Borrowed fromLatinrē, ablative ofrēs(“thing, matter, topic”).

• IPA^(key):/ɹiː/,/ɹeɪ/

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• Rhymes:-iː,-eɪ

re

1. About,regarding, withreference to; especially inletters,documents,emails andcase law.

   Synonyms:about,apropos,as for;see alsoThesaurus:about

   Re A (conjoined twins) [2000] EWCA Civ 254

   • 2020 July 24, HarryBlank, “SCP-5243”, inSCP Foundation‎^[1], archived fromthe original on2 September 2024:

     "I know it's been a long haul, but can we please not get complacentre: our annual magic gunk explosion? I can't believe I just typed those words."

This word, when used in this particular sense, is often rendered asRe: (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 ofreply in the 21st century, in addition to the earlier aspect ofregarding.

From Glover'ssolmization, fromMiddle Englishre(“second degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”),Italianre in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable ofLatinresonāre(“made to resound”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymnUt queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

• ray

• IPA^(key):/ɹeɪ/

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• Rhymes:-eɪ

re (uncountable)

1. (music)A syllable used insolfège to represent the second note of amajor scale.

Fromre-.

• IPA^(key):/ɹiː/

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re (pluralres)

1. (video games,slang)Clipping ofrematch.

   gg [good game], nore

2. (marketing, branding)Clipping ofreinsurance.(used in the branding of reinsurance company names)

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

• IPA^(key):[ɾe̞]

re (Kana spellingレ)

1. three

FromProto-Albanian*rina, a noun derived from theProto-Indo-European verb*h₃rinéHti whence Albanianrij(“to make humid”), from the root*h₃reyH-(“move, flow, boil”). It is likely morphologically identical withIllyrianῥινός(rhinós,“mist”).^[1] Further related toSanskritरिणाति(riṇā́ti,“to make flow, to release, to pour”) andProto-Slavic*rinǫti(“push, shove”).^[2]

• rê,rêj,rêu,rênj,rên —Gheg
• ren —Old Albanian,Tosk,Cham,Arbëresh,Arvanitika

ré f (pluralré,definiteréja,definite pluralrétë)

1. cloud

   qiell pare ―cloudless sky

2. (lessliterally)

   retymi ―plume of smoke

   repluhuri ―cloud of dust

   njëremushkonjash ―aswarm of mosquitos

   njërezogjsh ―aflock of birds

3. (figurative)cloud,gloom,bad luck(clarification of this definition is needed)

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

FromProto-Albanian*raida, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂rey-(“reason, count”). Cognate withLatinrātiō(“reason, judgment”),Old Norseráða,Englishread.

re f (pluralre,definitereja)

1. attention,care,consideration

• IPA^(key):/ˈɾe/

re f sg

1. feminine ofri(“young,new”)

   një vajzë ere ―ayoung girl

   Djata ere ―TheNew Testament

re f (pluralreja,definitereja)

1. younggirl

   Synonyms:vajzë,voce

2. daughter-in-law

   Synonym:nuse

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

re

1. second-personsingular simpleperfectindicative ofbie

re m (pluralres)

1. Alternative form ofrei
2. (music)re,ray

• IPA^(key):/ʁeː/

FromProto-Celtic*ɸro- (compareWelshrhy,Irishró-).

re

1. too much

re

1. those

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

re m (pluralreo)

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

Inherited fromLatinrēm(“thing, accusative”),res coming from the nominative. CompareFrenchrien.

• ren(archaic)

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic)[ˈrɛ]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[ˈre]

re

1. (colloquial)Alternative form ofres

CompareEnglishre.

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈre]

re m (pluralres)

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

re

1. they

   Synonym:ra

2. they are

   Synonym:ra

3. Of a nationality or place;-ish.

FromMiddle Irishri,fri, fromOld Irishfri,^[1] fromProto-Celtic*writ- (compareWelshwrth, prefixgwrth-), fromProto-Indo-European*wert-(“to turn”) (compareLatinversus(“against”)).

re (with dative,triggersh-prothesis)

1. to,toward
2. against

• First-person singular:riom,rum
• Second-person singular:riot,rut
• Third-person singular masculine:ris
• Third-person singular feminine:ria
• First-person plural:rinn,ruinn
• Second-person plural:ribh,ruibh
• Third-person plural:riú,rú
• Before the definite article:ris
• Combined with a third-person possessive determiner:ria

• Damian McManus (1994) “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors,Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig,→ISBN, section 10.4, page436

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

re n (indeclinable)

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

re n (indeclinable)

1. (music)re

• IPA^(key):/reː/

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re f (pluralre's,diminutivere'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.

FromLatinrēx, rēgem. CompareItalianre.

re m (pluralrês)

1. king

re m (pluralres)

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

Fromr +‎-e.

• IPA^(key):/re/,/ɾɛ/

re (pluralre-i)

1. The name of theLatin script letterR/r.

• Latin script letter names:literi: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 ^[edit]

re

1. about

FromClassical Gaelicre, fromMiddle Irishri,fri, fromOld Irishfri,^[1] fromProto-Celtic*writ- (compareWelshwrth, prefixgwrth-), fromProto-Indo-European*wert-(“to turn”) (compareLatinversus(“against”)).

Conflated withle(“with”) in the modern language.

re (plus dative,triggersh-prothesis,before the definite articleris)(obsolete)

1. to,toward
2. against

• ris(before the definite article)
• ria(combined with a third-person possessive determiner)

• (to, toward):chuigchun
• (against):in aghaidh,in éadan,i gcoinne

• mar aon re
• maill re

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “re”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN
• Damian McManus (1994) “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors,Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig,→ISBN, section 10.4, page436

Reduced form ofeile(“other”).

• ’re(obsolete)

re

1. Only used ingach re

Inherited fromLatinrēx, via the nominative singular, fromProto-Indo-European*h₃rḗǵs(“ruler, king”).Doublet ofrege, which was borrowed from Latin via the accusativerēgem.

• IPA^(key):/ˈre/^*,/ˈre/

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• Rhymes:-e
• Hyphenation:ré

re m (invariable,feminineregina)

1. king(malemonarch)

   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

• → Maltese:re

FromLatinresonāre(“to resound”), from the first word of the second line ofUt queant laxis, the medieval hymn on whichsolfège was based, because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.

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

re m (invariable)

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

• re inLuciano Canepari,Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

re

1. Thehiragana syllableれ(re) or thekatakana syllableレ(re) inHepburn romanization.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈreː/,[ˈreː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈre/,[ˈrɛː]

rē f

1. ablativesingular ofrēs
2. in reality,in fact, onpractice(often strengthened byvērā,ipsā)

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

Through 17th centuryItalian. The first syllable ofLatinresonāre(“to resound”), the first word of the second line of the medieval hymnUt queant laxis, from which thesolfège syllables were taken because its successive lines started each on the next note of the scale.

re m (invariable)

1. (music)re,D(secondnote in themajor scale)

Unclear.

re

1. look!see?(used todraw thelistener'sattention tosomethingvisible)

   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 (literally, “grayer)”)

2. look,hereis...,yousee(used todraw thelistener'sattention to, or toemphasize, somethingsaid orwritten)

   malkas virtuvē nav; tadre, 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 fromLatinrēx, via the nominative singular. CompareItalianre.

re m (please provide plural)

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

Borrowed fromSicilianre and/orItalianre, fromLatinrēx.

• IPA^(key):/rɛː/

re m (pluralrejiet,femininereġina)

1. king

   Synonym:(see there for notes)sultan

2. (chess)king

re

1. Nonstandard spelling ofré.
2. Nonstandard spelling ofrě.
3. Nonstandard spelling ofrè.

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

• nee

re

1. dependent form(afterdy,nagh) ofshe

   Heill mee dyre Manninagh oo. ―I thought you were a Manxman.

   Ta meecredjal dyre ayns y gharey hooar ad eh. ―I think it was in the garden that they found it.

re

1. a postposed element of severalcircumpositions

FromProto-Bantu*-tɪ̀(“say, quote”).

re

1. tosay

FromOld Norsereiða. Doublet ofrede.

• reie

re (present tenserer,past tenseredde,past participleredd)

1. toprepare;make(a bed)

FromItalian.

re m (definite singularre-en,indefinite pluralre-er,definite pluralre-ene)

1. re, the second syllable in the scale ofsolfège

• “re” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

• er

Through 17th centuryItalian. The first syllable ofLatinresonāre(“to resound”), the first word of the second line of the medieval hymnUt queant laxis, from which thesolfège syllables were taken because its successive lines started each on the next note of the scale.

• IPA^(key):/ˈreː/
• Rhymes:-eː

re m (definite singularre-en,indefinite pluralre-ar,definite pluralre-ane)

2. (music)re a syllable used insolfège to represent the second note of amajor scale.

• “re” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

• er

re

1. Alternative spelling ofré(“before”)

re

1. locativesingular ofra(“the Pali letter 'r'”)

CompareGermaneiner.

• IPA^(key):/rə/

re

1. dativefemininesingular ofen:a,an

Borrowed fromFrenchré orItalianre.

re m (pluralre)

1. re(musical note)

re m (pluralres)

1. king

   Coordinate term:reina

2. (chess)king

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

re

1. eye

FromProto-Bantu*-tɪ̀(“say, quote”).

re

1. tosay

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

re m (pluralres)

1. (music)re

Originally a prefix,re-.

re

1. (chieflyArgentina, somewhatinformal)very

   Synonym:muy

   esre tarde ―it'svery late

• “re”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

re (presentrer,preteriteredde,supinerett,imperativered)

1. Variation ofreda

re

1. The name of theLatin-script letterR/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

FromArabicرَاء(rāʔ).

re

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet:ر

• rè (obsolete)

Inherited fromLatinrēx, via the nominative singular, fromProto-Indo-European*h₃rḗǵs(“ruler, king”).Doublet ofrege, which was borrowed from Latin via the accusativerēgem.

• IPA^(key):/ˈrɛ/

re m (pluralre)

1. king

   Elre el goerna co saviesa.

   Theking rules with wisdom.

re

1. eye

• IPA^(key):/ɾè/

rè

1. (intransitive) togo

   Synonyms:lọ,yú

   Àwòdì t'ó ńre Ìbarà, ẹ̀fúùfùú ta a nídìí pá; ó ní 'iṣẹ́ kúkú yá'

   The hawk which isgoing 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) tobe

   Synonym:jẹ́

   Ọmọ mẹ́tàdínlógún ní morè ―Iam seventeen years old

• IPA^(key):/ɾé/

ré

1. (intransitive,Ijebu) tobe

   Synonym:jẹ́

   Ìjẹ̀bú "ré" m wa ―Iam Ijebu.

   Ọmọ Ìjẹ̀bú "ré" iye mi ―My motheris Ijebu.

• IPA^(key):/ɾè/

rè

1. (transitive orintransitive orergative) toroast

   Synonym:wì

• re when followed by direct object.

• IPA^(key):/ɾè/

rè

1. (transitive) tonurse, to givespecificattention tosomething orsomeone

   Synonym:tọ́jú

• re when followed by direct object.

• IPA^(key):/ɾé/

ré

1. (transitive) tosoak, to becomeswollen (usually in reference to the skin)

   Synonyms:wú,só

   ara ọmọ náàáré lọ́wọ́ọ nínà ―The child's bodybecame swollen from the beating

• IPA^(key):/ɾé/

ré

1. (transitive) toexceed (indegree ordimension), topass, togoacross amark

• IPA^(key):/ɾé/

ré

1. (transitive) toskim thetop of aliquid
2. Toaltersomething, to cause something to betransferred orremoved viasupernatural orauthoritative means

   Ifáré ikú lórí awo ―Ifaremoved(premature) death from the head of the Ifa priest

• IPA^(key):/ɾé/

ré

1. (transitive) to put acurse orspell on someone

• Always preceded bygbé

• IPA^(key):/ɾé/

ré

1. (intransitive) totrigger, to undergo ahit

   Pàkútéré ―The traptriggered off

2. (medicine) todislocate, tosuffer from adislocatedbody part

   Synonyms:wọ́n,hán

   Ẹ̀yìn aboyúnré ―The pregnant womandislocated her back

Fromre used insolfège to represent the secondnote of amajor scale.

• (abbreviated):R,r

re

1. Thesyllable used to represent the mid-tone