reu

See also: REU, réu, rêu, and re'u

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reus (“accused”). Compare Portuguese réu and Spanish reo.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛw/

Noun

reu m (plural reus, feminine rea)

1. defendant (as in a trial)

Adjective

reu (feminine rea, masculine plural reus, feminine plural rees)

1. accused, guilty (of a crime)

Further reading

• “reu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “reu” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “reu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch reude, from Proto-Germanic *hruþjan- (“male dog”), possibly from *hruttōn- (“to roar”), from a Proto-Indo-European root shared by Ancient Greek κόρυζα (kóruza), Old English hrot, Scottish Gaelic cnatan. Or, from Proto-Germanic *hreutan-, *hrūtan-, *hruttōną (“to snore”), which would be related to Old Norse hrjóta.

Cognate to German Rüde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /røː/

• (file)

• Hyphenation: reu
• Rhymes: -øː

Noun

reu m (plural reuen or reus, diminutive reutje n, feminine teef)

1. male dog or other canine

   Synonym: rekel

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013), “hruþjan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “reu”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page cnatan
• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “reu”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute