ré

ré

See also: Appendix:Variations of "re"

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe/

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Noun

ré m (plural ré)

1. (music) re, the note 'D'

Further reading

• “ré”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈreː]

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• Rhymes: -reː

Noun

solmisation

ré (plural rék)

1. 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

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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)

1. stretch of ground; level ground
2. field

Declension

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

• rae

Etymology 2

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

Noun

ré m (genitive singular ré, nominative plural réanna)

1. (agriculture) row
2. lineage, row

Alternative forms

• rae

Noun

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

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

Declension

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

• 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)

1. (music) re

Declension

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

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.

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Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹe˥/

Verb

ré

1. (intransitive) to come

Synonyms

• lo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹḛ˥/

Particle

ré

1. 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

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Mandarin

Romanization

ré (re², Zhuyin ㄖㄜˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 若.

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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)

1. before

Inflection

Inflection of ré

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

1. 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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ/ [ˈhɛ]

• (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)

1. 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)

1. (Brazil) reverse (gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards)
2. (nautical) stern (rear part of a ship or vessel)

Etymology 3

From Latin rea.[1]

Adjective

ré f sg

1. feminine singular of réu

Noun

ré f (plural rés)

1. female equivalent of réu

References

1. “ré” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɛ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐɛ˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɹɛ˦˥]

Verb

ré • (㕽, 哩)

1. to screech