rê

See also: Appendix:Variations of "re"

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rēgem.

Noun

rê m (plural rês) (ORB, broad)

1. king

   Coordinate term: rêna (“queen”)

   Lo rê est môrt.

   The king is dead.

Related terms

• règalien
• royâl
• royômo
• royotât

References

• roi in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• rê in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese rei.

Noun

rê

1. king

   rê di festa ― the king of the party

   rê na bariga ― braggart, cocky person (literally, “king in stomach”)

   rê-di-bôlo ― spoiled, rude child (literally, “king of cake”)

   Têm rê na bariga, nôm pôde intra unga fijám

   metaphor said of someone who is very arrogant

   (literally, “He who has a king in his stomach cannot make way for a bean”)

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

from Proto-Iranian *Hrāθáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrātʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-. Cognate with Persian راه.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reː/

• Audio:

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Noun

Central Kurdish	ڕا (ra)

rê f (Arabic spelling ڕێ)

1. way, road

Declension

Declension of rê

definite feminine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	rê	rê
construct	riya	riyên
oblique	rê	riyan
demonstrative oblique	wê rê	wan riyan
vocative	riyê	riyino
indefinite feminine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	riyek	riyin
construct	riyeke	riyine
oblique	riyekê	riyinan

Derived terms

• avarê
• hevrê
• rêbaz
• rêbaznas
• rêbaznasî
• rêbazzan
• rêbazzanî
• rêbazî
• rêber
• rêberî
• rêbir
• rêbirî
• rêgir
• rêgirî
• rêk
• rêç
• rêçare
• rêçik
• varê

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe/ [ˈhe]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe/ [ˈhe]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe/ [ˈχe]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe/

• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: rê

Noun

rê m (plural rês)

1. (Northeast Brazil) The name of the Latin script letter R/r.

   Synonym: erre

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letra; á, bê, cê, dê, é, efe, gê / guê, agá, i, jota, cá / capa, ele, eme, ene, ó, pê, quê, erre, esse, tê, u, vê, dáblio, xis, ípsilon, zê

Further reading

• “rê”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “rê”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Sicilian

Preposition

rê

1. contraction of ri +‎ li, literally “of the”

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ze˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐej˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹej˧˧]

Etymology 1

Noun

rê

1. (dialectal) A variety of tobacco.

Etymology 2

Verb

rê • (黎)

1. to drag (on the ground)
2. to spread out; to lay out
3. (sports) to dribble

Derived terms

• lưới rê
• rê bóng

Etymology 3

Verb

rê

1. to winnow in the wind

Etymology 4

Borrowed from French gé.

Noun

rê

1. The name of the Latin script letter G/g.

Etymology 5

Borrowed from French ré.

Noun

(classifier nốt) rê

1. (music) re; D (note)