re

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

• IPA^(key): /ɹiː/, /ɹeɪ/

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• Rhymes: -iː, -eɪ

re

1. About, regarding, with reference to; especially in letters, documents and emails.

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.

• about, apropos, as for; See also Thesaurus:about

• in re
• in rem

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.

• ray

• IPA^(key): /ɹeɪ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

re (uncountable)

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

• 'er, -'er, -er, E-R, E. R., E.R., ER, er, er.

• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞]

re (Kana spelling レ)

1. three

• rê, rêj, rêu, rênj, rên (Gheg dialects)
• ren (Old Albanian and Tosk: Çamërisht, Arbëreshë, Arvanitika)

• From Old Albanian ren (“cloud(s)”), from Proto-Albanian *rina, derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rinéHti (and thus related to Albanian rij (“to make humid”)), present of Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“move, flow, boil”). It is probably etymologically identical with Illyrian *ῥίνος *άχλύς[1]. Further related to Sanskrit रिणाति (riṇā́ti, “to make flow, to release, to pour”) and Proto-Slavic *rinǫti (“push, shove”)[2].

re f (indefinite plural re, definite singular reja, definite plural retë)

1. cloud(s) (uncountable)
2. haze, mist
3. overcast

• rij, ritë
• vrenjt
• vrenjtur
• vrëndë
• vranësi
• ren f
• rend

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

re f (indefinite plural re, definite singular reja)

1. attention, care, consideration

• vërej
• vërejtje
• vrojtim m
• vë

Cognate to ri m (“new”). See ri for more.

• IPA^(key): [ɾe] (Standard)

re f sg

1. young

   një vajzë e re

   a young girl

2. new

   Djata e re

   The New Testament

Inflection of bie.

re

1. second-person singular simple perfect indicative of bie

re m (plural res)

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

• IPA^(key): /ʁeː/

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

re

1. too much

re

1. those

re m (plural reo)

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

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

• ren (archaic)

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈrə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈre/

re

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of res

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

re m (plural res)

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

re

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

• ra

re n

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

• IPA^(key): /reː/

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

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

• er

re

1. he (third person singular masculine pronoun)

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

From Latin rēx, rēgem. Compare Italian re.

re m (plural rês)

1. king

• reìne
• reâl

re m (plural res)

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

• (musical notes) nota musical; dó, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si ^{(Category: gl:Music)}

• IPA^(key): /re/, /ɾɛ/

re (plural re-i)

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

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze ^{(Category: io:Latin letter names)}

re

1. about

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈre/^*, /ˈre/

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• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: ré

re m (invariable, feminine regina)

1. king, male monarch
2. (chess, card games) king
3. (figurative) king, magnate (man who excels in something)

• (male monarch): monarca, regnante, sovrano
• (someone who excels): campione, principe, signore

• → Maltese: re

• re di cuori
• re di quadri
• re di fiori
• re di picche

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ/, /ˈrɛ/^*
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: rè

re m (invariable)

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

• re in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

re

1. Rōmaji transcription of れ
2. Rōmaji transcription of レ

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reː/, [reː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re/, [rɛː]

rē

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

• reāpse
• rē ipsā
• rē vērā / rēvērā

• "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

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.

re m (invariable)

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

Unclear.

re

1. look! see? (used to draw the listener's attention to something visible)

   re, tās ir mājas, kur piedzimu ― look, that is the house where I was born

   re, kā ceriņi saglaudušies ap mājām un žogiem ― look how the lilacs have become smooth around the houses and fences

   re, cik klusu un nemanot mana māmuļa sirmo ― look how quietly, without being noticed, my mom became older (lit. 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 nekurināja ― there is no wood in the kitchen; here is why mother did not start the heating yesterday

   re, Mārtiņ, kā iet mūsu dzīvīte ― see, Martin, how our little life is going?...

   bet strazds, re, dzied par Ēģipti pie būra tavā priedē ― but the sterling, see, he is singing about Egypt at the cage in your pine tree

• āre
• lūk

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

re m (please provide plural)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /rɛː/

re m (plural rejiet, feminine reġina)

1. king

   Synonym: (see there for notes) sultan

re

1. Nonstandard spelling of ré.
2. Nonstandard spelling of rě.
3. Nonstandard spelling of rè.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

• nee

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.

re

1. a postposed element of several circumpositions

• bi ... re
• di ... re
• ji ... re

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

re

1. to say

From Old Norse reiða. Doublet of rede.

• reie

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

1. to prepare; make (a bed)

From Italian.

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

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

• “re” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• er

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈreː/
• Rhymes: -eː

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.

• “re” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• er

Compare German einer.

• IPA^(key): /rə/

re f (indefinite)

1. a, an

From French ré or Italian re.

re m (plural re)

1. re (musical note)

re m (plural res)

1. king

   Coordinate term: reina

2. (chess) king

• “re” in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda (2016). Searchable in multiple languages at ditzionariu.sardegnacultura.it

re

1. eye

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

re

1. to say

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

re m (plural res)

1. (music) re

Originally a prefix, re-.

re

1. very

   Synonym: muy

   es re tarde ― it's very late

• “re”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

re

1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

• (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

From Arabic رَاء‎ (rāʔ).

re

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ر

re

1. eye

• IPA^(key): /ɾè/

rè

1. (intransitive) to go

   Synonyms: lọ, yú

   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)

• re when followed by direct object.

• IPA^(key): /ɾè/

rè

1. (intransitive, Ekiti) to be

   Synonym: jẹ́

   Ọmọ mẹ́tàdínlógún ní mo rè ― I am seventeen years old

• IPA^(key): /ɾè/

rè

1. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) to roast

   Synonym: wì

• re when followed by direct object.

• IPA^(key): /ɾè/

rè

1. (transitive) to nurse, to give specific attention to something or someone

   Synonym: tọ́jú

• re when followed by direct object.

• IPA^(key): /ɾé/

ré

1. (transitive) to soak, to become swollen (usually in reference to the skin)

   Synonyms: wú, só

   ara ọmọ náàá ré lọ́wọ́ọ nínà ― The child's body became swollen from the beating

• IPA^(key): /ɾé/

ré

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

• IPA^(key): /ɾé/

ré

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 ré ikú lórí awo ― Ifa removed(premature) death from the head of the Ifa priest

• IPA^(key): /ɾé/

ré

1. (transitive) to put a curse or spell on someone

• Always preceded by gbé

• IPA^(key): /ɾé/

ré

1. (intransitive) to trigger, to undergo a hit

   Pàkúté ré ― The trap triggered off

2. (medicine) to dislocate, to suffer from a dislocated body part

   Synonyms: wọ́n, hán

   Ẹ̀yìn aboyún ré ― The pregnant woman dislocated her back

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

• (abbreviated): R, r

re

1. The syllable used to represent the mid-tone