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reard.

A voice; a sound.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹɪːd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɹɛːd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɹɪ(ə)ɹd/General-American/ˈɹɛ(ə)ɹd/General-American
  1. A voice; a sound.

    dialectal · obsolete
  2. Fame, renown.

    dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English rerde, rerd, from Old English reord (“voice, speech, language”), from Proto-Germanic *rizdō, *razdō (“voice, language, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *res- (“to shout, speak”). Cognate with Old High German rarta (“sound, voice, harmony”), Old Norse rǫdd (“voice, speech, song”), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰 (razda, “tongue, speech, language, dialect”).

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