rere

See also: rërë

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾiɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ

Noun

rere (plural reres)

1. Archaic spelling of rear (all meanings).
2. (Ireland, law, specifically) back portion or area behind (a building, etc.)

Quotations

• 1678 "In the rere of them fall others of the city trumpets; after them two gentlemen bearing the banners of the city and the Lord Mayor; twelve gentlemen ushers appointed as aforesaid follow them, and after them the court of assistants put a period to that division. In the rere of them falls the serjeant trumpet, after him sixteen other of the king's trumpets and kettle-drums; ..." The Triumphs of London (Reprinted 1869 in Some account of the Worshipful company of grocers of the city of London, by John Benjamin Heath)
• 1784 "So out we sallied, the corporal lending his master his arm, and bringing up the rere, to the abby of Saint Grmain [sic]" Tristram Shandy Vol.3, p.44, Lawrence Sterne
• 1855 "It begins by setting out all the tenants' names; the frontage, the depth, and the reres of the several plots." Archdeacon Hewitson's Endowment For A Protestant School At Swords, Endowed Schools, Ireland, Commission, minutes of evidence, Vol. II in Parliamentary papers, Volume 22, Part 3, p.33
• 1922 "He trod the worn steps, pushed the swingdoor and entered softly by the rere." Ulysses, Chapter V James Joyce
• 1986 "the arcade at the rere of the General Post Office" Dublin Metropolitan Streets Commission Act, 1986: First Schedule
• 1995 "the unnamed laneway to the rere of Nos. 1-8 Merview" S.I. No. 248/1995 — Urban Renewal Act, 1986 (Designated Areas) (Cobh) Order, 1995; Schedule, Part II, Harbour Row Area
• 1996 "First Floor/Rere Room: Doors, door cases, chimney piece, decorative plaster ceiling." Written Answers. - Departmental Buildings Dáil Éireann - Volume 463 - 26 March, 1996
• 2009 "permission sought for proposed (1) garage conversion and first floor extension to side, (2) single storey extension to rere, and (3) alterations to front single-storey element and wider vehicular entrance at [address]" Malahide planning notices Fingal Independent, 18 November 2009

Derived terms

• reredos

See also

• reredorter

References

• rere at Wordnik

Anagrams

• REER, erer

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Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin retro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈre.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈre.ɾe]

Adverb

rere

1. behind, at the back

Synonyms

• darrere

Derived terms

• enrere

Preposition

rere

1. behind, at the back of
2. after (behind in place)
3. after, by

   any rere any ― year by year

Synonyms

• darrere

Further reading

• “rere” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rere”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “rere” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rere” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) rēre

1. second-person singular present active imperative of reor
2. second-person singular present active indicative of reor

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hrēr, hrēre, from hrēran (see reren (“to rile”)).

Alternative forms

• hrere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreːr(ə)/

Adjective

rere

2. Referring to eggs; underdone, undercooked
3. (rare) Unknown, unadmitted.

Descendants

• English: rear, rare (of meat)

References

• “rẹ̄re (adj.(2))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman rere, from Latin retro.

Alternative forms

• reere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛːr(ə)/

Adjective

rere

2. (rare outside of compounds) Succeeding, successive, next, following.
3. (rare) Located at the rear, hind, or back.

Related terms

• rerebrace
• reredos
• rereward

Descendants

• English: rear
• Scots: rear

References

• “rēre (adj.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.

Etymology 3

From Old English rǣran.

Verb

rere

1. Alternative form of reren (“to raise”)

Etymology 4

From Old English hrēran.

Noun

rere

1. Alternative form of reren (“to rile”)

Etymology 5

From Old French rer.

Adjective

rere

1. Alternative form of rare (“thin, airy, rare”)

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French rere, from Latin rādere, present active infinitive of rādō.

Verb

rere

1. to shave

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Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin retrō.

Adjective

rere m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rere)

1. late
2. after; later on

Adverb

rere

1. behind

   Constaunce […] lui vient rere au doos et le trebucha en la mere.

   Constance […] came behind his back and knocked him into the sea

Derived terms

• rereguarde

Etymology 2

From Latin rādere, present active infinitive of rādō.

Verb

rere

1. to shave
   • circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:

     Se fist par mi la barbe rere

     He shaved his beard

Related terms

• res
• raser

Descendants

• Middle French: rere

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Rapa Nui

Verb

rere

1. fly