rês

See also: res, Res, rés, res-, re's, and Res.

Franco-Provençal

Noun

rês

plural of rê

Portuguese

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish res. Origin contested. From either Latin rēs (“thing, property”) or Arabic رَأْس (raʔs, “head”, also of cattle). While the latter is a perfect semantic match, the front vowel of the Romance form speaks against Arabic origin because dialects generally maintain a back -a- in this word (compare Maltese ras, not *ries).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -es

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe(j)s/ [ˈhe(ɪ̯)s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe(j)ʃ/ [ˈχe(ɪ̯)ʃ]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁeʃ/

Noun

rês f (plural reses)

neat (food animal)

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