res

See also rés, re’s, and res-

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛz

Noun

res (plural reses)

1. (North America, informal) short form of Indian reserve or reservation
2. short form of resolution (of a computer display, etc.).
3. (Canada) short form of college or university residence

Synonyms

• rez (Indian reserve or reservation)

Anagrams

• ers
• ESR
• ser, SER

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin rēs (“thing”)

Pronoun

res

1. nothing
2. (in negative sentences) anything

Etymology 2

Noun

res m. pl.

1. Plural form of re.

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *rēi- (“thing; possession”).

Noun

rēs (genitive reī); f, fifth declension

1. thing, matter, issue, affair

   Dixit duas res ei rubori fuisse.

   He said that two things had abashed him.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	rēs	rēs
genitive	reī	rērum
dative	reī	rēbus
accusative	rem	rēs
ablative	rē	rēbus
vocative	rēs	rēs

Derived terms

• rem acū tetigistī
• rēs, nōn verba (actions speak louder than words)
• reālis
• res adiudicata
• res privata
• res publica
• res iudicata

Descendants

Catalan: res English: ad rem, in medias res, in re, in rem, real, really, rebus, res judicata, res ipsa loquitur French: rien

Occitan: ren, rèn Portuguese: rês Spanish: res

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Spanish

Etymology

Latin rēs (“thing”)

Noun

res f. (plural reses)

1. head of quadrupedal cattle or game
2. (Latin America) bovine animal

carne de res

1. beef

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Swedish

Verb

res

1. imperative of resa