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See also: Rey, -rey, and rəy

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Reyesano.

Symbol

rey

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Reyesano.

See also

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic رَأْي (raʔy).

Noun

rey

  1. vote

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin rēx, rēgem (compare Spanish rey), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

Noun

rey m (Hebrew spelling ריי)

  1. king

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin rēx, rēgem.

Noun

rey m (oblique plural reys, nominative singular reys, nominative plural rey)

  1. king

Descendants

  • Occitan: rei, rèi

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rēgem, singular accusative of rēx, from Proto-Italic *rēks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

Pronunciation

Noun

rey m (plural reys or reyes)

  1. king
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 53v:
      embiol ael aſenachaerib toda la plata q̃ pudo trobar en la del criador. e el teſoro de los reẏſ. eſtoz cranto ezechias las puertas del temple e todo quanto pudo aũ embiolo al reẏ de ſiria esto peſo al criador
      He sent Sennacherib all the silver he could find in the [house] of the Creator and the treasury of the kings. Then Hezekiah broke the doors of the temple and all that there was he sent to the king of Assyria. This weighed upon the Creator.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ladino: rey
  • Spanish: rey
    • Chavacano: rey
    • Papiamentu: rey
    • → San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: rey
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Portuguese

Noun

rey m (plural reys)

  1. obsolete spelling of rei

San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rey, from Old Spanish rey, from Latin rēx, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

Noun

rey

  1. king

References

  • Stewart, Cloyd; Stewart, Ruth D.; colaboradores amuzgos (2000), Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44)‎ (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 168
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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish rey, from Latin rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrei/ [ˈrei̯]
  • Rhymes: -ei
  • Syllabification: rey

Noun

rey m (plural reyes)

  1. king
  2. (chess) king

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Chavacano: rey
  • Papiamentu: rey
  • → San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: rey

See also

Chess pieces in Spanish · piezas de ajedrez (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
rey dama, reina torre, roque alfil caballo peón
Playing cards in Spanish · cartas (layout · text)
as dos tres cuatro cinco seis siete
ocho nueve diez sota reina rey comodín

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish رأی (re'i, “opinion, vote, voice”), from Arabic رَأْي (raʔy).

Noun

rey (definite accusative reyi, plural reyler)

  1. (archaic) vote

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Synonyms

Further reading

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