reed

Betekenis (English)

Noun

1. Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
2. The hollow stem of these plants.
3. Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it.
4. A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.
5. A comb-like part of a beater for beating the weft when weaving.
6. A piece of whalebone or similar for stiffening the skirt or waist of a woman's dress.
7. Reeding.
8. A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
9. Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
10. (obsolete) A missile weapon.
11. A measuring rod.
12. A measuring rod.

Verb

1. To thatch.
2. To mill or mint with reeding.

Verb

simple past and past participle of ree

Concepten

riet

rietstengel

rietje

staf

stok

hengel

tongetje

rieten

Synonyms

cane

rush

comb

pipe

vibrating reed

sedge

rushes

tule

reed instrument

bulrush

flute

🪈

stick

beating-reed instrument

grass

reeds

leaf spring

leg

🦵

oboe

papyrus

ratan

shaft

spear

spring

staff

stalk

straw

tongue

👅

reed pipe

rushy

common reed

malacca

stalk of grass

pan-pipe

reed-pipe

Arundinaria

Phragmites communis

marsh grass

reedfish

ropefish

phragmites communis

reedy grass

steel hoop

otter weed

abomasum

svirel

anchor

⚓

arrow

baton

batten

beater

blow-pipe

bridge

button

calabash

cattail

drinking straw

fife

fishing rod

frail

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɹiːd/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: red

Inherited from Oudengels: hrēod

Cognate with Saterfries: Rait

Cognate with Fries: reid

Cognate with Nederlands: riet

Cognate with Duits: Ried

Cognate with Gothisch: *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌳

Inherited from Middelengels: reden

Inherited from Middelengels: rede

Inherited from Oudengels: rēada

In summary

From Middle English red, reed, from Old English hrēod, from Proto-West Germanic *hreud, of uncertain origin.
Akin to Saterland Frisian Rait (“reed”), West Frisian reid (“reed”), Dutch riet (“reed”), German Ried (“reed”). No cognates in North Germanic languages, but the existence of an otherwise unattested Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌳 (*hriud) was supposed by the brothers Grimm. They also theorised that the word may have a relation to the retas mentioned in Noctes Atticae (Aulus Gellius). The measuring reed sense is the translation of Akkadian qanûm ("cane") used in the Bible and elsewhere.