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-re

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "re"

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ere.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-re

  1. forms Catalan second conjugation verbs

Conjugation

Variations to the Catalan second conjugation may show up.

Regular conjugation
    Conjugation of -re (second conjugation)
More information infinitive, gerund ...

The preterite originally had -est for the second person singular and -ès for the plural in older versions of Catalan.

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Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From -ra +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-reˣ/, [-re̞(ʔ)]

Suffix

-re

  1. Forms nouns, mostly from nominal stems.

Usage notes

Attaches to the strong stem, while the alternative form -r attaches to the weak stem.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -re
askare
jäntere
kokkare
kumpare
lampare
lepare
lepere
lipare
lohkare
lämpäre
manner
nokare
tanner
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French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ere, third conjugation infinitive of -ō or -iō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁ/
  • Hyphenation: -re

Suffix

-re

  1. one of the three main verb endings, along with -er and -ir

Usage notes

  • Technically, -re is not a suffix or even a verb ending proper, as it is always part of a wider pattern in -dre, -ttre, -ire etc., and is only used as such for its practical aspect, as it groups verbs of very different conjugations, and several verbs of the third group do not end in -re.

Conjugation

Conjugation of -re (see also Appendix:French verbs)
More information infinitive, simple ...

  • The table above shows the conjugation of verbs ending in -dre (e.g. rendre, vendre, ardre).
  • In most verbs ending in -ttre, -tt regularly degeminates to -t before suffixes -s and -∅ (battre — bats, bat, not *batts, *batt).
  • In most verbs ending in -ire, -is- are added between verb stem and verb ending starting in vowels (conduire — conduisais, but conduis), and past participle ends in -t, not *-isu.
  • There are many exceptions on -re verbs, the most irregular -re verb is the auxiliary verb être. See more at Appendix:French irregular verbs.
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Hungarian

Pronunciation

Suffix

-re

  1. (sublative case suffix) Front-vowel variant of -ra. See details there.
    szőnyeg (“carpet”) → Tedd a szőnyegre. ― Put it on the carpet.
    perc (“minute, moment”) → egy percre ― for a moment
    kedd (“Tuesday”) → Kész lesz keddre? ― Will it be ready by Tuesday?

Usage notes

  • (sublative case suffix) Variants:
    -ra is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
    pad (“bench”) → Leültem egy padra. ― I sat down on a bench.
    alma (“apple”) → Allergiás vagyok az almára. ― I am allergic to apples.
    -re is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
    szék (“chair”) → Leültem egy székre. ― I sat down on a chair.
    béke (“peace”) → Mindenki békére vágyik. ― Everyone longs for peace.
More information case, back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú ...

1 Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except before -ként.
    alma — almában, but almaként
    zene ― zenében, but zeneként

See also

More information case, suffix ...

1Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise.
Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns / edit this template

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Japanese

Romanization

-re

  1. Rōmaji transcription of れ

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English -ru, from Proto-West Germanic *-iʀu, from Proto-Germanic *-izō.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Suffix

-re

  1. Used to form the plural of the z-stem nouns calf, child, ey, and lamb
    Synonym: -ren
Descendants
  • English: -er (non-productive)
  • (Middle Scots: childer, cair)
References

Etymology 2

Suffix

-re

  1. alternative form of -ere (comparative suffix)

Etymology 3

Suffix

-re

  1. alternative form of -eren

Etymology 4

Suffix

-re

  1. alternative form of -erie
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Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz, possibly from Latin -ārius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /re/
  • Hyphenation: -re

Suffix

-re (Late West Saxon)

  1. masculine agent suffix, originally applied only to nouns
    ‎fugol (“fowl, bird”) + ‎-re → ‎fuglre (“fowler”)
Declension

Strong ja-stem:

More information singular, plural ...
Derived terms
Old English terms suffixed with -re
geonre
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Suffix

-re

  1. Marks the strong feminine genitive, dative, and instrumental singular of adjectives.
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Romanian

Etymology

From the Latin infinitive endings (-are, -ere, -ire). Used in Romanian with a verb to form the "long infinitive", which is a verbal noun. See also the short infinitive forms of Romanian verbs, -a, -ea, -e, and -i.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /re/
  • Hyphenation: -re

Suffix

-re f (plural -ri)

  1. Attached to the ends of verb infinitives to form nouns, meaning "the action or result of"; -ing, -ation
    ‎traduce (“to translate”) + ‎-re → ‎traducere - translating, translation (the action or result of translation)
    ‎conjuga (“to conjugate”) + ‎-re → ‎conjugare - conjugating, conjugation (the action or result of conjugation)
    ‎vorbi (“to speak”) + ‎-re → ‎vorbire - speech, speaking (the action or result of speech)
    ‎avea (“to have”) + ‎-re → ‎avere - wealth, riches (the result of having)

Usage notes

Most verb infinitives simply add -re, but second conjugation verbs (those ending in -ea) drop the a before adding the suffix. Verbs in -î change to â in accordance with normal orthographic rules.

Type 1
cânta becomes cântare
lucra becomes lucrare
Type 2
plăcea becomes plăcere
vedea becomes vedere
Type 3
cere becomes cerere
naște becomes naștere
Type 4
vorbi becomes vorbire
urî becomes urâre

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [re]
  • Hyphenation: -re

Suffix

-re

  1. dative/locative singular of -ra

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾe/ [ˈɾe]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: -re

Suffix

-re

  1. (archaic) first/third-person singular future subjunctive

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse -ri, derived from Proto-Germanic *-izô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-rɛ/
  • Hyphenation: -re

Suffix

-re

  1. Forms the comparative degree of a few adjectives, most of which change their stem vowel (umlaut) when this happens.
    lång (long), längre (longer)
    ung (young), yngre (younger)

See also

Pronoun

-re

  1. (colloquial) pronunciation spelling of det; see re

Pronoun

-re

  1. (colloquial) pronunciation spelling of dig; see re

Anagrams

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