reed

See also Reed

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• rēd, /riːd/, /ri:d/

  Homophones: read

• Rhymes: -iːd

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Etymology

Middle English rede, Old English hrēod. Akin to German Ried. No cognates in North Germanic languages, but a Gothic  (hriud) was derived. It is theorised that the word may have a relation to ritae in Noctes Atticae (Aulus Gellius).

Noun

reed (countable and uncountable; plural reeds)

1. (botany, countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
2. (countable, botany) The hollow stem of these plants.
3. (countable, music) Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising of a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it.
4. (countable, music) A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.
5. (uncountable) reeding

Derived terms

• reed bunting
• reed organ
• reedy

Translations

grass-like plant

Arabic: قصبة (ar) (qaṣaba) f., بوصة (ar) (boṣa) f. Egyptian Arabic: قصبة (ʔaṣaba) f., بوصة (boṣa) f. Croatian: trska (hr) f. Czech: rákosí (cs) n. Finnish: kaisla (fi), ruoko (fi) French: roseau (fr) m. German: Schilf (de) n. Greek: καλάμι (el) (kalámi) n., καλαμιά (el) (kalamiá) f. Indonesian: alang (id), alang-alang (id) pl. Italian: canna (it) f.

Navajo: lókʼaaʼ Norwegian: siv (no) n. Polish: trzcina (pl) f. Romanian: stuf (ro) Russian: тростник (ru) (trostník) m., камыш (ru) (kamýš) m. Slovak: trstina (sk) f., tŕstie (sk) n. Uab Meto: humusu

hollow stem

Finnish: ruoko (fi) Greek: καλάμι (el) (kalámi) n.

Polish: trzcina (pl) f. Russian: тростник (ru) (trostník) m.

music: part of mouthpiece

Finnish: ruokokieli (fi), lehdykkä (fi) French: anche (fr) f. Irish: feag (ga) f., deocán (ga) m. Italian: ancia (it) f. Luxembourgish: Blietchen (lb) n.

Malay: lidah serunai (ms) Norwegian: rør (no) n. Polish: stroik (pl) m. Russian: язычок (ru) (jazyčók) m.

music: instrument

Finnish: lehdykkäsoitin (fi)

Polish: instrument stroikowy dęty m.

material

Finnish: kaisla (fi), ruoko (fi)

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Albanian: kulmak m. Armenian: եղեգ (hy) (eġeg) Catalan: canya f. Serbo-Croatian: trska f., rogoz m. Danish: siv (da) Dutch: riet (nl) Esperanto: kano (eo) French: roseau (fr) m. (1, 5), jonc (fr) m. (1, 3, 5), anche (fr) f. (3), instrument à anche m. (4), chaume (fr) m. (5) German: Schilf (de) n. Hungarian: nád (hu)

Italian: canna (it) f. (1,2), ancia (it) f. (3) Korean: 갈대 (galdae) Nahuatl: acatonalaya Portuguese: cana (pt) Romanian: stuf f. and m. Slovak: trstina f. Spanish: caña (es) f. Swahili: tete (sw) Swedish: vass, säv Thai: อ้อ, ลิ้น(instrument) Turkish: saz (tr) Ngarrindjeri: yalkari

Anagrams

• deer
• dere, de re
• dree
• rede

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːt
• IPA: /reːt/
• Homophones: reedt

Verb

reed

1. singular past indicative of rijden.
2. first-person singular present indicative of reden.
3. imperative of reden.

Anagrams

• rede

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Middle English

Adjective

reed

1. red
   • 14^th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue

     Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe.

     Bold was her face, and fair, and red of hue.

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West Frisian

Noun

reed c. (plural redens)

1. skate
2. driveway
3. road