re

See also: Appendix:Variations of "re"

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin , ablative of rēs (thing, matter, topic).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹiː/, /ɹeɪ/
    • (file)
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iː, -eɪ

Preposition

re

  1. About, regarding, with reference to; especially in letters, documents, emails and case law.
    Synonyms: about, apropos, as for; see also Thesaurus:about
    Re A (conjoined twins) [2000] EWCA Civ 254
Usage notes

This word, when used in this particular sense, is often rendered as Re: (with a colon and a capital R). It is not an abbreviation. Its capitalization in sentence-initial position (such as in subject lines) is often reanalyzed as being intrinsic, leading to intrasentence capitalization. Because email software introduces it to the subject line in email replies, it often conveys an added meaning of reply in the 21st century, in addition to the earlier aspect of regarding.

Translations

Etymology 2

The first syllable of Latin resonāre (to resound), the first word of the second line of the medieval hymn Ut queant laxis, from which the solfège syllables were taken because its successive lines started each on the next note of the scale. Doublet of resound and resonate.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹeɪ/
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

re (uncountable)

  1. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.
Translations

Etymology 3

From re-

Noun

re (plural res)

  1. (video games, slang) Clipping of rematch.
    gg [good game], no re
  2. (marketing, branding) Clipping of reinsurance. (used in the branding of reinsurance company names)

Anagrams

Ainu

Ainu cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : re
    Ordinal : re ikinne

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾe̞]

Numeral

re (Kana spelling )

  1. three

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *rina, a noun derived from the Proto-Indo-European verb *h₃rinéHti whence Albanian rij (to make humid), from the root *h₃reyH- (move, flow, boil). It is likely morphologically identical with Illyrian ῥινός (rhinós, mist).[1] Further related to Sanskrit रिणाति (riṇā́ti, to make flow, to release, to pour) and Proto-Slavic *rinǫti (push, shove).[2]

Alternative forms

Noun

 f (plural , definite réja, definite plural rétë)

  1. cloud
    qiell pa recloudless sky
  2. (less literally)
    re tymiplume of smoke
    re pluhuricloud of dust
    një re mushkonjasha swarm of mosquitos
    një re zogjsha flock of birds
  3. (figurative) cloud, gloom, bad luck (clarification of this definition is needed)

References

  1. Katičić, Radoslav (1976) Ancient Languages of the Balkans, page 171
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “re ~ rê”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 366

Further reading

  • re”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *raida, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey- (reason, count). Cognate with Latin rātiō (reason, judgment), Old Norse ráða, English read.

Noun

re f (plural re, definite reja)

  1. attention, care, consideration

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾe/

Adjective

re f sg

  1. feminine of ri (young, new)
    një vajzë e rea young girl
    Djata e reThe New Testament

Noun

re f (plural reja, definite reja)

  1. young girl
    Synonyms: vajzë, voce
  2. daughter-in-law
    Synonym: nuse

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

re

  1. second-person singular simple perfect indicative of bie

Asturian

Noun

re m (plural res)

  1. Alternative form of rei
  2. (music) re, ray

Breton

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁeː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ɸro- (compare Welsh rhy, Irish ró-).

Adverb

re

  1. too much

Pronoun

re

  1. those

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

re m (plural reo)

  1. pair (of shoes, eyes, etc.)
  2. couple

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin rēm (thing, accusative), res coming from the nominative. Compare French rien.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

re

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of res

Etymology 2

Compare English re.

Pronunciation

Noun

re m (plural res)

  1. (music) re (second note of diatonic scale)

Chuukese

Pronoun

re

  1. they
    Synonym: ra
  2. they are
    Synonym: ra
  3. Of a nationality or place; -ish.

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

re n (indeclinable)

  1. (card games) double raise (multiplies the current stake by 4)

Noun

re n (indeclinable)

  1. (music) re

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reː/
  • (file)

Noun

re f (plural re's, diminutive re'tje n)

  1. (Netherlands, music) re (second note of a major scale)
  2. (Belgium, music) d (tone)

Anagrams

Eastern Arrernte

Pronoun

re

  1. he (third person singular masculine pronoun)

References

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin rēx, rēgem. Compare Italian re.

Noun

re m (plural rês)

  1. king

Galician

Noun

re m (plural res)

  1. (music) re (musical note)
  2. (music) D (the musical note or key)

See also

Ido

Etymology

From r + -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /re/, /ɾɛ/

Noun

re (plural re-i)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter R/r.

See also

Interlingua

Preposition

re

  1. about

Italian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin rēx, via the nominative singular, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (ruler, king). Doublet of rege, which was borrowed from Latin via the accusative rēgem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈre/*, /ˈre/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation:

Noun

re m (invariable, feminine regina)

  1. king (male monarch)
    Synonyms: (obsolete, poetic) rege, sovrano
    Hypernyms: monarca, regnante
  2. (chess, card games) king
  3. (figurative) king, magnate (man who excels in something)
    Synonyms: campione, principe, signore
Descendants
  • Maltese: re
See also
  • re di cuori
  • re di fiori
  • re di picche
  • re di quadri
See also
Chess pieces in Italian · pezzi degli scacchi (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
re regina,
donna
torre alfiere cavallo pedone
Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text)
asso due tre quattro cinque sei sette
otto nove dieci fante donna,
regina
re jolly, joker,
matta

Etymology 2

From Latin resonāre (to resound), from the first word of the second line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based, because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛ/, /ˈrɛ/*
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation:

Noun

re m (invariable)

  1. re (musical note)
  2. D (musical note or key)

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

re

  1. Rōmaji transcription of
  2. Rōmaji transcription of

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

  1. ablative singular of rēs
  2. in reality, in fact, on practice (often strengthened by vērā, ipsā)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • "re", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "re", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • re in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Etymology 1

Through 17th century Italian. The first syllable of Latin resonāre (to resound), the first word of the second line of the medieval hymn Ut queant laxis, from which the solfège syllables were taken because its successive lines started each on the next note of the scale.

Noun

re m (invariable)

  1. (music) re, D (second note in the major scale)

Etymology 2

Unclear.

Interjection

re

  1. look! see? (used to draw the listener's attention to something visible)
    re, tās ir mājas, kur piedzimulook, that is the house where I was born
    re, kā ceriņi saglaudušies ap mājām un žogiemlook how the lilacs have become smooth around the houses and fences
    re, cik klusu un nemanot mana māmuļa sirmolook how quietly, without being noticed, my mom became older (literally, “grayer)”)
  2. look, here is..., you see (used to draw the listener's attention to, or to emphasize, something said or written)
    malkas virtuvē nav; tad re, kāpēc māte vakar nekurinājathere is no wood in the kitchen; here is why mother did not start the heating yesterday
    re, Mārtiņ, kā iet mūsu dzīvītesee, Martin, how our little life is going?...
    bet strazds, re, dzied par Ēģipti pie būra tavā priedēbut the sterling, see, he is singing about Egypt at the cage in your pine tree
Synonyms

Ligurian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rēx, via the nominative singular. Compare Italian re.

Noun

re m (please provide plural)

  1. king (type of monarch who rules a kingdom)

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian re and/or Italian re, from Latin rēx.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛː/

Noun

re m (plural rejiet, feminine reġina)

  1. king
    Synonym: (see there for notes) sultan
  2. (chess) king

See also

Chess pieces in Maltese · bċejjeċ taċ-ċess (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
re reġina torri isqof żiemel pjun, pedina, petun

Mandarin

Romanization

re

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Manx

Alternative forms

Particle

re

  1. dependent form (after dy, nagh) of she
    Heill mee dy re Manninagh oo.I thought you were a Manxman.
    Ta mee credjal dy re ayns y gharey hooar ad eh.I think it was in the garden that they found it.

Northern Kurdish

Postposition

re

  1. a postposed element of several circumpositions

Derived terms

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (say, quote).

Verb

re

  1. to say

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse reiða. Doublet of rede.

Alternative forms

Verb

re (present tense rer, past tense redde, past participle redd)

  1. to prepare; make (a bed)

Etymology 2

From Italian.

Noun

re m (definite singular re-en, indefinite plural re-er, definite plural re-ene)

  1. re, the second syllable in the scale of solfège

References

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Through 17th century Italian. The first syllable of Latin resonāre (to resound), the first word of the second line of the medieval hymn Ut queant laxis, from which the solfège syllables were taken because its successive lines started each on the next note of the scale.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreː/
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

re m (definite singular re-en, indefinite plural re-ar, definite plural re-ane)

  1. (music) re a syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

References

Anagrams

Old Irish

Preposition

re

  1. Alternative spelling of (before)

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

re

  1. locative singular of ra (the Pali letter 'r')

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German einer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rə/

Article

re

  1. dative feminine singular of en: a, an

Declension

Declension of en
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative en en en
dative emme
me
re emme
me
accusative en en en

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French or Italian re.

Noun

re m (plural re)

  1. re (musical note)

Declension

Sardinian

Noun

re m (plural res)

  1. king
    Coordinate term: reina
  2. (chess) king

See also

Chess pieces in Sardinian · petzos de is iscacos (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
re reina turre alfiere caddu peone

Further reading

Serui-Laut

Noun

re

  1. eye

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (say, quote).

Verb

re

  1. to say

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈre/ [ˈre]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: re

Noun

re m (plural res)

  1. (music) re

Etymology 2

Originally a prefix, re-.

Adverb

re

  1. very
    Synonym: muy
    es re tardeit's very late

Further reading

Turkish

Noun

re

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.
See also

Etymology 2

From Arabic رَاء (rāʔ).

Noun

re

  1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ر

Venetian

Re Artù.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rēx, via the nominative singular, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (ruler, king). Doublet of rege, which was borrowed from Latin via the accusative rēgem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛ/

Noun

re m (plural re)

  1. king
    El re el goerna co saviesa.
    The king rules with wisdom.

Wandamen

Noun

re

  1. eye

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾè/

Verb

  1. (intransitive) to go
    Synonyms: lọ,
    Àwòdì t'ó ń re Ìbarà, ẹ̀fúùfùú ta a nídìí pá; ó ní 'iṣẹ́ kúkú yá'
    The hawk which is going to Ibara, the wind pushes it suddenly, it responds quickly that that is the next best thing
    (proverb on expediency)
Usage notes
  • re when followed by direct object.
Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾè/

Verb

  1. (intransitive, Ekiti) to be
    Synonym: jẹ́
    Ọmọ mẹ́tàdínlógún ní mo I am seventeen years old

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾé/

Verb

  1. (intransitive, Ijebu) to be
    Synonym: jẹ́
    Ìjẹ̀bú "ré" m waWe are Ijebu.
    Ọmọ Ìjẹ̀bú "ré" iye miMy mother is Ijebu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾè/

Verb

  1. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) to roast
    Synonym:
Usage notes
  • re when followed by direct object.
Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾè/

Verb

  1. (transitive) to nurse, to give specific attention to something or someone
    Synonym: tọ́jú
Usage notes
  • re when followed by direct object.
Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾé/

Verb

  1. (transitive) to soak, to become swollen (usually in reference to the skin)
    Synonyms: ,
    ara ọmọ náàá lọ́wọ́ọ nínàThe child's body became swollen from the beating
Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾé/

Verb

  1. (transitive) to exceed (in degree or dimension), to pass, to go across a mark
Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾé/

Verb

  1. (transitive) to skim the top of a liquid
  2. To alter something, to cause something to be transferred or removed via supernatural or authoritative means
    Ifá ikú lórí awoIfa removed(premature) death from the head of the Ifa priest
Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾé/

Verb

  1. (transitive) to put a curse or spell on someone
Usage notes
  • Always preceded by gbé
Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾé/

Verb

  1. (intransitive) to trigger, to undergo a hit
    Pàkúté The trap triggered off
  2. (medicine) to dislocate, to suffer from a dislocated body part
    Synonyms: wọ́n, hán
    Ẹ̀yìn aboyún The pregnant woman dislocated her back
Derived terms

Etymology 11

From re used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

Alternative forms

  • (abbreviated): R, r

Noun

re

  1. The syllable used to represent the mid-tone
See also
names for tones
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