rea

See also: Rea, REA, and re'a

English

Noun

rea ‎(plural reas)

1. Alternative form of rei

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Italian

Adjective

rea

1. feminine singular of reo

Anagrams

• are
• era, Era

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.a/

Noun

rea f ‎(genitive reae); first declension

1. defendant, accused
2. (archaic) plaintiff
3. vocative singular of rea

reā f

1. ablative singular of rea

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	rea	reae
genitive	reae	reārum
dative	reae	reīs
accusative	ream	reās
ablative	reā	reīs
vocative	rea	reae

References

• rea in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rea in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to strike a person's name off the list of the accused: eximere de reis aliquem
    

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Manx

Etymology 1

Likely from Old Irish reithe ‎(“ram”).

Noun

rea m ‎(genitive singular rea, plural reaghyn)

1. male sheep, ram, tup

   Cha row rea lhean lheeah rieau roauyr.‎ ― A wide grey ram was never fat.

Derived terms

Terms derived from rea

• conrea ‎(“tup, ram”) (with undescended testicles)
• faase rea ‎(“half-castrated tup”)

• rea caggee ‎(“battering ram”)

• Yn Rea ‎(“Aries”)

Etymology 2

Likely from Old Irish réid ‎(“level, smooth”).

Adjective

rea

1. even, flat, level
2. smooth, sleek
3. horizontal
4. plain, facile
5. clear (as water)
6. steady, easy of manner
7. regular, continuous

Derived terms

• neurea ‎(“lumpy, rough, scraggy; entangled; uneven”)

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [re̯a]

Adjective

rea

1. feminine singular nominative form of rău
2. feminine singular accusative form of rău

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Spanish

Noun

rea f ‎(plural reas, masculine reo)

1. feminine equivalent of reo

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Swedish

Bokrea (book sale).

Noun

rea c

1. a sale (sale of goods at reduced prices); short for realisation

Declension

Inflection of rea
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rea	rean	reor	reorna
Genitive	reas	reans	reors	reornas

Related terms

• bokrea
• reapris
• slutrea

See also

• reaplan

Verb

rea ‎(present rear, preterite reade, supine reat, imperative rea)

1. to sell out at reduced prices (at a sale); short for realisera

Conjugation

Conjugation of rea

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	rea	reas
Present tense	rear	reas
Past tense	reade	reades
Supine	reat	reats
Imperative	rea	—
Present participle	reande
Past participle	read