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Borrowed from Latin rē, ablative of rēs (“thing, matter, topic”). Also, short for regarding, reply.

• IPA^(key): /ɹiː/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• IPA^(key): /ɹeɪ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • Homophones: Rae, Re, Rea; ray, Ray, Wray (pane–pain merger); Rhea (one pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -iː, -eɪ

re

2. About, regarding, with reference to; used especially in letters, documents, emails and case law.

   Alternative form: RE

   Synonyms: about, apropos, as for; see also Thesaurus:about

   Re A (conjoined twins) [2000] EWCA Civ 254

   • 2020 July 24, HarryBlank, “SCP-5243”, in SCP Foundation‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 September 2024:

     "I know it's been a long haul, but can we please not get complacent re: our annual magic gunk explosion? I can't believe I just typed those words."

This word, when used in this particular sense, is often rendered as Re: (with a colon and a capital R). Its capitalization in sentence-initial position (such as in subject lines) is often reanalyzed as being intrinsic, leading to intrasentence capitalization. Because email software introduces it to the subject line in email replies, it often conveys an added meaning of reply in the 21st century, in addition to the earlier aspect of regarding.

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English re (“second degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian re in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin resonāre (“made to resound”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

• ray

• IPA^(key): /ɹeɪ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophones: Rae, Re, Rea; ray, Ray (pane–pain merger); Rhea (one pronunciation)

re (uncountable)

1. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

From the prefix re-.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹiː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹiː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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re (plural res)

2. (video games, slang) Clipping of rematch.

   gg, no re'

4. (marketing) Clipping of reinsurance, used in the branding of reinsurance company names.
6. (age regression, informal) Clipping of age regressor.

• 'er, -'er, -er, E-R, E. R., E.R., ER, er, er.

Ainu cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : re     Ordinal : re ikinne

• IPA^(key): /ɾé/

re (Kana spelling レ, possessed form rehe)

1. one’s name; any name.

   Synonym: rei

   John Doe sekor ku-rehe an.

   My name is John Doe.

2. the soft part in fishes' head.

   Synonym: rei

3. the meat in fishes’ head.

   Synonym: rei

4. the gums; gingiva.

   ku-rehe unin humi an.

   My gums hurt.

re (Kana spelling レ)

1. three

From Proto-Albanian *rina, a noun derived from the Proto-Indo-European verb *h₃rinéHti whence Albanian rij (“to make humid”), from the root *h₃reyH- (“move, flow, boil”). It is likely morphologically identical with Illyrian ῥινός (rhinós, “mist”).^[1] Further related to Sanskrit रिणाति (riṇā́ti, “to make flow, to release, to pour”) and Proto-Slavic *rinǫti (“push, shove”).^[2]

• rê, rêj, rêu, rênj, rên — Gheg
• ren — Old Albanian, Tosk, Cham, Arbëresh, Arvanitika

ré f (plural ré, definite réja, definite plural rétë)

1. cloud

   qiell pa re ― cloudless sky

2. (less literally)

   re tymi ― plume of smoke

   re pluhuri ― cloud of dust

   një re mushkonjash ― a swarm of mosquitos

   një re zogjsh ― a flock of birds

3. (figurative) cloud, gloom, bad luck (clarification of this definition is needed)

• Jani Thomai et al. (2006), “re”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), Tiranë: Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë

From Proto-Albanian *raida, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey- (“reason, count”). Cognate with Latin rātiō (“reason, judgment”), Old Norse ráða, English read.

re f (plural re, definite reja)

1. attention, care, consideration

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾe/

re f sg

1. feminine of ri (“young, new”)

   një vajzë e re ― a young girl

   Djata e re ― The New Testament

re f (plural reja, definite reja)

1. young girl

   Synonyms: vajzë, voce

2. daughter-in-law

   Synonym: nuse

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

re

1. second-person singular simple perfect indicative of bie

re m (plural res)

1. alternative form of rei
2. (music) re, ray

• IPA^(key): /ʁeː/

From Proto-Celtic *ɸro- (compare Welsh rhy, Irish ró-).

re

1. too much

re

1. those

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

re m (plural reo)

1. pair (of shoes, eyes, etc.)
2. couple

Inherited from Latin rēm (“thing, accusative”), res coming from the nominative. Compare French rien.

• ren (archaic)

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈre̞]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈrɛ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈre]

re

1. (colloquial) alternative form of res

Compare English re.

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈre̞]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈre]

re m (plural res)

1. (music) re (second note of diatonic scale)

re

1. they

   Synonym: ra

2. they are

   Synonym: ra

3. Of a nationality or place; -ish.

From Middle Irish ri, fri, from Old Irish fri,^[1] from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Welsh wrth, prefix gwrth-), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)).

re (with dative, triggers h-prothesis)

1. to, toward
2. against

• First-person singular: riom, rum
• Second-person singular: riot, rut
• Third-person singular masculine: ris
• Third-person singular feminine: ria
• First-person plural: rinn, ruinn
• Second-person plural: ribh, ruibh
• Third-person plural: riú, rú
• Before the definite article: ris
• Combined with a third-person possessive determiner: ria

• Damian McManus (1994), “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, section 10.4, page 436

From Middle Cornish re, from Proto-Brythonic *rro, from Proto-Celtic *ɸro, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pró. Cognate with Welsh rhy.

re (triggers soft mutation)

1. excessively, too

   Re gledhek yw ev.

   He is too clumsy.

re m (uncountable)

1. excess

   Yma re a dheves.

   There is an excess of sheep.

re

1. ones
2. some

re (triggers soft mutation)

1. too many, too much

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Possibly same as above.”)

re

1. may (optative particle)
2. has, have (perfective particle)

   An logosen a vinhwarthas yn lowenek: hy re dollsa an gath!

   The mouse smiled brightly: it had outfoxed the cat!

re (triggers soft mutation)

1. by, upon (in oaths)

• “re” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛ]

re n (indeclinable)

1. (card games) double raise (multiplies the current stake by 4)

re n (indeclinable)

1. (music) re

• IPA^(key): /reː/

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re f (plural re's, diminutive re'tje n)

1. (Netherlands, music) re (second note of a major scale)
2. (Belgium, music) d (tone)

• er

re

1. he (third person singular masculine pronoun)

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

From Latin rēx, rēgem. Compare Italian re.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ/

re m (plural rês)

1. king

re m (plural res)

1. (music) re (musical note)
2. (music) D (the musical note or key)

From r +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): /re/, /ɾɛ/

re (plural re-i)

1. The name of the Latin script letter R/r.

• Latin script letter names: literi: a · be · ce · che · de · e · fe · ge · he · i · je · ke · le · me · ne · o · pe · que · re · se · she · te · u · ve · we · xe · ye · ze ^[edit]

re

1. about

From Classical Gaelic re, from Middle Irish ri, fri, from Old Irish fri,^[1] from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Welsh wrth, prefix gwrth-), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)).

Conflated with le (“with”) in the modern language.

re (plus dative, triggers h-prothesis, before the definite article ris) (obsolete)

1. to, toward
2. against

• ris (before the definite article)
• ria (combined with a third-person possessive determiner)

• (to, toward): chuig chun
• (against): in aghaidh, in éadan, i gcoinne

• mar aon re
• maill re

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “re”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Damian McManus (1994), “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, section 10.4, page 436

Reduced form of eile (“other”).

• ’re (obsolete)

re

1. only used in gach re

Inherited from Latin rēx, via the nominative singular, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of rege, which was borrowed from Latin via the accusative rēgem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈre/^*[1][2]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation: ré
• (regional) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ/

  • Audio (il re):

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  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: rè

re m (invariable, feminine regina)

1. king (male monarch)

   Synonyms: (obsolete, poetic) rege, sovrano

   Hypernyms: monarca, regnante

2. (chess, card games) king
3. (figurative) king, magnate (man who excels in something)

   Synonyms: campione, principe, signore

• → Maltese: re

Chess pieces in Italian · pezzi degli scacchi (layout · text)
re	regina, donna	torre	alfiere	cavallo	pedone

Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text)
asso	due	tre	quattro	cinque	sei	sette
otto	nove	dieci	fante	donna, regina	re	jolly, joker, matta

Derived from Latin resonāre (“to resound”), from the first word of the second line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based, because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ/^°[1], (traditional) /ˈrɛ/^*[1][3]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: rè

re m (invariable)

2. re (musical note)
3. D (musical note or key)

re

1. The hiragana syllable れ (re) or the katakana syllable レ (re) in Hepburn romanization.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈreː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛː]

rē

1. ablative singular of rēs

rē (not comparable)

1. in reality; in fact; in practice

• Often strengthened by vērā or ipsā.

rē (+ ablative)

1. for the reason of; in account of

• “re”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “re”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “re”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Through 17th century Italian. The first syllable of Latin resonāre (“to resound”), the first word of the second line of the medieval hymn Ut queant laxis, from which the solfège syllables were taken because its successive lines started each on the next note of the scale.

re m (invariable)

1. (music) re, D (second note in the major scale)

Unclear.

re

1. look! see? (used to draw the listener's attention to something visible)

   re, tās ir mājas, kur piedzimu ― look, that is the house where I was born

   re, kā ceriņi saglaudušies ap mājām un žogiem ― look how the lilacs have become smooth around the houses and fences

   re, cik klusu un nemanot mana māmuļa sirmo ― look how quietly, without being noticed, my mom became older (literally, “grayer)”)

2. look, here is..., you see (used to draw the listener's attention to, or to emphasize, something said or written)

   malkas virtuvē nav; tad re, kāpēc māte vakar nekurināja ― there is no wood in the kitchen; here is why mother did not start the heating yesterday

   re, Mārtiņ, kā iet mūsu dzīvīte ― see, Martin, how our little life is going?...

   bet strazds, re, dzied par Ēģipti pie būra tavā priedē ― but the sterling, see, he is singing about Egypt at the cage in your pine tree

• āre
• lūk

Inherited from Latin rēx, via the nominative singular. Compare Italian re.

re m (please provide plural)

1. king (type of monarch who rules a kingdom)

Borrowed from Sicilian re and/or Italian re, from Latin rēx.

• IPA^(key): /rɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

re m (plural rejiet, female equivalent reġina)

1. king

   Synonym: (see there for notes) sultan

2. (chess) king

Chess pieces in Maltese · Bċejjeċ taċ-ċess (layout · text)
re	reġina	torri	isqof	żiemel	pjun, pedina, petun

re

1. nonstandard spelling of ré
2. nonstandard spelling of rě
3. nonstandard spelling of rè

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

• nee

re

1. dependent form (after dy, nagh) of she

   Heill mee dy re Manninagh oo. ― I thought you were a Manxman.

   Ta mee credjal dy re ayns y gharey hooar ad eh. ― I think it was in the garden that they found it.

Cognate with Persian را (râ).

re

1. a postposed element of several circumpositions

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

re

1. to say

From Old Norse reiða. Doublet of rede.

• reie

re (present tense rer, past tense redde, past participle redd)

1. to prepare; make (a bed)

From Italian.

re m (definite singular re-en, indefinite plural re-er, definite plural re-ene)

1. re, the second syllable in the scale of solfège

• “re” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• er

Through 17th century Italian. The first syllable of Latin resonāre (“to resound”), the first word of the second line of the medieval hymn Ut queant laxis, from which the solfège syllables were taken because its successive lines started each on the next note of the scale.

• IPA^(key): /ˈreː/
• Rhymes: -eː

re m (definite singular re-en, indefinite plural re-ar, definite plural re-ane)

2. (music) re a syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

• “re” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• er

re [with dative]

1. alternative spelling of ré (“before”)

re

1. locative singular of ra (“the Pali letter 'r'”)

• Rhymes: -ɾe

re

1. by, of, in, to, width, against, on

• rehe
• -'ỹre

• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “re”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 96, column 2
• Britton, A. Scott (2005), “re”, in Guaraní Concise Dictionary (overall work in English), New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 96

Compare German einer.

• IPA^(key): /rə/

re

1. dative feminine singular of en: a, an

Borrowed from French ré or Italian re.

re m (plural re)

1. re (musical note)

re m (plural res)

1. king

   Coordinate term: reina

2. (chess) king

Chess pieces in Sardinian · petzos de is iscacos (layout · text)
re	reina	turre	alfiere	caddu	peone

• “re”, in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda [Online Dictionary of the Sardinian Language and Culture] (in Sardinian, Italian, and English), Autonomous Region of Sardinia [Sardinian: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna]

re

1. eye

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

re

1. to say

• IPA^(key): /ˈre/ [ˈre]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: re

re m (plural res)

1. (music) re

Originally a prefix, re-.

re

1. (chiefly Argentina, somewhat informal) very, so, super

   Synonym: muy

   Es re tarde. ― It's very late.

   Re turbio. ― Very disturbing.

   Llegué re temprano. ― I got there super early.

2. (Argentina, slang) a lot, really (used with verbs)

   Se re peleaban por una tontería. ― They argue a lot over something trivial.

   Esta canción la andaba re buscando. ― I've been looking all over for this song.

   Hoy por ser viernes me re fui temprano. ― Since it was Friday, I left really early today.

• “re”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈreː/
• Rhymes: -eː

re

1. (music) re

re

1. (colloquial) pronunciation spelling of det

   Synonyms: de, d

   Tare lugnt [Ta det lugnt]

   Take it easy

   Okej, hare gött! [Okej, ha det gött!]

   Alright, have a good one!

re

1. (colloquial) pronunciation spelling of dig

   Synonym: rej

   Tare en sup [Ta dig en sup]

   Have yourself a drink

re (present rer, preterite redde, supine rett, imperative red)

1. Variation of reda

• “re”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “re”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “re”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

re

1. The name of the Latin script letter R/r.

• (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

Derived from Arabic رَاء (rāʔ).

re

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ر

• rè (obsolete)

Inherited from Latin rēx, via the nominative singular, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of rege, which was borrowed from Latin via the accusative rēgem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ/

re m (plural re)

1. king

   El re el goerna co saviesa.

   The king rules with wisdom.

re

1. eye

• IPA^(key): /ɾè/

rè

1. (intransitive) to go

   Synonyms: lọ, yú

   Àwòdì t'ó ń re Ìbarà, ẹ̀fúùfùú ta a nídìí pá; ó ní 'iṣẹ́ kúkú yá'

   The hawk which is going to Ibara, the wind pushes it suddenly, it responds quickly that that is the next best thing

   (proverb on expediency)

• re when followed by direct object.

• IPA^(key): /ɾè/

rè

1. (intransitive, Ekiti) to be

   Synonym: jẹ́

   Ọmọ mẹ́tàdínlógún ní mo rè ― I am seventeen years old

• IPA^(key): /ɾé/

ré

1. (intransitive, Ijebu) to be

   Synonym: jẹ́

   Ìjẹ̀bú "ré" m wa ― I am Ijebu.

   Ọmọ Ìjẹ̀bú "ré" iye mi ― My mother is Ijebu.

• IPA^(key): /ɾè/

rè

1. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) to roast

   Synonym: wì

• re when followed by direct object.

• IPA^(key): /ɾè/

rè

1. (transitive) to nurse, to give specific attention to something or someone

   Synonym: tọ́jú

• re when followed by direct object.

• IPA^(key): /ɾé/

ré

1. (transitive) to soak, to become swollen (usually in reference to the skin)

   Synonyms: wú, só

   ara ọmọ náàá ré lọ́wọ́ọ nínà ― The child's body became swollen from the beating

• IPA^(key): /ɾé/

ré

1. (transitive) to exceed (in degree or dimension), to pass, to go across a mark

• IPA^(key): /ɾé/

ré

1. (transitive) to skim the top of a liquid
2. To alter something, to cause something to be transferred or removed via supernatural or authoritative means

   Ifá ré ikú lórí awo ― Ifa removed(premature) death from the head of the Ifa priest

• IPA^(key): /ɾé/

ré

1. (transitive) to put a curse or spell on someone

• Always preceded by gbé

• IPA^(key): /ɾé/

ré

1. (intransitive) to trigger, to undergo a hit

   Pàkúté ré ― The trap triggered off

2. (medicine) to dislocate, to suffer from a dislocated body part

   Synonyms: wọ́n, hán

   Ẹ̀yìn aboyún ré ― The pregnant woman dislocated her back

From re used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

• (abbreviated): R, r

re

1. The syllable used to represent the mid-tone