reis

See also: Reis, réis, and reís

English

Alternative forms

• rais, ras

Etymology

From Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs, “head, chief, leader”)

Noun

reis (plural reises)

1. A chief; a person with authority.

Translations

arabic leader

• French: raïs (fr) m
• German: Rais (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: rais (it) m

Anagrams

• EIRs, Eris, Iser, SIer, Seri, eirs, ires, rise, sire

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rə̟i̯s]

Noun

reis (plural [please provide])

1. journey

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Catalan

Noun

reis

1. plural of rei

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛi̯s/

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• Hyphenation: reis
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯s
• Homophone: rijs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch reise, from Old Dutch *reisa, from Proto-Germanic *raisō.

Noun

reis f or m (plural reizen, diminutive reisje n)

1. travel
2. trip, tour

Derived terms

• reizen
• bootreis
• busreis
• dromenreis
• droomreis
• groepsreis
• huwelijksreis
• motorreis
• reisverzekering
• reisbureau
• reischeque
• schoolreis
• treinreis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

reis

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of reizen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of reizen

Anagrams

• Iers, Sier, sier

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Estonian

Etymology 1

From , of Baltic origin. Compare Lithuanian rietas (“thigh”), rietai. Cognates include Finnish reisi.

Noun

reis (genitive reie, partitive reit)

1. (anatomy) thigh

Declension

Declension of reis (ÕS type 14/uus, d/t-ø-s gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		reis	reied
accusative	nom.
	gen.	reie
genitive			reite
partitive		reit	reisi
illative		reide reiesse	reitesse reisisse
inessive		reies	reites reisis
elative		reiest	reitest reisist
allative		reiele	reitele reisile
adessive		reiel	reitel reisil
ablative		reielt	reitelt reisilt
translative		reieks	reiteks reisiks
terminative		reieni	reiteni
essive		reiena	reitena
abessive		reieta	reiteta
comitative		reiega	reitega

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German reise

Noun

reis (genitive reisi, partitive reisi)

1. trip, journey

Declension

(humorous, poetic)

Derived terms

• reisibüroo

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Galician

Noun

reis

1. plural of rei

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Latin

Etymology 1

From reus.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) reīs f

1. dative/ablative plural of rea

Etymology 2

From rēs.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) reīs m

1. dative/ablative plural of reus

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

reis

1. imperative of reise

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

reis f (definite singular reisa, indefinite plural reiser, definite plural reisene)

1. Alternative form of reise

Etymology 2

Verb

reis

1. imperative of reise

Etymology 3

Verb

reis

1. past of risa

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Old French

Noun

reis m

1. nominative singular of rei
   • circa 1250, Marie de France, Chevrefeuille

     Li reis Mars esteit curuciez

     King Marc was furious

2. oblique plural of rei

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Old Occitan

Noun

reis m pl

1. inflection of rei:
   1. nominative plural
   2. oblique singular

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐjʃ/

Noun

reis m

1. plural of rei
2. Obsolete spelling of réis.

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs, “head, chief, leader”).

Noun

reis (definite accusative reisi, plural reisler)

1. (obsolete) president

Synonyms

• başkan

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• rheis
• rhis
• ris

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French ris (possibly via Middle English rys, compare modern English rice).

Noun

reis m (uncountable, not mutable)

1. rice

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “reis, rheis, ris, rhis”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From late , from .

Noun

1. Journey.

Etymology 2

From , from .

Verb

1. To raise, to lever, to lift.

Synonyms

• (to lift):
• (to raise):