-re

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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ere.

Suffix

-re

  1. forms Catalan second conjugation verbs

Conjugation

Variations to the Catalan second conjugation may show up.

Regular conjugation

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

-ra +‎ -e

Pronunciation

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.

Derived terms

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

  • 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 -∅ (battrebats, bat, not *batts, *batt).
  • In most verbs ending in -ire, -is- are added between verb stem and verb ending starting in vowels (conduireconduisais, 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.

Hungarian

Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
ed suffix who? what? this that he/she
(it)*
case v. pr. c.
nom. ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
az / -∅
acc. -t / -ot /
-at / -et / -öt
kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
azt / -∅
c1
c2
dat. -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- c
ins. -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
evvel
azzal/
avval
vele c
c-f. -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte c
tra. -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá c
ter. -ig meddig eddig addig c
e-f. -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként c
e-m. -ul / -ül c
ine. -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne c
sup. -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) c
ade. -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála c
ill. -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- c
sub. -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá- c
all. -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- c
el. -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle c
del. -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla c
abl. -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle c
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be
construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »

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 percrefor 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.

See also

Middle English

Noun

-re

  1. Alternative form of -erie

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Suffix

-re

  1. (Late West Saxon) masculine agent suffix, originally applied only to nouns
    fugol (fowl, bird) + ‎-re → ‎fuglre (fowler)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: -er

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

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse -ri, from Proto-Germanic *-izô.

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

Anagrams