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reet
English
Etymology
From eye dialectal spelling of right.
Pronunciation
- (UK, Geordie) enPR: r?t, IPA(key): /?i?t/
Adjective
reet (comparative mair reet, superlative maist reet)
- (Tyneside) right
Usage notes
Generally this spelling and pronunciation of right applies only in the adjective and adverb (see below) senses of the word and of the noun sense.
Adverb
reet (not comparable)
- (Tyneside) right
Anagrams
- TREE, Tree, rete, teer, tree
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re?t/
- Hyphenation: reet
- Rhymes: -e?t
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch rete. Equivalent to a deverbal from rijten (“to rip (up)”).
Noun
reet f (plural reten, diminutive reetje n) (sometimes m)
- A ripped-up spot, tear; cleft, crack, crevice
- De kat krabde reten in het behang.
- The cat tore up the wallpaper to shreds.
- De kat krabde reten in het behang.
- (vulgar) The butt crack, arse, anus
- (by extension, vulgar) The butt, behind
- (by extension, vulgar) (in geen reet nothing at all) nothing
Synonyms
- (crack): kier, spleet
- (arse-hole): aars, gat, hol
Derived terms
- geen reet (“nothing, not in the least”)
- reetveter
- rete-
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
reet
- singular past indicative of rijten
Anagrams
- eert, eter, teer, tere, tree
Finnish
Noun
reet
- Nominative plural form of reki.
Anagrams
- tere
Old Irish
Noun
reet (gender unknown)
- (hapax) impetigo
- 9th or 10th century, Glosses on Canons in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Parker 279, p. 134. Published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus, vol. II, p. 38, line 17:
- reet glosses Latin inpitiginem
- 9th or 10th century, Glosses on Canons in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Parker 279, p. 134. Published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus, vol. II, p. 38, line 17:
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “3 recht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language (erroneously taken for rect instead of reet by the dictionary's editors)
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reen
English
Alternative forms
- rean
- rhyne
Noun
reen (plural reens)
- A running waterway that links a ditch or stream to a river.
References
- Evans, Trevor (2007), Flora of Monmouthshire ?ISBN.
Anagrams
- NEER, Neer, Rene, erne, ne'er, neer
Esperanto
Adverb
reen
- once more, again
Finnish
Noun
reen
- Genitive singular form of reki.
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