Masculine
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re
- (invariable, masculine) king (male monarch)
- (invariable, masculine) king
- (figuratively, invariable, masculine) king, magnate (man who excels in something)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ré
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈre/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Italic *rēks Latin rēx Italian re Inherited from Latin rēx, via the nominative singular, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of rege, which was borrowed from Latin via the accusative rēgem.
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