ré
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Noun
ré m (plural ré)
- (music) re, the note 'D'
Further reading
- “ré”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈreː]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -reː
Noun
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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.
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 |
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 |
Further reading
- (Hungarian) An article on solfège with hand signs
Anagrams
- ér
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rˠeː/
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
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
|
Alternative forms
- rae
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
- rae
Noun
ré f or m (genitive singular ré, nominative plural réanna)
- (archaic) moon; phase of moon; month
- period
- portion of time
- span of life, of career
- age, era, epoch
- (literary) space, intervening distance
Declension
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
|
Alternative forms
- reo
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
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
|
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ré”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “ré”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
- Entries containing “ré” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “ré” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Lashi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹe˥/
Verb
ré
- (intransitive) to come
Synonyms
- lo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹḛ˥/
Particle
ré
- Used to create yes-or-no questions
- Nang ngá bá ri se ré? ― Do you know your father?
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
Inflection
Person | Normal | Emphatic |
---|---|---|
1st person sing. | rium | riumsa |
2d person sing. | riut | |
3d sing. masc./neut., dative | rïam, ríam | |
3d sing. masc./neut., accusative | ||
3d sing. fem., dative | remi | remisi |
3d sing. fem., accusative | ||
1st person pl. | riun | |
2d person pl. | reuib | |
3d person pl., dative | remib | |
3d person pl., 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
References
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003), D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 528
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “6 ré, ría”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003), D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, pages 275, 527–28
- Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 299
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁɛ/ [ˈhɛ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁɛ/ [ˈχɛ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁɛ/
- 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 retro.[1]
Noun
ré f (plural rés)
- (Brazil) reverse (gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards)
- (nautical) stern (rear part of a ship or vessel)
Etymology 3
From Latin rea.[1]
Adjective
ré f sg
- feminine singular of réu
Noun
ré f (plural rés)
- female equivalent of réu
References
- “ré” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zɛ˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐɛ˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ɹɛ˦˥]
Verb
ré • (㕽, 哩)
- to screech