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French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁe/
Audio (Paris): (file)

Noun

ré m (plural ré)

(music) re, the note 'D'

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈreː]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -reː

Noun

ré (plural rék)

re, a syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale
Coordinate terms: dó, mi, fá, szó, lá, ti

Declension

Its inflected forms are uncommon.

More information singular, plural ...

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ré	rék
accusative	rét	réket
dative	rének	réknek
instrumental	rével	rékkel
causal-final	réért	rékért
translative	révé	rékké
terminative	réig	rékig
essive-formal	réként	rékként
essive-modal	réül	—
inessive	rében	rékben
superessive	rén	réken
adessive	rénél	réknél
illative	rébe	rékbe
sublative	rére	rékre
allative	réhez	rékhez
elative	réből	rékből
delative	réről	rékről
ablative	rétől	réktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	réé	réké
non-attributive possessive – plural	rééi	rékéi

More information possessor, single possession ...

Possessive forms of ré
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	rém	réim
2nd person sing.	réd	réid
3rd person sing.	réje	réi
1st person plural	rénk	réink
2nd person plural	rétek	réitek
3rd person plural	réjük	réik

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾˠeː/^[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish roe, rói (“plain”), from Proto-Celtic *rowos. Cognate with Latin rūs. Akin to raon.

Noun

ré f (genitive singular ré, nominative plural réite)

stretch of ground; level ground
field

Declension

More information bare forms, case ...

Declension of ré (fourth declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	ré	réite
vocative	a ré	a réite
genitive	ré	réite
dative	ré	réite

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an ré	na réite
genitive	na ré	na réite
dative	leis an ré don ré	leis na réite

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ré, possibly from Proto-Celtic *rowis.

Noun

ré m (genitive singular ré, nominative plural réanna)

(agriculture) row
lineage, row

Alternative forms

Noun

ré f or m (genitive singular ré, nominative plural réanna)

(archaic) moon; phase of moon; month
period
1. portion of time
2. span of life, of career
3. age, era, epoch
(literary) space, intervening distance

Declension

More information bare forms, case ...

Declension of ré (fourth declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	ré	réanna
vocative	a ré	a réanna
genitive	ré	réanna
dative	ré	réanna

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an ré	na réanna
genitive	na ré	na réanna
dative	leis an ré don ré	leis na réanna

Alternative forms

Derived terms

leathré (“half-life”)
roimh ré (“in advance, beforehand”)

Etymology 3

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

Noun

ré m (genitive singular ré, nominative plural réanna)

(music) re

Declension

More information bare forms, case ...

Declension of ré (fourth declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	ré	réanna
vocative	a ré	a réanna
genitive	ré	réanna
dative	ré	réanna

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an ré	na réanna
genitive	na ré	na réanna
dative	leis an ré don ré	leis na réanna

References

[1]
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 101

Lashi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹe˥/

Verb

ré

(intransitive) to come

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹḛ˥/

Particle

ré

Used to create yes-or-no questions
Nang ngá bá ri se ré? ― Do you know your father? (Quoting Luk, p.93)

References

Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 16

Mandarin

Romanization

ré (re², Zhuyin ㄖㄜˊ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 若

Old Irish

Alternative forms

re, ri, ría

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸrīs (compare Gaulish ris), from Proto-Indo-European *per-. Cognate with English first and Latin prīscus (“former”). The eclipsis trigger is analogical to íar (“after”). The inflected forms in -m, as well as the cognate prefix rem-, are from the superlative *ɸrīsamos (compare Latin prīmus (“first”)).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [r͈ʲeː]

Preposition

ré (with the dative; triggers eclipsis)

before
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 111^c13
  Is hé ru·fiastar cumachtae inna díglae do·mbi{u}r-siu húa londas, intí du·écigi{gi} is ar trócairi ⁊ censi du·bir-siu forunni siu innahí fo·daimem ré techt innúnn.
  He who will know the power of the punishment which you sg inflict by means of wrath, it is he who will see that it is for the sake of mercy and gentleness that you inflict on us here the things that we suffer before going there.

Inflection

More information Person:, normal ...

Inflection of ré
	Person:		normal	emphatic
singular	first		rium	riumsa
	second		riut
	third m or n	dative	rïam, ríam
	third m or n	accusative
	third f	dative	remi	remisi
	third f	accusative

plural	first		riun
	second		reuib
	third	dative	remib
	third	accusative

Combined with a definite article:

resin(d) (“before the sg”)

Combined with a possessive determiner:

rem (“before my”)
renna, rinna, rena (“before his/her/its/their”)

Combined with a relative pronoun:

resa

Descendants

⇒ Irish: roimh (from rïam (third-person singular masculine))

References

[1]
Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 528; reprinted 2017

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ/ [ˈhɛ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ/ [ˈχɛ]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ/

Rhymes: -ɛ
Hyphenation: ré

Etymology 1

From Latin re[sonāre] in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.^[1]

Noun

ré m (plural rés)

re (musical note)

Coordinate terms

(C major scale) escala de dó maior; dó, ré, mi, fá, sol, lá, si

Etymology 2

From Latin retrō.^[1]

Noun

ré f (plural rés)

(nautical) stern (rear part of a ship or vessel)
(Brazil) reverse (gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards)
Synonyms: (Brazil) marcha à ré, (Brazil) marcha a ré, (Portugal) marcha-atrás

Etymology 3

From Latin rea.^[1]

Adjective

ré f sg

feminine singular of réu

Noun

ré f (plural rés)

female equivalent of réu

References

[1]
“ré”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɛ˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐɛ˨˩˦]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹɛ˦˥]

Verb

ré • (㕽, 哩)

to screech

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French

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Noun

Alternative forms

Noun

Declension

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

Declension

References

Further reading

Lashi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Particle

References

Mandarin

Romanization

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Preposition

Inflection

Descendants

References

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Adjective

Noun

References

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Verb