Definitions and meaning of rets
rets
Verb
rets
- third-person singular simple present indicative of ret
Anagrams
- 'rest, -estr-, -ster, -ster-, ERTs, REST, Rest., SERT, TERs, erst, estr-, rest, rest., tres
Catalan
Verb
rets
- second-person singular present indicative of retre
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʁad̥s], [ˈʁɑd̥s]
- Homophone: rats
Noun
rets c
- indefinite genitive singular of ret
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French reiz, rez, rei (with spelling re-Latinized in modern French), from Latin rētem.
Pronunciation
Noun
rets m pl (plural only)
- (hunting, figurative) snare
- (fishing) net
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rets”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latvian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *retas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“loose, sparse, rare; to break down, to fall to pieces”) (whence also irt (“to disintegrate, to fall apart”), q.v.) with an extra suffix -to-s. A parallel form from the same stem with a suffix -dʰ (*redʰ-) led to Old Church Slavonic рѣдъкъ (rědŭkŭ), Russian редкий (redkij), and to Latvian dialectal rēds. Cognates include Lithuanian rẽtas
Pronunciation
Adjective
rets (definite retais, comparative retāks, superlative visretākais, adverb reti)
- thin, sparse (formed of a number of similar elements placed at a relatively large distance from one another)
- rets priedulājs ― thin, sparse pine forest
- mežs bija pietiekami rets ― the forest was rather thin, sparse
- reti mati ― thin hair
- reta ķemme ― wide-tooth(ed) (lit. thin, sparse) comb
- sparse (not close to one another)
- grābeklis ar retiem zariem ― rake with rare, sparse prongs
- reti koki ― sparse trees
- (of fabric, cloth) thin (with gaps, spaces between the threads)
- reta auduma maisiņš ― little sack of thin cloth (= having gaps)
- (of gazes, fog, air, etc.) thin (not concentrated)
- rets kalnu gaiss ― thin mountain air
- migla kļuva retāka un caurspīdīgāka ― the mist became thinner and more transparent
- (of groups of people) thin (having few members)
- viņu rindas bija kļuvušas retākas ― their lines, ranks had become thinner
- rare (of which there is only a small number)
- reti augi ― rare plants
- retie ķīmiskie elementi, metāli ― rare chemical elements, metals
- retas rokrakstu grāmatas ― rare manuscript books
- rare, infrequent, uncommon (not widely known, distributed, used)
- rets vārdu savienojums ― rare, uncommon word combination
- rets izteiciens ― rare expression
- reta tautasdziesmas melodija ― rare folk tune
- rare, uncommon (not normal, not ordinary)
- Ubāns ir viens no tiem retajiem māksliniekiem, kurš spēj atklāt skatītājam savu pasauli ― Ubāns is one of those rare artists who are able to open their world to the viewer
- (definite forms) rare one(s) (only a few, not many)
- viņa piederēja pie tiem retajiem, kas prot klausīties ― she belonged to (those) rare (people) who know how to listen
- mums varoņu daudz... vien retajam uzcelts piemineklis ― we have many heroes... only to a rare one (= a few) a monument is built
- rare, infrequent (repeated only after long intervals)
- pa retam ― rarely
- rets gadījums ― rare case
- retajos brīvajos vakaros māte mums lasīja ― in the rare free evenings mother used to read to us
- rare (which appears, happens infrequently)
- reti viesi ― rare guests
- labs draugs ir reta manta pasaulē ― a good friend is a rare treasure on earth
Declension
Synonyms
- (of "thin", "sparse"): plāns
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “of "thin", "sparse", "not dense", "with gaps or spaces"”): blīvs, biezs
- (antonym(s) of “of "rare"”): biežs
Derived terms
References
Old Prussian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *retas, *redas, from
Proto-Indo-European *h₁réh₁ (“rare, sparse”). Cognate with Latvian rets (“rare”), rēds (dialectal), Lithuanian retas, Proto-Slavic *rědъkъ (“rare, thin”).
Adjective
rets m
- rare, thin
Source: wiktionary.org