reître

French

Alternative forms

• reitre (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Reiter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛtʁ/
• (Meridional) IPA^(key): [ˈʁɛː.tʁ̥ɐ]

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• (Quebec, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁɛɪ̯tʀ̥]

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• (Quebec, informal) IPA^(key): [ʁaɪ̯tʁ̥]

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Noun

reître m (plural reîtres)

1. (historical) reiter
2. (now rare) old soldier, leatherneck, roughneck soldier

Further reading

• “reître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012