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ree

Translingual

Symbol

ree

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Rejang Kayan terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

Noun

ree (plural rees)

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

Etymology 2

From Middle English rei, reh, reoh, from Old English hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, stormy, tempestuous”), from Proto-Germanic *hreuhaz (“bad, wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *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

• rie (Scotland)

Adjective

ree (comparative reer or more ree, superlative reest or most ree)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Wild; fierce; outrageous; overexcited; frenzied; delirious; crazy.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) Befuddled with liquor; half-drunk; tipsy.

Synonyms

• (frenzied): frantic, frenetic, off the chain
• (half-drunk): buzzed, merry, squiffy; see also Thesaurus:drunk

Noun

ree (plural rees)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A state of befuddlement; intoxication.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) A state of great excitement or frenzy.

Verb

ree (third-person singular simple present rees, present participle reeing, simple past and past participle reed)

1. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To become extremely excited; fly into a rage.
2. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) 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)

1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.

Etymology 4

Probably from a rebracketing of ea with Old English þære, i.e. þære ēa becoming the ree.

Noun

ree (plural rees)

1. (obsolete or Essex dialect) 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.

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Anagrams

• 'ere, -eer, EER, Ere, e'er, eer, ere

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ree, from Middle Dutch ree, from Old Dutch rēa.

Noun

ree (plural reë)

1. roe, deer of the genus Capreolus

Derived terms

• reebok

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reː/
• Hyphenation: ree
• Rhymes: -eː

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ree, from Old Dutch rēa, from Proto-West Germanic *raihō, from Proto-Germanic *raihô.

Noun

ree f or n (plural reeën, diminutive reetje n)

1. the roe, Capreolus capreolus
2. any deer of the genus Capreolus

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ree

Etymology 2

Syncopic form of rede.

Noun

ree f (plural reeën)

1. (now literary or dialectal) alternative form of rede (“anchorage”)

Anagrams

• eer, ere

Esperanto

Etymology

re- +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈree/
• Rhymes: -ee
• Hyphenation: re‧e

Adverb

ree

1. again

Derived terms

• reen

See also

• denove

Igala

Adjective

rèé

1. small

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.e/
• Rhymes: -ɛe
• Hyphenation: rè‧e

Adjective

ree f pl

1. feminine plural of reo

Anagrams

• -ere, ere

Latin

Noun

ree m

1. vocative singular of reus

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ree, from Old Dutch rēa.

Noun

ree n

1. roe, deer of the genus Capreolus

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish rí, from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

Noun

ree m (genitive singular ree, plural reeghyn or reeaghyn)

1. king (monarchy, chess, card games, draughts)

   Jean eh cooie da ree. ― Make it fit for a king.

   Keayrt dy row va ree ayn. ― There was once a king.

   My vees yn ree hene eh, cha nel kiart echey ayns Mannin. ― King or no king, he has no right to be in Mann.

   T' eh jeh sluight reeghyn Vannin. ― He is descended from the kings of Mann.

Derived terms

Swahili

Alternative forms

• rea
• rei

Pronunciation

Noun

ree class IX (plural ree class X)

1. (card games) ace

See also

West Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian rēd, rēde, from Proto-West Germanic *raid, from Proto-Germanic *raidaz.

Adjective

ree

1. ready

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian *rāha, *rā, *rē, from Proto-West Germanic *raihō, from Proto-Germanic *raihô.

Noun

ree c (plural reeën, diminutive reetsje)

1. roe deer

Wolof

Pronunciation

Verb

ree

1. to laugh

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English rye, from Old English ryġe, from Proto-West Germanic *rugi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riː/

Noun

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

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