different between reis vs feis

English

Alternative forms

• rais, ras

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (ra??s, “head, chief, leader”)

Noun

reis (plural reises)

1. (historical) The holder of a Turkish military rank akin to that of naval captain.

Translations

Anagrams

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

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [r??i?s]

Noun

reis (plural [please provide])

1. journey

References

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

Catalan

Noun

reis

1. plural of rei

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?i?s/
• Hyphenation: reis
• Rhymes: -?i?s
• Homophone: rijs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch reise, from Old Dutch *reisa, from Proto-West Germanic *raisu.

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
• schoolreis
• treinreis

Descendants

• Afrikaans: reis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

reis

1. first-person singular present indicative of reizen
2. imperative of reizen

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

Latin

Etymology 1

From reus.

Noun

re?s f

1. dative/ablative plural of rea

Etymology 2

From r?s.

Noun

re?s 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
   • circa 1250, Marie de France, Chevrefeuille

     Li reis Mars esteit curuciez

     King Marc was furious

2. oblique plural of rei

Old Occitan

Noun

reis m pl

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /???j?/

Noun

reis m

1. plural of rei
2. Obsolete spelling of réis

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (ra??s, “head, chief, leader”).

Noun

reis (definite accusative reisi, plural reisler)

1. (obsolete) president

Synonyms

• ba?kan

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): /?rei?s/

Noun

reis m (uncountable, not mutable)

1. rice

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

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From late Old Norse reisa, from Middle Low German reise.

Noun

reis f

1. Journey.

Synonyms

• fäl

Derived terms

• snipp-räis

Etymology 2

From Old Norse reisa (“raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raizijan?.

Verb

reis (preterite reist)

1. (transitive) To raise, to lever, to lift.

Synonyms

• (to lift): löft
• (to raise): riit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish feis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??/
• pl. IPA^(key): /f???n?/

Noun

feis (plural feiseanna)

1. (Ireland) An Irish festival, usually including folk music, dancing, and sports.
2. (Ireland) An Irish gathering at which new laws were decreed, as well as folk music, dancing, and sports.

See also

• Fèis, the Scottish equivalent, and eisteddfod, the Welsh equivalent.

Anagrams

• EFIs, ISEF, fise, seif

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish feiss, fess, verbal noun of foïd (“to spend the night”), from Proto-Celtic *woseti, from Proto-Indo-European *h?wes- (“to reside”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f???/

Noun

feis f (genitive singular feise, nominative plural feiseanna)

1. (literary)
   1. act of sleeping, of passing the night
   2. accommodation, entertainment, for the night; bed and supper
2. (literary)
   1. sleeping together, sexual intercourse
   2. espousal, marriage
3. festival

   Synonym: féile

   1. Irish language festival (with competitions)
4. (literature) feast tale

Declension

Derived terms

• Ard-Fheis (“national convention”)

Mutation

References

• "feis" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 feis(s), fess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “feis” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “feis” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fes, fiste

Verb

feis

1. simple past of fise

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish feiss, fess, verbal noun of foïd (“to spend the night”), from Proto-Celtic *woseti, from Proto-Indo-European *h?wes- (“to reside”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe?/

Noun

feis f (genitive singular feise)

1. sex, intercourse

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with fèis (“a festival”).

Mutation

References

• “feis” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 feis(s), fess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language