Wiktionary

ret

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ret"

English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɹɛt/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English retten, reten; perhaps from Middle Dutch rēten, reeten (compare Middle Low German rōten; Middle High German rōzen), or from Old Norse reyta (compare Norwegian røyta, Swedish röta); all from Proto-Germanic *rautijaną (“to make mellow or soft”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewd- (“to tear; rend; rip”). Related to rot.

Verb edit

ret (third-person singular simple present rets, present participle retting, simple past and past participle retted)

  1. (transitive) To prepare (flax, hemp etc.) for further processing by soaking, which facilitates separation of fibers from the woody parts of the stem.
    • 1989, Elias Lönnrot, translated by Keith Bosley, The Kalevala, section XLVIII:
      the hemp was retted / and soon the retting was done / and swiftly it was hung up / and hurriedly it was dried […].
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 621:
      the lowland nearly silent except for water-thrushes, the harvested fields, the smell of hops being dried in kilns, flax pulled up and piled in sheaves, in local practice not to be retted till the spring
Derived terms edit
Translations edit

Etymology 2 edit

Abbreviation.

Adjective edit

ret

  1. retired
Translations edit

Anagrams edit

Acehnese edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ret

  1. road

References edit

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin rete (“net”).

Noun edit

ret m (plural rets)

  1. hairnet

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

ret

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of retre
  2. second-person singular imperative form of retre

Further reading edit

Czech edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Czech ret, from Proto-Slavic *rъtъ. Compare Russian рот (rot, “mouth”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ret m inan

  1. lip

Declension edit

Declension of ret (hard masculine inanimate mixed-reducible)
singular plural
nominative ret rty, rety1
genitive rtu, retu1 rtů, retů1
dative rtu, retu1 rtům, retům1
accusative ret rty, rety1
vocative rte, rete1 rty, rety1
locative rtu, retu1 rtech, retech1
instrumental rtem, retem1 rty, rety1

1Literary.

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • ret in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ret in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • ret in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, cognate with Swedish rätt, rät, English right, German recht, gerecht. The Germanic adjective goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós, hence Latin rēctus (“straight”), Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός (orektós, “stretched out”).

Adjective edit

ret (plural and definite singular attributive rette)

  1. straight
    en ret linje
    a straight line
    Synonym: lige
  2. right, proper
  3. rightful
    den rette arving
    the rightful heir
    Synonym: retmæssig Antonym: uretmæssig
  4. (knitting, also used adverbially) plain, knitwise
    Antonym: vrang

Adverb edit

ret

  1. straight
  2. rightly, properly
  3. rather, quite
    Han er ret høj.
    He is rather tall.

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtuz, related to the adjective *rehtaz. The Danish word has been influenced by the German cognates Recht (“right, law”) and Gericht (“court”). The meaning “course of food” is influenced by Middle Low German richte and German Gericht.

Noun edit

ret c (singular definite retten, plural indefinite retter)

  1. (uncountable) justice, law
    Synonyms: jura, lov, justits
  2. court, courtroom, lawcourt (institution)
  3. courtroom (physical location)
    • 2016, Louise Damløv, Cecilie Kallestrup, Tre meter fra Breivik: En beretning fra Nordens største terrorretssag, Informations Forlag, →ISBN:
      Kun omkring halvdelen af de vidner, forsvaret havde indkaldt for at sandsynliggøre, at Breiviks ideologi ikke var galemandssnak, mødte op i retten.
      Only about half of the witness that the defense had summoned to support that Brevik's ideology was not the talk of a madman appeared in court.
    • 2017, Nadine Gordimer, translated by Finn Holten Hansen, Æresgæst, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      Retten var fyldt, og ansigter blev ved med at kigge ind ad vinduerne fra en voksende mængde udenfor.
      The courtroom was full, and faces kept looking in through the windows from a growing crowd outside.
    Synonym: retssal
  4. (uncountable) right, entitlement
    Alle mennesker har ret til basal respekt.
    All humans have a right to basic respect.
    Synonym: rettighed
  5. dish, course (of food)
  6. (uncountable) right side (e.g. of a fabric')
Declension edit
Declension of ret
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ret retten retter retterne
genitive rets rettens retters retternes

References edit

“ret,1” in Den Danske Ordbog “ret,2” in Den Danske Ordbog “ret,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

ret

  1. imperative of rette

Old Czech edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rъtъ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ret m inan

  1. lip
  2. edge (of a vessel)

Declension edit

Declension of ret (hard o-stem reducible)
singular dual plural
nominative ret rty rti, rtové
genitive rta, rtu rtú rtóv
dative rtu rtoma rtóm
accusative ret rty rty
vocative rte rty rti, rtové
locative rtě, rtu rtú rtiech
instrumental rtem rtoma rty
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants edit

  • Czech: ret

Further reading edit

Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From English red.

Adjective edit

ret

  1. red

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish رد‎ (redd), from Arabic رَدّ‎ (radd).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ret (definite accusative reddi, plural retler)

  1. refusal
  2. denial

Declension edit

Inflection
Nominative ret
Definite accusative reddi
Singular Plural
Nominative ret retler
Definite accusative reddi retleri
Dative redde retlere
Locative rette retlerde
Ablative retten retlerden
Genitive reddin retlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular reddim retlerim
2nd singular reddin retlerin
3rd singular reddi retleri
1st plural reddimiz retlerimiz
2nd plural reddiniz retleriniz
3rd plural retleri retleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular reddimi retlerimi
2nd singular reddini retlerini
3rd singular reddini retlerini
1st plural reddimizi retlerimizi
2nd plural reddinizi retlerinizi
3rd plural retlerini retlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular reddime retlerime
2nd singular reddine retlerine
3rd singular reddine retlerine
1st plural reddimize retlerimize
2nd plural reddinize retlerinize
3rd plural retlerine retlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular reddimde retlerimde
2nd singular reddinde retlerinde
3rd singular reddinde retlerinde
1st plural reddimizde retlerimizde
2nd plural reddinizde retlerinizde
3rd plural retlerinde retlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular reddimden retlerimden
2nd singular reddinden retlerinden
3rd singular reddinden retlerinden
1st plural reddimizden retlerimizden
2nd plural reddinizden retlerinizden
3rd plural retlerinden retlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular reddimin retlerimin
2nd singular reddinin retlerinin
3rd singular reddinin retlerinin
1st plural reddimizin retlerimizin
2nd plural reddinizin retlerinizin
3rd plural retlerinin retlerinin

Derived terms edit

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