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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.3 Anagrams 2 Kurdish 2.1 Noun 3 Latin 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Inflection 3.2.2 Related terms 3.2.3 Descendants

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From the Latin rēx (“‘king’”). Entered English around 1920.

[edit] Noun

rex (plural rexes)

1. An animal which has a genetic recessive variation that causes the guard hairs to be very short or fully lacking.

[edit] Related terms

• Tyrannosaurus rex

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: erx
• Xer

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[edit] Kurdish

[edit] Noun

rex

1. side

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃rēǵs (“‘ruler, king’”). Cognates include Sanskrit राज् (rā́j), “‘king’”) and Old Irish rí (“‘king’”).

[edit] Noun

rēx (genitive rēgis); m, third declension

1. king, ruler
2. (Later Latin, chess) king

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Third declension (3).

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	rēx	rēgēs
genitive	rēgis	rēgum
dative	rēgī	rēgibus
accusative	rēgem	rēgēs
ablative	rēge	rēgibus
vocative	rēx	rēgēs

[edit] Related terms

regalis regia regina (feminine form of rex)

regnare regnum rego

regulus -ric

[edit] Descendants

Catalan: rei French: roi Galician: rei

Italian: re Portuguese: rei Romanian: rege Spanish: rey