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4-letter words (5 found)

IRES,REIS,RISE,SEIR,SIRE,

3-letter words (8 found)

ERS,IRE,REI,RES,SEI,SER,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (5 found)

ER,ES,IS,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 19 words from reis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of reis

reis eris ries ires eirs iers resi ersi rsei srei esri seri rise irse rsie srie isre sire eisr iesr esir seir iser sier

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Definitions and meaning of reis

reis

Etymology 1

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

Noun

reis (plural reises)

  1. (historical) The holder of a Turkish 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, Valencian) [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 or m (plural reizen, diminutive reisje n)

  1. travel
  2. trip, tour
Derived terms
  • reizen
  • bootreis
  • busreis
  • dromenreis
  • droomreis
  • groepsreis
  • huwelijksreis
  • motorreis
  • reisverzekering
  • reisbureau
  • reischeque
  • reisplanner
  • schoolreis
  • treinreis
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. 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): /ˈre.isːæ/, [ˈre̞.is̠ː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈre.is/, [ˈre̞.iʒ̥]
  • Rhymes: -e.isː, -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

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): /ɾeˈis/, /ɾe(j)ˈis/
  • Hyphenation: re‧is

Noun

reis (definite accusative reisi, plural reisler or (dated) rüesa)

  1. (obsolete) president
    Synonym: başkan
  2. leader
  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[1], 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

  • corhedydd y caeau reis (“paddyfield pipit (Anthus rufulus)”)
  • gwyfyn reis (“rice moth (Corcyra cephalonica)”)
  • paur reis (“rice paper”)
  • pwyth reis (“rice stitch”)
  • reis brown (“brown rice”)
  • reis gwyn (“white rice”)
  • reis gwyllt (“wild rice”)
  • reis miled (“smilo-grass (Oryzopsis miliacea)”)
  • reis wedi'i ffrio ag wy (“egg-fried rice”)
  • reis y gwter (“cut-grass (Leersia oryzoides)”)

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