reet

See also: Reet

English

Etymology

From eye dialectal spelling of right.

Pronunciation

• (UK, Geordie) enPR: rēt, IPA^(key): /ɹiːt/

Adjective

reet (comparative mair reet, superlative maist reet)

1. (Tyneside) right

Usage notes

Generally this spelling and pronunciation of right applies only in the adjective and adverb (see below) senses of the word and of the noun sense.

Adverb

reet (not comparable)

1. (Tyneside) right

Anagrams

• rete, teer, tree

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reːt/

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• Hyphenation: reet
• Rhymes: -eːt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rete. Equivalent to a deverbal from rijten (“to rip (up)”).

Noun

reet f (plural reten, diminutive reetje n) (sometimes m)

1. A ripped-up spot, tear; cleft, crack, crevice

   De kat krabde reten in het behang.

   The cat tore up the wallpaper to shreds.

2. (vulgar) The butt crack, arse, anus
3. (by extension, vulgar) The butt, behind
4. (by extension, vulgar) (in geen reet nothing at all) nothing

Synonyms

• (crack): kier, spleet
• (arse-hole): aars, gat, hol

Derived terms

• geen reet (“nothing, not in the least”)
• reetveter
• rete-

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

reet

1. singular past indicative of rijten

Anagrams

• eert, eter, teer, tere, tree

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Finnish

Noun

reet

1. Nominative plural form of reki.

Anagrams

• tere

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Old Irish

Noun

reet (gender unknown)

1. (hapax legomenon) impetigo
   • 9th or 10th century, Glosses on Canons in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Parker 279, p. 134. Published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus, vol. II, p. 38, line 17:

     reet glosses Latin inpitiginem

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 recht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language (erroneously taken for rect instead of reet by the dictionary's editors)