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reine

1. Inflected form of rein

From Old French reïne, reyne, royne, from Latin rēgīna.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Homophones: Rennes, renne, rennes, reines, rêne, rênes, raine, raines

reine f (plural reines, masculine roi)

1. queen (a female monarch)
   • 1959, Jacques Brel, Ne me quitte pas

     Je ferai un domaine où l'amour sera roi, où l'amour sera loi, où tu seras reine

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2. queen (a reproductive female animal in a hive)

• bouchée à la reine
• reine des animaux
• reine mère

• “reine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• Irène, renie, renié

reine

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of reinar

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reine

1. inflection of rein:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

From Old Dutch reini, from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈreinə/

reine

1. clean, pure, untainted
2. noble, pure of heart
3. free of sin
4. of excellent quality

• rêne

• reinen

• Dutch: rein
  • Negerhollands: rein
• Limburgish: rein

reine

1. neatly, properly, according to custom
2. cleanly, completely

• rêne

• “reine (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “reine (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “reine (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “reine (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

• ranne (continental Normandy)
• royne (Guernsey)

From Old French royne, reine, from Latin rēgīna.

reine f (plural reines)

1. (Jersey) queen

• rouai

reine

1. definite singular of rein
2. plural of rein

reine

1. definite singular of rein
2. plural of rein

reine

1. inflection of reinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

reine

1. inflection of reinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative