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Definitions and meaning of reis

reis

English

Etymology 1

From Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs, “head, chief, leader”)

Noun

reis (plural reises)

1. (historical) The holder of an Ottoman military rank akin to that of naval captain.

Alternative forms

• rais, ras

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

reis

1. plural of real

Related terms

• milreis

Anagrams

• EIRs, Eris, Iser, SIer, Seri, eirs, ires, rise, sire

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch reis, from Middle Dutch rêse, reise, from Old Dutch *rēsa, from Proto-West Germanic *raisu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rə̟i̯s]

Noun

reis (plural reise, diminutive reisie)

1. journey, trip, voyage

References

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

Asturian

Noun

reis

1. plural of rei

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈrejs]

Noun

reis

1. plural of rei

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛi̯s/
• Hyphenation: reis
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯s
• Homophones: rijs, Rijs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rêse, reise, from Old Dutch *rēsa, from Proto-West Germanic *raisu. Distantly related to English rise and raise. The form with -ei- is expected only in south-eastern dialects; several sources suspect that it was reinforced by Middle High German reise, modern German Reise.

Noun

reis f (plural reizen, diminutive reisje n)

1. travel

2. trip, tour

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: reis
• → Russian: рейс (rejs)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

reis

1. inflection of reizen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• Iers, Sier, sier

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *raici, of Baltic origin. Compare Lithuanian rietas (“thigh”), rietai. Cognates include Finnish reisi.

Noun

reis (genitive reie, partitive reit)

1. (anatomy) thigh

Declension

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German reise.

Noun

reis (genitive reisi, partitive reisi)

1. trip, journey

Declension

(humorous, poetic)

Derived terms

• reisibüroo

Galician

Noun

reis

1. plural of rei

German

Pronunciation

Verb

reis

1. singular imperative of reisen

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *raici. Cognates include Finnish reisi and Estonian reis.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrei̯s/, [ˈre̞i̯z̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrei̯s/, [ˈre̞i̯ʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ei̯s
• Hyphenation: reis

Noun

reis

1. thigh
2. pole (of a wagon)
3. wing (of a seine)

Declension

Synonyms

• (thigh): sapsu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrekisːæ/, [ˈre̞kis̠ː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈre.is/, [ˈre̞.iʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ekisː, -e.is
• Hyphenation: reis

Noun

reis

1. inessive plural of reki

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 472

Latin

Etymology 1

From reus.

Noun

reīs f

1. dative/ablative plural of rea

Etymology 2

From rēs.

Noun

reīs m

1. dative/ablative plural of reus

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

reis

1. imperative of reise

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

reis f (definite singular reisa, indefinite plural reiser, definite plural reisene)

1. alternative form of reise

Etymology 2

Verb

reis

1. imperative of reise

Etymology 3

Verb

reis

1. past of risa

Old French

Noun

reis m

1. nominative singular of rei
2. oblique plural of rei

Old Galician-Portuguese

Noun

reis m pl

1. plural of rei

Old Norse

Verb

reis

1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of rísa

Old Occitan

Noun

reis m pl

1. inflection of rei:
   1. nominative plural
   2. oblique singular

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Homophones: Reis, réis (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: reis

Noun

reis m

1. plural of rei
2. obsolete spelling of réis

Takia

Etymology

Borrowed from Tok Pisin rais.

Noun

reis

1. rice

References

Turkish

Alternative forms

• reiz, reyis, reyiz (misspelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رئیس (reʾis, “president; captain”), from Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs, “head, chief, leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾe(j)ˈis/, [ɾe(j)ˈis]

• Hyphenation: re‧is

Noun

reis (definite accusative reisi, plural reisler)

1. (obsolete) president

   Synonym: başkan

2. (dated) leader

   Synonym: lider

3. (nautical) captain of a small boat
4. (slang, politics) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Derived terms

Further reading

• “reis”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “reis”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “reis”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “reis”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3872
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “رئيس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 999

Welsh

Alternative forms

• rheis, rhis, ris (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French ris (possibly via Middle English rys, compare modern English rice).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rei̯s/

Noun

reis m (uncountable, not mutable)

1. rice

Coordinate terms

• (Cereals) ŷd; ceirch, gwenith, haidd, indrawn/india-corn, miled, reis, rhyg, rhygwenith, sbelt, sorgwm

Derived terms

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “reis”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Source: wiktionary.org