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rede

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːd/
• Rhymes: -iːd
• Homophones: read, reed

Etymology 1

From Middle English red, rede, from Old English rǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *rād, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz.

Cognate with Danish råd, Dutch raad, German Rat, Swedish råd, Norwegian Bokmål råd. Indo-European cognates include Old Irish ráidid (“to speak, say, tell”). Doublet of rada.

Alternative forms

• read

Noun

rede (uncountable) (archaic)

1. Help, advice, counsel.
2. Decision, a plan.

Etymology 2

From Middle English reden, ræden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise; plot, design; rule, govern, guide; determine, decide, decree; read, explain”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną.

Cognate with German raten, Low German raden, Dutch raden. More at read.

Verb

rede (third-person singular simple present redes, present participle reding, simple past and past participle red or redd) (transitive, archaic or UK dialectal)

1. To govern, protect.
2. To discuss, deliberate.
3. To advise.
4. To interpret (a riddle or dream); explain.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• -dere, Eder, Reed, de re, deer, dere, dree, reed

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German reden, from Old High German redōn, rediōn, from reda, redia, radia (“speech, talking”), from Proto-Germanic *raþjǭ, *raþjō (“accountability, speech”). Cognate with German reden.

Verb

rede (third-person singular simple present redt, past participle gredt, auxiliary haa)

1. to speak, talk

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hreiðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reːðə/, [ˈʁæðð̩]
• Homophone: redde

Noun

rede c (singular definite reden, plural indefinite reder)

1. nest (bird-built structure)

Declension

References

• “rede,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German rēde, Middle Low German: gerēde, from Old Saxon *girēdi, from Proto-Germanic *raidijaz, *garaidijaz, cognate with English ready, Norwegian grei, Icelandic reiður.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reːðə/, [ˈʁæðð̩]
• Homophone: redde

Adjective

rede

1. ready
2. prepared

References

• “rede,4” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

From Old Norse reiða, from Proto-Germanic *raidijaną (“to arange”), derived from *raidaz, see above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reːˀ/, [ˈʁæˀ]

Verb

rede (past tense redte, past participle redt)

1. to comb (to groom the hair with a toothed implement)
2. to make (a bed)
3. (obsolete) to prepare

Conjugation

Derived terms

• berede
• udrede

References

• “rede,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 4

From Old Norse reiða, related to the previous word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reːðə/, [ˈʁæðð̩]
• Homophone: redde

Noun

rede (indeclinable)

1. insight, clarification

Derived terms

• redegøre or gøre rede (“to account”)
• urede
• vildrede

References

• “rede,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreː.də/
• Hyphenation: re‧de
• Rhymes: -eːdə
• Homophone: reden

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rēde, from Old Dutch retha, from Proto-Germanic *raþjǭ (“reasoning, account”).

Noun

rede f (plural redes or reden, diminutive redetje n)

1. reason (as a concept)
2. address, discourse, speech

Derived terms

Related terms

• overreden

Descendants

• Afrikaans: rede

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch rêde. Cognate with Middle Low German rêde, reide (whence German Reede). Further derivation uncertain: Either from Proto-West Germanic *raidu (whence also English road) or derived from Middle Dutch reed (“ready”), modern gereed, bereid. In both cases ultimately related with rijden (“to ride”).

Noun

rede f (plural reden or redens, diminutive redetje n)

1. a place to anchor, anchorage

Alternative forms

• ree (now literary or dialectal)
• reede (obsolete)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: rede
• → Indonesian: rede

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rede

1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of rijden
2. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of reden

Anagrams

• reed

Galician

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rede (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rēte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrede/ [ˈre.ð̞ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ede
• Hyphenation: re‧de

Noun

rede f (plural redes)

1. net (mesh of strings)
2. fishing net (mesh of strings used to trap fish)
3. network (an interconnected group or system)
4. (Internet) the Net; the Web (the Internet)
5. business chain (businesses with the same brand name)

Derived terms

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “rede”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rede”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rede”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rede”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rede”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

rede

1. inflection of redar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreːdə/, [ˈʁeːdə]
• Homophones: Rede, Reede
• Hyphenation: re‧de

Verb

rede

1. inflection of reden:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch rede (“anchorage”).

Noun

rede (plural rede-rede)

1. (nautical) roads (partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.de/
• Rhymes: -ɛde
• Hyphenation: rè‧de

Etymology 1

Clipping of erede.

Noun

rede m or f by sense (plural redi)

1. (obsolete) aphetic form of erede

Further reading

• rede in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rede f pl

1. plural of reda

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English rēada, from Proto-West Germanic *raudō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛːd(ə)/

Noun

rede

1. (hapax legomenon) abomasum

Descendants

• English: reed, read
• Scots: reid, reed

References

• “rēde, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

rede

1. alternative form of red (“counsel”)

Etymology 3

Noun

rede

1. alternative form of red (“reed”)

Etymology 4

Adjective

rede

1. alternative form of red (“red”)

Etymology 5

Adjective

rede

1. alternative form of rade

Etymology 6

Verb

rede

1. alternative form of reden
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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German rede.

Adjective

rede (indeclinable)

1. ready
2. prepared

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hreiðr.

Alternative forms

• reir

Noun

rede n (definite singular redet, indefinite plural reder, definite plural reda or redene)

1. a nest (e.g. bird's nest)

Etymology 3

From Old Norse reiða.

Verb

rede (imperative red, present tense reder, passive redes, simple past and past participle reda or redet, present participle redende)

1. to ascertain
2. to clarify

References

• “rede” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese rede, from Latin rēte.

Pronunciation

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɦe.dɪ/

Noun

rede f (plural redes)

1. net (mesh of strings)
   1. (fishing) ellipsis of rede de pesca (“fishing net”)
   2. (sports) net (mesh behind the goal frame)
   3. hairnet (netting worn over one's hair)
2. (figurative) sieve (something that catches and filters everything)
3. (figurative) web; net; a trap

   Synonyms: cilada, armadilha, ardil

4. hammock (suspended bed or couch made of cloth or netting)

   Synonyms: rede de dormir, rede de descanso

5. network (an interconnected group or system)
   1. (business) chain (businesses with the same brand name)
   2. (broadcasting) network (group of affiliated television stations)
   3. (networking) (computers and other devices connected together to share information)
   4. (Internet) the Net; the Web (the Internet)

      Synonyms: Internet, Web, Net

   5. an infrastructural system

      Synonym: sistema

      A rede de esgotos. ― The sewer system.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

rede

1. inflection of redar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

rede (Cyrillic spelling реде)

1. vocative singular of red

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hreiðr.

Noun

rede n

1. A bird's nest.

Declension

Anagrams

• eder

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