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ret

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Translingual

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ret

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

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English retten, reten; perhaps from Middle Dutch rēten, reeten (compare Middle Low German rōten; Middle High German rōzen), or from Old Norse reyta (compare Norwegian røyta, Swedish röta); all from Proto-Germanic *rautijaną (to make mellow or soft), from Proto-Indo-European *rewd- (to tear; rend; rip). Related to rot.

Verb

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ret (third-person singular simple present rets, present participle retting, simple past and past participle retted)

  1. (transitive) To prepare (flax, hemp etc.) for further processing by soaking, which facilitates separation of fibers from the woody parts of the stem.
    • 1989, Elias Lönnrot, translated by Keith Bosley, The Kalevala, section XLVIII:
      the hemp was retted / and soon the retting was done / and swiftly it was hung up / and hurriedly it was dried […].
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 621:
      the lowland nearly silent except for water-thrushes, the harvested fields, the smell of hops being dried in kilns, flax pulled up and piled in sheaves, in local practice not to be retted till the spring
Derived terms
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Translations
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Etymology 2

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Abbreviation.

Adjective

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ret

  1. retired
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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ret (plural rets)

  1. (printing, historical) Short for reiteration.

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

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Acehnese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ret

  1. road

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin rete (net).

Noun

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ret m (plural rets)

  1. hairnet

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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ret

  1. inflection of retre:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech ret, from Proto-Slavic *rъtъ. Compare Russian рот (rot, mouth).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ret m inan

  1. lip

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • ret”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • ret”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • ret”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, cognate with Swedish rätt, rät, English right, German recht, gerecht. The Germanic adjective goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós, hence Latin rēctus (straight), Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός (orektós, stretched out).

Adjective

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ret (plural and definite singular attributive rette)

  1. straight
    en ret linje
    a straight line
    Synonym: lige
  2. right, proper
  3. rightful
    den rette arving
    the rightful heir
    Synonym: retmæssig Antonym: uretmæssig
  4. (knitting, also used adverbially) plain, knitwise
    Antonym: vrang
    Strik skiftevis tre masker ret og to vrang.
    Alternately, knit three stitches and purl two. (lit.: "knit three stitches knitwise and two purlwise")

Adverb

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ret

  1. straight
  2. rightly, properly
  3. rather, quite
    Han er ret høj.
    He is rather tall.

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtuz, related to the adjective *rehtaz. The Danish word has been influenced by the German cognates Recht (right, law) and Gericht (court). The meaning “course of food” is influenced by Middle Low German richte and German Gericht.

Noun

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ret c (singular definite retten, plural indefinite retter)

  1. (uncountable) justice, law
    Synonyms: jura, lov, justits
  2. court, courtroom, lawcourt (institution)
  3. courtroom (physical location)
    • 2016, Louise Damløv, Cecilie Kallestrup, Tre meter fra Breivik: En beretning fra Nordens største terrorretssag, Informations Forlag, →ISBN:
      Kun omkring halvdelen af de vidner, forsvaret havde indkaldt for at sandsynliggøre, at Breiviks ideologi ikke var galemandssnak, mødte op i retten.
      Only about half of the witness that the defense had summoned to support that Brevik's ideology was not the talk of a madman appeared in court.
    • 2017, Nadine Gordimer, translated by Finn Holten Hansen, Æresgæst, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      Retten var fyldt, og ansigter blev ved med at kigge ind ad vinduerne fra en voksende mængde udenfor.
      The courtroom was full, and faces kept looking in through the windows from a growing crowd outside.
    Synonym: retssal
  4. (uncountable) right, entitlement
    Alle mennesker har ret til basal respekt.
    All humans have a right to basic respect.
    Synonym: rettighed
  5. dish, course (of food)
  6. (uncountable) right side (e.g. of a fabric')
Declension
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References

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ret,1” in Den Danske Ordbogret,2” in Den Danske Ordbogret,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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ret

  1. imperative of rette

Old Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rъtъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ret m inan

  1. lip
  2. edge (of a vessel)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Czech: ret

Further reading

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from German rot.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
  • Syllabification: ret

Noun

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ret m inan

  1. (geology) Röt Formation

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “ret”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Further reading

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  • ret in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English red.

Adjective

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ret

  1. red

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish رد (redd), from Arabic رَدّ (radd).

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Noun

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ret (definite accusative reddi, plural retler)

  1. refusal
  2. denial

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative ret
Definite accusative reddi
Singular Plural
Nominative ret retler
Definite accusative reddi retleri
Dative redde retlere
Locative rette retlerde
Ablative retten retlerden
Genitive reddin retlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular reddim retlerim
2nd singular reddin retlerin
3rd singular reddi retleri
1st plural reddimiz retlerimiz
2nd plural reddiniz retleriniz
3rd plural retleri retleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular reddimi retlerimi
2nd singular reddini retlerini
3rd singular reddini retlerini
1st plural reddimizi retlerimizi
2nd plural reddinizi retlerinizi
3rd plural retlerini retlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular reddime retlerime
2nd singular reddine retlerine
3rd singular reddine retlerine
1st plural reddimize retlerimize
2nd plural reddinize retlerinize
3rd plural retlerine retlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular reddimde retlerimde
2nd singular reddinde retlerinde
3rd singular reddinde retlerinde
1st plural reddimizde retlerimizde
2nd plural reddinizde retlerinizde
3rd plural retlerinde retlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular reddimden retlerimden
2nd singular reddinden retlerinden
3rd singular reddinden retlerinden
1st plural reddimizden retlerimizden
2nd plural reddinizden retlerinizden
3rd plural retlerinden retlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular reddimin retlerimin
2nd singular reddinin retlerinin
3rd singular reddinin retlerinin
1st plural reddimizin retlerimizin
2nd plural reddinizin retlerinizin
3rd plural retlerinin retlerinin

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Turkmen

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic رَدّ (radd)

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ret

Noun

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ret (definite accusative reti, plural retler)

  1. rejection

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Further reading

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  • ret” in Enedilim.com
  • ret” in Webonary.org