chevrefeuille

     Li reis Mars esteit curuciez

     King Marc was furious

2. oblique plural of rei

Old Norse

Verb

reis

1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of rísa

Old Occitan

Noun

reis m pl

1. inflection of rei:
   1. nominative plural
   2. oblique singular

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁejs/ [ˈheɪ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁejs/ [ˈheɪ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁejʃ/ [ˈχeɪ̯ʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐjʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐjʃ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁejʃ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁeʃ/

• Homophones: Reis, réis (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: reis

Noun

reis m

1. plural of rei
2. Obsolete spelling of réis

Turkish

Alternative forms

• reiz, reyis, reyiz (misspelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رئیس‎ (reʾis, “president; captain”), from Arabic رَئِيس‎ (raʔīs, “head, chief, leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾeˈis/, /ɾe(j)ˈis/
• Hyphenation: re‧is

Noun

reis (definite accusative reisi, plural reisler or (dated) rüesa)

1. (obsolete) president

   Synonym: başkan

2. leader
3. (nautical) captain of a small boat
4. (slang, politics) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Derived terms

• reis bey
• reis efendi
• reisülküttap
• semtürreis

 

compound nouns

• aile reisi
• belediye reisi
• ceza reisi
• cumhur reisi
• eyyam reisi
• liman reisi

 

Further reading

• reis in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “reis”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “reis”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “reis”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3872
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “رئيس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 999

Welsh

Alternative forms

• rheis, rhis, ris (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French ris (possibly via Middle English rys, compare modern English rice).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrei̯s/

Noun

reis m (uncountable, not mutable)

1. rice

Derived terms

• corhedydd y caeau reis (“paddyfield pipit (Anthus rufulus)”)
• gwyfyn reis (“rice moth (Corcyra cephalonica)”)
• paur reis (“rice paper”)
• pwyth reis (“rice stitch”)
• reis brown (“brown rice”)
• reis gwyn (“white rice”)
• reis gwyllt (“wild rice”)
• reis miled (“smilo-grass (Oryzopsis miliacea)”)
• reis wedi'i ffrio ag wy (“egg-fried rice”)
• reis y gwter (“cut-grass (Leersia oryzoides)”)

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “reis”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From late Old Norse reisa, from Middle Low German reise.

Noun

reis f

1. Journey.

   Rejsa vahdt ómsuss. ― The journey amounted to nothing.

Synonyms

• fäl

Derived terms

• snipp-räis

Etymology 2

From Old Norse reisa (“raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raizijaną.

Verb

reis (preterite reist)

1. (transitive) To raise, to lever, to lift.

Synonyms

• (to lift): löft
• (to raise): riit