ree

See also: Ree, REE, r'ee, and re'e

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#REE Rejang KayanCategory:Translingual clippings#REE with e as a placeholder.

Symbol

reeCategory:Translingual lemmas#REECategory:Translingual symbols#REECategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#REECategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3Category:ISO 639-3 language code for Rejang Kayan.

See also

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

ree (plural rees)Category:English lemmas#REECategory:English nouns#REECategory:English countable nouns#REECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

  1. Alternative form of rei (“Portuguese real”).

Etymology 2

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#REECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#REE rei, reh, reoh, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#REECategory:English terms derived from Old English#REE hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, stormy, tempestuous”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#REECategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#REE *hreuhaz (“bad, wild”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#REE *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”).

Cognate with Scots ree, rae, ray (“ree”), Old Saxon hrē (“evil, bad, angry”), Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (inrauhtjan, “to become angry, rage against”). Related to Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”). More at raw.

Alternative forms

Adjective

ree (comparative reer or more ree, superlative reest or most ree)Category:English lemmas#REECategory:English adjectives#REECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

  1. (now chiefly dialectalCategory:English dialectal terms#REE) Wild; fierce; outrageous; overexcited; frenzied; delirious; crazy.
  2. (now chiefly dialectalCategory:English dialectal terms#REE) Befuddled with liquor; half-drunk; tipsy.
    • 1839, Joseph Robertson, The Book of Bon-Accord: or, A Guide to the City of Aberdeen, footnote, page 94:
      One of the witnesses speaks of having seen this sober judge "upon the bench, when he appeared to be ree, and as if he had been drunk the night before."
      Category:English terms with quotations#REE
Synonyms

Noun

ree (plural rees)Category:English lemmas#REECategory:English nouns#REECategory:English countable nouns#REECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

  1. (now chiefly dialectalCategory:English dialectal terms#REE) A state of befuddlement; intoxication.
  2. (now chiefly dialectalCategory:English dialectal terms#REE) A state of great excitement or frenzy.

Verb

ree (third-person singular simple present rees, present participle reeing, simple past and past participle reed)Category:English lemmas#REECategory:English verbs#REECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

  1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#REE, now chiefly dialectalCategory:English dialectal terms#REE) To become extremely excited; fly into a rage.
  2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#REE, now chiefly dialectalCategory:English dialectal terms#REE) To drive into a state of excitement; fire with enthusiasm.

Etymology 3

Compare riddle (“a sieve”).

Verb

ree (third-person singular simple present rees, present participle reeing, simple past and past participle reed)Category:English lemmas#REECategory:English verbs#REECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

  1. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#REE, UKCategory:British English#REE, dialectCategory:English dialectal terms#REE) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.
    • 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:
      After it is well rubbed and winnowed, you must then Ree it over in a fine Sieve , and if any of the Malt be uncleansed , then rub it again into the Sieve , 'till it be pure , and the rubbings will ariſe on the Top of the Sieve
      Category:English terms with quotations#REE

Etymology 4

Of obscure origin. Perhaps from a rebracketing of ea with Old English þære, i.e. þære ēa becoming the ree. Alternatively, perhaps a variant (like rye, found in the placename Rye) of rith.

Noun

ree (plural rees)Category:English lemmas#REECategory:English nouns#REECategory:English countable nouns#REECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

  1. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#REE or EssexCategory:Essex English#REE dialectCategory:English dialectal terms#REE) A small river or stream.
    • 1768-9, Tobias George Smollett, The Present State of all Nations:
      The church of this pariſh, vulgarly called St. Mary Overy, from its dedication to the virgin Mary, and ſituation over the Ree or river, in reſpect of London, is a ſtately Gothic ſtructure, in the form of a cathedral.

Etymology 5

From Old NorseCategory:English terms derived from Old Norse#REE hríð (“storm”), whence also Norwegian Nynorsk ri (“period with harsh weather”).

Noun

ree (plural rees)Category:English lemmas#REECategory:English nouns#REECategory:English countable nouns#REECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

  1. (chiefly ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#REE, especially ShetlandCategory:Shetland English#REE) A period of stormy or unsettled weather, especially one occurring somewhat predictably at a particular time of year.
    • 1952, Ursula Venables, Tempestuous Eden, page 147:
      To my surprise he took our caustic remarks about the climate very calmly, even cheerfully. "Och, man, it's only the Beltane ree," he said with a lively twinkle, enjoying our bewilderment. Evidently, the Shetland weather was merely putting on a scheduled performance and he for one was very well satisfied with its achievement - but the Beltane ree . . . ?
      Category:English terms with quotations#REE
    • 1974, Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby, Shetland Traditional Lore:
      There were three "Rees" (wild tempests), Buggle Ree, Beltane Ree, and Simmer-mill Ree.
      Category:English terms with quotations#REE
    • 1981, James R. Nicolson, Shetland Folklore, Robert Hale, page 55:
      […] rees. There were four rees in the first half of the year – the Bogel ree in March, the Simmermill ree in April, the Beltane ree about the beginning of May, and the Johnsmas ree which brought a short spell of unsettled weather in the latter half of June.
      Category:English terms with quotations#REE

See also

See also

Anagrams

Category:en:Drinking#REE

Afrikaans

Etymology

From DutchCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch#REECategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch#REE ree, from Middle DutchCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch#REECategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch#REE ree, from Old DutchCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Old Dutch#REECategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Old Dutch#REE rēa.

Noun

ree (plural reë)Category:Afrikaans lemmas#REECategory:Afrikaans nouns#REECategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

  1. roe, deer of the genus Capreolus

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#REECategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#REE ree, from Old DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#REECategory:Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#REE rēa, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#REECategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#REE *raihō, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#REECategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#REE *raihô.

Noun

ree f or n (plural reeën, diminutive reetje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#REECategory:Dutch nouns#REECategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#REECategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Dutch feminine nouns#REECategory:Dutch neuter nouns#REECategory:Dutch nouns with multiple genders#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

  1. Category:nl:Cervids#REEthe roe, Capreolus capreolus
  2. any deer of the genus Capreolus
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Syncopic form of rede.

Noun

ree f (plural reeën, no diminutive)Category:Dutch lemmas#REECategory:Dutch nouns#REECategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#REECategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Dutch feminine nouns#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

  1. (now literaryCategory:Dutch literary terms#REE or dialectalCategory:Dutch dialectal terms#REE) alternative form of rede (“anchorage”)

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

re- +‎ -eCategory:Esperanto terms prefixed with re-#ECategory:Esperanto terms suffixed with -e#REE

Pronunciation

Adverb

reeCategory:Esperanto lemmas#REECategory:Esperanto adverbs#REECategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

  1. again

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Igala

Adjective

rèéCategory:Igala lemmas#REECategory:Igala adjectives#REECategory:Igala entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

  1. small

Italian

Pronunciation

Adjective

ree f plCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#REECategory:Italian adjective forms#REECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

  1. feminine plural of reo

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

ree mCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#REECategory:Latin noun forms#REECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

  1. vocative singular of reus

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle DutchCategory:Limburgish terms inherited from Middle Dutch#REECategory:Limburgish terms derived from Middle Dutch#REE ree, from Old DutchCategory:Limburgish terms inherited from Old Dutch#REECategory:Limburgish terms derived from Old Dutch#REE rēa.

Noun

ree nCategory:Limburgish lemmas#REECategory:Limburgish nouns#REECategory:Limburgish entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Limburgish neuter nouns#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REECategory:Limburgish neuter nouns#REE

  1. roe, deer of the genus Capreolus

Manx

Etymology

    Category:Manx terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#REECategory:Manx terms inherited from Old Irish#REECategory:Manx terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃reǵ-#REECategory:Manx terms derived from Proto-Celtic#REECategory:Manx terms derived from Old Irish#REECategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#REE

    From Old IrishCategory:Manx terms inherited from Old Irish#REECategory:Manx terms derived from Old Irish#REE rí, from Proto-CelticCategory:Manx terms inherited from Proto-Celtic#REECategory:Manx terms derived from Proto-Celtic#REE *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Manx terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#REECategory:Manx terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#REE *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

    Noun

    ree m (genitive singular ree, plural reeghyn or reeaghyn)Category:Manx lemmas#REECategory:Manx nouns#REECategory:Manx entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Manx masculine nouns#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

    1. king (monarchyCategory:gv:Monarchy#REE, chessCategory:gv:Chess#REE, card gamesCategory:gv:Card games#REE, draughts)
      Jean eh cooie da ree. ― Make it fit for a king.Category:Manx terms with usage examples#REE
      Keayrt dy row va ree ayn. ― There was once a king.Category:Manx terms with usage examples#REE
      My vees yn ree hene eh, cha nel kiart echey ayns Mannin. ― King or no king, he has no right to be in Mann.Category:Manx terms with usage examples#REE
      T' eh jeh sluight reeghyn Vannin. ― He is descended from the kings of Mann.Category:Manx terms with usage examples#REE

    Derived terms

    Category:gv:Heads of state#REE Category:gv:Monarchy#REE Category:gv:People#REE

    Swahili

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Borrowed from PortugueseCategory:Swahili terms borrowed from Portuguese#REECategory:Swahili terms derived from Portuguese#REE rei.[1][2]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ree class IX (plural ree class X)Category:Swahili lemmas#REECategory:Swahili nouns#REECategory:Swahili entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Swahili class IX nouns#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

    1. (card gamesCategory:sw:Card games#REE) ace

    See also

    Playing cards in Swahili · karata za kucheza (layout · text)
    ree, rea, rei mbili tatu nne tano sita saba
    nane tisa kumi ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha jokari
    Category:sw:Card games

    References

    1. ↑ Johnson, Frederick (1939), A Standard Swahili-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 398
    2. ↑ Baldi, Sergio (16 October 2023), Dictionary of Portuguese Loanwords in the Languages of Sub-Saharan Africa (Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture; 40), Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 254 Nr. 820

    West Frisian

    Etymology 1

    From Old FrisianCategory:West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian#REECategory:West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian#REE rēd, rēde, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#REECategory:West Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#REE *raid, from Proto-GermanicCategory:West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#REECategory:West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#REE *raidaz.

    Adjective

    reeCategory:West Frisian lemmas#REECategory:West Frisian adjectives#REECategory:West Frisian entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

    1. ready

    Etymology 2

    From Old FrisianCategory:West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian#REECategory:West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian#REE *rāha, *rā, *rē, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#REECategory:West Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#REE *raihō, from Proto-GermanicCategory:West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#REECategory:West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#REE *raihô.

    Noun

    ree c (plural reeën, diminutive reetsje)Category:West Frisian lemmas#REECategory:West Frisian nouns#REECategory:West Frisian entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:West Frisian common-gender nouns#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

    1. Category:fy:Cervids#REEroe deer

    Wolof

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    reeCategory:Wolof lemmas#REECategory:Wolof verbs#REECategory:Wolof entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

    1. to laugh

    Yola

    Etymology

    From Middle EnglishCategory:Yola terms inherited from Middle English#REECategory:Yola terms derived from Middle English#REE rye, from Old EnglishCategory:Yola terms inherited from Old English#REECategory:Yola terms derived from Old English#REE ryġe, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Yola terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#REECategory:Yola terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#REE *rugi.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    reeCategory:Yola lemmas#REECategory:Yola nouns#REECategory:Yola entries with incorrect language header#REECategory:Pages with entries#REECategory:Pages with 14 entries#REE

    1. rye

    References

    • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 64
    Category:yol:Grains#REE
    Category:Afrikaans lemmas Category:Afrikaans nouns Category:Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch Category:Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch Category:Afrikaans terms derived from Old Dutch Category:Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch Category:Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch Category:Afrikaans terms inherited from Old Dutch Category:British English Category:Dutch dialectal terms Category:Dutch feminine nouns Category:Dutch lemmas Category:Dutch literary terms Category:Dutch neuter nouns Category:Dutch nouns Category:Dutch nouns with multiple genders Category:Dutch nouns with plural in -en Category:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch Category:Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch Category:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic Category:Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic Category:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch Category:Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch Category:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic Category:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation Category:English 1-syllable words Category:English adjectives Category:English countable nouns Category:English dialectal terms Category:English intransitive verbs Category:English lemmas Category:English nouns Category:English terms derived from Middle English Category:English terms derived from Old English Category:English terms derived from Old Norse Category:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:English terms inherited from Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Old English Category:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation Category:English terms with audio pronunciation Category:English terms with obsolete senses Category:English terms with quotations Category:English transitive verbs Category:English verbs Category:Esperanto 2-syllable words Category:Esperanto adverbs Category:Esperanto lemmas Category:Esperanto terms prefixed with re- Category:Esperanto terms suffixed with -e Category:Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation Category:Essex English Category:ISO 639-3 Category:Igala adjectives Category:Igala lemmas Category:Italian 2-syllable words Category:Italian adjective forms Category:Italian non-lemma forms Category:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Latin non-lemma forms Category:Latin noun forms Category:Limburgish lemmas Category:Limburgish neuter nouns Category:Limburgish nouns Category:Limburgish terms derived from Middle Dutch Category:Limburgish terms derived from Old Dutch Category:Limburgish terms inherited from Middle Dutch Category:Limburgish terms inherited from Old Dutch Category:Manx lemmas Category:Manx masculine nouns Category:Manx nouns Category:Manx terms derived from Old Irish Category:Manx terms derived from Proto-Celtic Category:Manx terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:Manx terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃reǵ- Category:Manx terms inherited from Old Irish Category:Manx terms inherited from Proto-Celtic Category:Manx terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European Category:Manx terms with usage examples Category:Pages using etymon with no ID Category:Pages with 14 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Rhymes:Dutch/eː Category:Rhymes:Dutch/eː/1 syllable Category:Rhymes:English/iː Category:Rhymes:English/iː/1 syllable Category:Rhymes:Esperanto/ee Category:Rhymes:Esperanto/ee/2 syllables Category:Rhymes:Italian/ɛe Category:Rhymes:Italian/ɛe/2 syllables Category:Scottish English Category:Shetland English Category:Swahili class IX nouns Category:Swahili lemmas Category:Swahili nouns Category:Swahili terms borrowed from Portuguese Category:Swahili terms derived from Portuguese Category:Swahili terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Swahili terms with audio pronunciation Category:Translingual clippings Category:Translingual lemmas Category:Translingual symbols Category:Translingual terms derived from English Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes Category:West Frisian adjectives Category:West Frisian common-gender nouns Category:West Frisian lemmas Category:West Frisian nouns Category:West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian Category:West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic Category:West Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic Category:West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian Category:West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic Category:West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic Category:Wolof lemmas Category:Wolof terms with audio pronunciation Category:Wolof verbs Category:Yola lemmas Category:Yola nouns Category:Yola terms derived from Middle English Category:Yola terms derived from Old English Category:Yola terms derived from Proto-West Germanic Category:Yola terms inherited from Middle English Category:Yola terms inherited from Old English Category:Yola terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic Category:Yola terms with IPA pronunciation Category:en:Drinking Category:fy:Cervids Category:gv:Card games Category:gv:Chess Category:gv:Heads of state Category:gv:Monarchy Category:gv:People Category:nl:Cervids Category:sw:Card games Category:yol:Grains