ret

See also: rét, rêt, rết, and Ret.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ɹɛt/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English retten, reten; perhaps from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch rēten, reeten (compare Middle Low German rōten; Middle High German rōzen), or from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse reyta (compare Norwegian røyta, Swedish röta); all from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *rautijaną (“to make mellow or soft”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *rewd- (“to tear; rend; rip”). Related to rot.

Verb

1. (transitive) To prepare (flax, hemp etc.) for further processing by soaking, which facilitates separation of fibers from the woody parts of the stem.
   • 1989, Keith Bosley, translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala, XLVIII:

     the hemp was retted / and soon the retting was done / and swiftly it was hung up / and hurriedly it was dried […].

   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, page 621:

     the lowland nearly silent except for water-thrushes, the harvested fields, the smell of hops being dried in kilns, flax pulled up and piled in sheaves, in local practice not to be retted till the spring

Derived terms

• retter

Translations

to soak linen, hemp etc.

• Finnish: liottaa (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: μουσκεύω (el) (mouskévo)

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Adjective

ret

1. retired

Translations

retired

• Greek: ε.α. (el) (e.a.)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• ERT, ert, ter, ter-

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Catalan

Verb

ret

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rъtъ. Compare Russian рот (rot, “mouth”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

1. lip

Derived terms

• rtěnka f

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Danish

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /rɛt/, [ˈʁɑd̥]
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophone: rat

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse réttr, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós.

Adjective

ret

1. straight

   en ret linje

   a straight line

2. right, proper
3. rightful

   den rette arving

   the rightful heir

4. plain (in knitting)

Inflection

Inflection of ret
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	ret	—	—2
Indefinite neuter singular	ret	—	—2
Plural	rette	—	—2
Definite attributive1	rette	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

• (rightful): retmæssig

Antonyms

• (rightful): uretmæssig
• (in knitting): vrang

Adverb

ret

1. straight
2. rightly, properly
3. rather, quite

   Han er ret høj.

   He is rather tall.

Etymology 2

Maybe from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German richte.

Noun

ret c (singular definite retten, plural indefinite retter)

1. (uncountable) right, justice, law
2. court, courtroom, lawcourt
3. dish, course (of food)
4. (uncountable) right side (e.g. of a fabric)

Declension

Declension of ret

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ret	retten	retter	retterne
genitive	rets	rettens	retters	retternes

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Lojban

Rafsi

1. Rafsi of preti.

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English red.

Adjective

ret

1. red

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

Derived from .

Noun

1. A flag or stake that is used as a signal in the seal ice or as you put on the boat to find it again among the icebergs when departing from it to hunt.