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re.

king (male monarch)

2 characters1 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈre//ˈrɛ/regional
  1. king (male monarch)

    invariable · masculine
  2. king

    invariable · masculine
  3. king, magnate (man who excels in something)

    figuratively · invariable · masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈrɛ//ˈrɛ/
  1. re (musical note)

    invariable · masculine
  2. D (musical note or key)

    invariable · masculine
Where this word comes from

Derived from Latin resonāre (“to resound”), from the first word of the second line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based, because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.

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