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Webster 1913 Edition


Re

Re

(rā)
.
[It.]
(Mus.)
A syllable applied in solmization to the second tone of the diatonic scale of C; in the American system, to the second tone of any diatonic scale.

Webster 1828 Edition


Re

RE

, a prefix or inseparable particle in the composition of words, denotes return, repetition, iteration. It is contracted from red, which the Latins retained in words beginning with a vowel, as in redamo, redeo, redintegro. In a few English words, all or most of which, I believe, we receive from the French, it has lost its appropriate signification, as in rejoice, recommend, receive.

Definition 2024


See also: Appendix:Variations of "re"

English

Proper noun

  1. An island off the west coast of France, by La Rochelle

Anagrams


French

Proper noun

 m

  1. (also Île-de-Ré)

See also: Appendix:Variations of "re"

French

Noun

 m (plural )

  1. (music) re, the note 'D'.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈreː]

Noun

solmisation

(plural rék)

  1. re, a syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

See also


Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rˠeː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish roe, rói (plain), from Proto-Celtic *rowos. Cognate with Latin rūs. Akin to raon.

Noun

 f (genitive singular , nominative plural réite)

  1. field
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Irish , possibly from Proto-Celtic *rowis.

Noun

 m (genitive singular , nominative plural réanna)

  1. lineage, row
Declension

Noun

 f (genitive singular , nominative plural réanna)

  1. era, epoch
  2. (archaic) moon
  3. (archaic) month
Declension
Derived terms

References


Mandarin

Romanization

(Zhuyin ㄖㄜˊ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁɛ/
  • Hyphenation:

Etymology 1

From Latin re[sonare] in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

Noun

m (plural rés)

  1. re (musical note)
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

From Latin retro.

Noun

f (plural rés)

  1. (Brazil) reverse (gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards)
  2. (nautical) stern (rear part of a ship or vessel)

Etymology 3

Adjective

  1. feminine singular of réu

Noun

f (plural rés)

  1. feminine equivalent of réu

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Verb

  1. to trumpet