different between apposite vs res

English

Etymology

From Latin appositus, past participle of adponere, from ad- + ponere (“to put, place”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?a.p?.z?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ.p?.z?t/, IPA^(key): /??p?z?t/

Adjective

apposite (comparative more apposite, superlative most apposite)

1. Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.
   • c. 1833–1856, Andrew Carrick, John Addington Symonds (editors), Medical Topography of Bristol, in Transactions of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association/Volume 2/3,

     Medical Topography would be the most apposite title, since it comprehends the principal objects of investigation; [...].

   • 1919, H. L. Mencken, The American Language: An inquiry into the development of English in the United States, Chapter 15: The Expanding Vocabulary,

     Rough-neck is a capital word; it is more apposite and savory than the English navvy, and it is over-whelmingly more American.
2. Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition.
   • 1971, University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Volume 34, page 262,

     In other words, they are used to name, rather than to describe. They are apposite nouns and not adjectives.

3. Related, homologous.
   • 2000, David Skeele, "All That Monarchs Do": The Obscured Stages of Authority in Pericles, in Pericles: Critical Essays,

     If the shift in theatrical setting and the shift in dramaturgy are at all related, they are apposite developments, independent yet homologous signs of a changing political and cultural climate.

Synonyms

• (appropriate or relevant): to the point; See also Thesaurus:pertinent
• (positioned at rest in respect to another):
• (related): See also Thesaurus:connected

Related terms

• appositely
• appositeness
• apposition

Translations

Noun

apposite (plural apposites)

1. (rare) That which is apposite; something suitable.

See also

• opposite

References

Italian

Adjective

apposite

1. feminine plural of apposito

Latin

Participle

apposite

1. vocative masculine singular of appositus

References

• apposite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• apposite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Translingual

Alternative forms

• Res

Symbol

res

1. (mathematical analysis) residue

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??z/ (noun, verb)
• Rhymes: -?z
• IPA^(key): /?e?z/ (noun form)
• Rhymes: -e?z
• Homophones: raise, rase, rays, raze, rehs, réis

Noun

res

1. plural of re

Noun

res (plural reses)

1. (Canada, US, informal) Clipping of reservation.

   Synonym: (Indian reserve or reservation) rez

2. (Canada, South Africa) Clipping of residence.
3. (computing) Clipping of resolution (of a computer display or image).

   Coordinate term: hi-res

4. Clipping of reservoir (from computer water cooling).
5. (role-playing games) Clipping of resurrection.

Verb

res (third-person singular simple present reses, present participle ressing, simple past and past participle ressed)

1. (role-playing games) short form of resurrect

Anagrams

• -ers, ERS, ERs, ESR, RSE, SER, SRE, ers, ser, ser.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?r?s/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?r?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?res/
• Rhymes: -es

Etymology 1

From Latin r?s (“thing”). Compare French rien.

Pronoun

res

1. nothing
2. (in negative sentences) anything

Alternative forms

• re
• rès (obsolete)

Derived terms

• de res
• no-res

Etymology 2

Noun

res

1. plural of re

Further reading

• “res” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “res” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “res” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “res” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin r?s (“thing”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?res/

Noun

res f (plural reses)

1. head of quadrupedal cattle or game
2. flock, herd; cattle
   • 1355, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 168:

     os quaes me pagastes en dineiros et en res

     which you paid me in money and in cattle

Pronoun

res

1. (rare or dated) nothing (in negative sentences)

   Synonym: nada

Related terms

• ren
• rexelo

Etymology 2

Plural of re.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?res/

Noun

res m pl

1. plural of re

Etymology 3

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese r?es (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin r?nes (“kidneys”). Cognate with Template:kw.

Alternative forms

• rens

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?res/

Noun

res m pl

1. small of the back
   • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala (ed.), A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus. Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 191:

     reerás primeiramente os lombos ou as r?es do cavalo

     you will first shave the horse's back and the smalls of the back

   Synonyms: cadrís, lombo

Derived terms

• derrear

Related terms

• ril

References

• “re_es” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “r?es” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “res” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “res” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “res” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Etymology

For the expected *r?s, remodelled on a new oblique stem *r?j-, from Proto-Italic *reis, from Proto-Indo-European *reh?ís (“wealth, goods”).

Cognate to Old Persian [Term?] (/r?y-/, “paradise, wealth”), Avestan ????????????-? (r?y-, “paradise, wealth”), Sanskrit ?? (raí, “property. wealth”), ??? (rayí, “stuff, material, property, goods”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /re?s/, [re?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /res/, [r?s]

Noun

r?s f (genitive re?); fifth declension

1. thing, object, stuff

2. matter, issue, subject, topic
   • a. 149 BC, Cato the Elder (attributed quote)

3. affair, event
4. story, history
5. state, republic, commonwealth
   • c. early 5th century AD, attributed to Ennius by Augustinus in De Civitate Dei; Book II, Chapter XXI

6. deed
7. circumstances

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

Derived terms

• re?pse
• reus
• r?cula/r?scula
• rem ac? tetigist?
• r?s, n?n verba (“deeds, not words”)
• re?lis
• r?s adi?dic?ta
• r?s pr?v?ta
• r?s p?blica/r?sp?blica
• r?s i?dic?ta
• in medi?s r?s

Descendants

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “r?s”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 100, page 287

Further reading

• res in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• res in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• res in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• res in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
• res in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• res in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• res in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?res/, [?res]

Etymology 1

From Latin r?s (“thing”).

Noun

res f (plural reses)

1. head of quadrupedal cattle or game
2. (Latin America) bovine animal

Derived terms

• pancita de res
• resero

Etymology 2

Plural of re.

Noun

res m pl

1. plural of re

Further reading

• “res” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Verb

res

1. imperative of resa

Anagrams

• ers, ser

Westrobothnian

Etymology

cf Old Norse hreistr, Norwegian reist

Noun

res n or m

1. guts; offal, scales of fish

Related terms

• fiskres
• rees
• rest

Wolof

Noun

res (definite form res wi)

1. liver