re

See also Appendix:Variations of "re"

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From Latin re.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹiː/, /ɹeɪ/
• Rhymes: -iː, -eɪ

Preposition

re

1. About, regarding, with reference to; especially in letters and documents.

Derived terms

• in re
• in rem

Translations

regarding

• Dutch: (wat (nl)) betreft (nl)

• Greek: περί (el) (perí)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA: /reɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

re (uncountable)

1. Ray, a syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

Translations

the second note in solfège

• Arabic: ري (ar) (rii, re) m
• Basque: re (eu)
• French: ré (fr) m
• Greek: ρε (el) (re)

• Japanese: レ (ja) (re)
• Korean: 레 (ko) (le)
• Russian: ре (ru) (re) n

Etymology 3

Abbreviation

Noun

re (uncountable)

1. Reinsurance.

Anagrams

• er , 'er, ER

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• rê (Gheg)

Etymology

From Old Albanian ren, singularized plural of *ri, from Proto-Albanian *rina, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rinéHti ‘move’ (compare Serbo-Croatian rinuti ‘to push’, Ancient Greek (Lesbian) ορίνειν (orínein) ‘to move’), present of *h₃reiH-.

Noun

re f (indefinite plural re, definite singular reja)

1. cloud

Related terms

• rij, ritë

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Asturian

Noun

re m (plural res)

1. Alternative form of rei.
2. (music) re, ray

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Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁeː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ɸro (compare Welsh rhy, Irish ró-).

Adverb

re

1. too much

Etymology 2

Pronoun

re

1. those

Etymology 3

Noun

re m

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

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Catalan

Noun

re m (plural res)

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /re/

Noun

re f (plural re's, diminutive re'tje)

1. (Netherlands, music) re (second note of a major scale)
2. (Flemish, music) d (tone)

Anagrams

• er

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Interlingua

Preposition

re

1. about

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin rēx, regem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

Pronunciation

• ré, IPA: /re/, X-SAMPA: /re/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: re
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

re m (plural re)

1. king
2. (chess) king
3. kings
4. magnate
5. magnates

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• rè, IPA: /rɛ/, X-SAMPA: /rE/

Noun

re m (plural re)

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

See also

• (chess pieces) pezzo degli scacchi; alfiere, cavallo, donna, pedone, re, torre ^{(Category: it:Chess)}

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Japanese

Romanization

re

1. See れ
2. See レ

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Latin

Noun

rē

1. ablative singular of rēs

Preposition

rē

1. About, regarding, with reference to.

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Latvian

Etymology 1

Unclear.

Noun

re m, invariable

1. (music) re, D (second note in the major scale)

Etymology 2

Unclear.

Interjection

re

1. look! see? (used to draw the listener's attention to something visible)

   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 (lit. grayer)

2. look, here is..., you see (used to draw the listener's attention to, or to emphasize, something said or written)

   malkas virtuvē nav; tad re, 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

Synonyms

• āre
• lūk

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Lojban

Lojban cardinal numbers

<  pa	re	ci  >
Cardinal : re

Cmavo

re (rafsi rel)

1. two

Derived terms

• su'ore

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Maltese

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian re.

Noun

re m (plural rejiet)

1. king

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Mandarin

Romanization

re

1. Nonstandard spelling of ré.
2. Nonstandard spelling of rě.
3. Nonstandard spelling of rè.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Serui-Laut

Noun

re

1. eye

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Turkish

Noun

re

1. The name of the Latin script letter R/r.

See also

• (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 ^{(Category: tr:Latin letter names)}

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Wandamen

Noun

re

1. eye