re-

Etymology

From Middle English re-, from Old French re-, from Latin re-, red- (“back; anew; again; against”), of uncertain origin but conjectured by Watkins to be from Proto-Indo-European *wret-, a metathetic alteration of *wert- (“to turn”). Displaced native English ed-, eft-, a-, with-/wither-, gain-/again-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiː/

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• IPA^(key): /ɹɪ/

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• IPA^(key): /ɹə/

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Prefix

re-

1. again, anew

   ‎re- + ‎new → ‎renew (“to make something new again”)

   ‎re- + ‎commit → ‎recommit (“to commit an act again”)

   ‎re- + ‎heat → ‎reheat (“to heat something that has cooled off”)

2. a completive or intensification of the base; up, a-, out

   reletter, relead, rebronze (examples from: ^[1])

3. back, backward

   reject, reply, resist

See also

• again
• re
• repeat

References

• “re-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

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

Etymology

From Latin re-.

Prefix

re-

1. re- (again)

   ‎re- + ‎fer (“to do”) → ‎refer (“to redo”)

2. intensifier for adjectives and adverbs

   Synonym: -íssim

   ‎re- + ‎vell (“old”) → ‎revell (“very old”)

3. great-, grand- (used to denote the removal of one generation)

   Synonym: bes-

   ‎re- + ‎nebot (“nephew”) → ‎renebot (“grandnephew”)

Further reading

• “re-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “re-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “re-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “re-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Prefix

re-

1. (inflected as a noun) with
2. (subject marker for tense modifying adverbs) they

Etymology

From Latin re-.

Prefix

re-

1. indicates repetition, again
2. indicates a return to previous state, back
3. indicates an action performed reciprocally, back (e.g., to hit back, to talk back)

Etymology

From Latin re-.

Prefix

re- (ORB, broad)

1. Attaches to verbs, often adding a sense of repetition or reversion.

Etymology

From Latin re-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə/

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Prefix

re-

1. re-

   ‎re- + ‎marcher (“to function”) → ‎remarcher (“to function again”)

2. meaningless generic derivation prefix, especially as r-. From semantic bleaching of sense 1 followed by the unprefixed terms becoming obsolete or diverging in meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe/

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Prefix

re-

1. re-

Etymology

From Latin re- (“again; back”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛ]

Prefix

re-

1. indicates repetition, again
2. indicates a return to previous state, back

Etymology

From Latin re-.

Prefix

re-

1. back, backwards
2. again; prefix added to various words to indicate an action being done again, or like the other usages indicated above under English.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin re-. The prefix re- is borrowed from Latin, while the variant ri- is inherited from Latin.^[1]

Prefix

re-

1. re-

   Synonym: ri-

References

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wre- (“again”), of uncertain origin (OED); see the Proto-Italic entry for more.^[1]

Prefix

re-

1. back, backwards
2. un-, de-^[2]

   ‎re- + ‎glūtinō (“glue”) → ‎reglūtinō (“unglue, separate”)

   ‎re- + ‎neō (“spin, weave, entwine”) → ‎reneō (“unspin, unravel”)

   ‎re- + ‎gelō (“freeze, congeal”) → ‎regelō (“thaw, unfreeze”)

3. again; prefix added to various words to indicate an action being done again, or like the other usages indicated above under English.

References

Prefix

re-

1. re- (again; once more)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin re-.

Prefix

re-

1. re-

Alternative forms

• èr-

Etymology

From Old French re-, from Latin re-.

Prefix

re-

1. re-

Etymology

From Latin re-.

Prefix

re-

1. re-

References

• “re-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin re-.

Prefix

re-

1. re-

References

• “re-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin re-.

Prefix

re-

1. re-

Prefix

re-

1. re- (again; once more)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin re-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛ
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• Homophones: re, Re

Prefix

re-

1. re- (again, anew)
2. re- (back, backward)

Further reading

• re- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese re-, from Latin re-.

Pronunciation

Prefix

re-

1. re- (forms verbs indicating that the action is being done again)

   ‎re- + ‎fazer (“to do”) → ‎refazer (“to redo”)