rere
See also: rërë
English
Pronunciation
- (Hiberno-English) IPA(key): /ɾiːɾ/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun
rere (plural reres)
- Archaic spelling of rear (all meanings).
- (Ireland, law, specifically) back portion or area behind (a building, etc.)
Quotations
- 1678 "In the rere of them fall others of the city trumpets; after them two gentlemen bearing the banners of the city and the Lord Mayor; twelve gentlemen ushers appointed as aforesaid follow them, and after them the court of assistants put a period to that division. In the rere of them falls the serjeant trumpet, after him sixteen other of the king's trumpets and kettle-drums; ..." The Triumphs of London (Reprinted 1869 in Some account of the Worshipful company of grocers of the city of London, by John Benjamin Heath)
- 1784 "So out we sallied, the corporal lending his master his arm, and bringing up the rere, to the abby of Saint Grmain [sic]" Tristram Shandy Vol.3, p.44, Lawrence Sterne
- 1855 "It begins by setting out all the tenants' names; the frontage, the depth, and the reres of the several plots." Archdeacon Hewitson's Endowment For A Protestant School At Swords, Endowed Schools, Ireland, Commission, minutes of evidence, Vol. II in Parliamentary papers, Volume 22, Part 3, p.33
- 1922 "He trod the worn steps, pushed the swingdoor and entered softly by the rere." Ulysses, Chapter V James Joyce
- 1986 "the arcade at the rere of the General Post Office" Dublin Metropolitan Streets Commission Act, 1986: First Schedule
- 1995 "the unnamed laneway to the rere of Nos. 1-8 Merview" S.I. No. 248/1995 — Urban Renewal Act, 1986 (Designated Areas) (Cobh) Order, 1995; Schedule, Part II, Harbour Row Area
- 1996 "First Floor/Rere Room: Doors, door cases, chimney piece, decorative plaster ceiling." Written Answers. - Departmental Buildings Dáil Éireann - Volume 463 - 26 March, 1996
- 2009 "permission sought for proposed (1) garage conversion and first floor extension to side, (2) single storey extension to rere, and (3) alterations to front single-storey element and wider vehicular entrance at [address]" Malahide planning notices Fingal Independent, 18 November 2009
Derived terms
- reredos
See also
- reredorter
References
- rere at Wordnik
Anagrams
- REER, erer
Catalan
Alternative forms
- rera
Etymology
From Latin retrō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈre.ɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈre.ɾe/
- Rhymes: -eɾe
Adverb
rere
- behind, at the back
Synonyms
- darrere
Derived terms
- enrere
Preposition
rere
- behind, at the back of
- after (behind in place)
- after, by
- any rere any ― year by year
Synonyms
- darrere
References
- “rere” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “rere”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “rere” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “rere” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Verb
rēre
- second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of reor
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hrēr, from hrēran (see reren (“to rile”)).
Alternative forms
- hrere
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈreːr(ə)/
Adjective
rere
- Referring to eggs: underdone, undercooked; soft-boiled
- (rare) Referring to sins: unconfessed
Descendants
- English: rear, rare (of meat)
- ⇒ Yola: raree
References
- “rẹ̄re, adj.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.
Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman rere, from Latin retro.
Alternative forms
- reere
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛːr(ə)/
Adjective
rere
- (rare outside of compounds) Succeeding, successive, next, following.
- (rare) Located at the rear, hind, or back.
Related terms
- rerebrace
- reredos
- rereward
Descendants
- English: rear
- Scots: rear
References
- “rēre, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.
Verb
rere
- Alternative form of reren (“to raise”)
Noun
rere
- Alternative form of reren (“to rile”)
Adjective
rere
- Alternative form of rare (“thin, airy, rare”)
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French rere, from Latin rādere, present active infinitive of rādō.
Verb
rere
- to shave
Old French
Etymology 1
From Latin retrō.
Adjective
rere m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rere)
- late
- after; later on
Adverb
rere
- behind
- Constaunce […] lui vient rere au doos et le trebucha en la mere.
- Constance […] came behind his back and knocked him into the sea
Derived terms
- rereguarde
Etymology 2
From Latin rādere, present active infinitive of rādō.
Alternative forms
- raer, raire, reire
Verb
rere
- to shave
- circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
- Se fist par mi la barbe rere
- He shaved his beard
-
- to scrape off, raze
- to erase
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of rere (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rere | avoir res | |||||
| gerund | en reant, raant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | reant, raant | ||||||
| past participle | res | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | re | rez | ret | reons, raons | reez, raez | reent |
| imperfect | reoie, reeie, raoie, raeie | reoies, reeies, raoies, raeies | reoit, reeit, raoit, raeit | reïiens, reïens, raïiens, raïens | reïiez, reïez, raïiez, raïez | reoient, reeient, raoient, raeient | |
| preterite | res | reṣis | rest | reṣimes | reṣistes | resdrent | |
| future | rerai | reras | rera | rerons | reroiz, rereiz, rerez | reront | |
| conditional | reroie, rereie | reroies, rereies | reroit, rereit | reriiens, reriens | reriiez, reriez | reroient, rereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | ree | rees | ree | reons, raons | reez, raez | reent |
| imperfect | reṣisse | reṣisses | reṣist | reṣissons, reṣissiens | reṣissoiz, reṣissez, reṣissiez | reṣissent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | re | — | reons, raons | reez, raez | — | ||
Related terms
- res
- raser
Descendants
- Middle French: rere
References
- rere on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Rapa Nui
Verb
rere
- fly