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Galician
Verb
reda
inflection of redar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English red .
Pronunciation
Adjective
reda
red
Synonym: rubra ( archaic )
Derived terms
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Indonesian
Etymology 1
From Arabic رِضَا ( riḍā , “ to be pleased, to be satisfied ” ) .
Pronunciation
Verb
reda
synonym of rela
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronunciation
Verb
rêda
to calm down
to quiet down , to abate , to subside
to decrease
to be almost finished , to be almost over , to be almost vanished
Derived terms
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈrɛ.da/
Rhymes: -ɛda
Hyphenation: rè‧da
Etymology 1
From Latin hērēs (accusative hērēdem ). Doublet of erede .
Noun
reda f (plural rede )
( obsolete ) heiress
( obsolete , by extension) (female) descendant
Derived terms
Noun
reda m (plural redi )
( obsolete , rare ) heir
1310s , Dante Alighieri , “Canto XIV ”, in Purgatorio , lines 88–90 ; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi , editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata , 2nd revised edition, Florence: Le Lettere , 1994 :Questi è Rinier; questi è ’l pregio e l’onore de la casa da Calboli, ove nullo fatto s’è reda poi del suo valore. This is Renier; this is the boast and honour/honor of the house of Calboli, where no one since has made himself the heir of his valor.
1348 , Giovanni Villani , “Libro decimo ”, in Nuova Cronica , published 1991 , section Ⅰ:Vincislao re di Boemmia morì, del quale non rimase nulla reda maschio Wenceslaus, king of Bohemia, died, and he hadn't any male heir left (literally, “Wenceslaus king of Bohemia died, of which wasn't left any heir male ”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin raeda , of Celtic origin, from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- ( “ to ride, go ” ) .
Noun
reda f (plural rede )
( Ancient Rome ) a type of four-wheeled carriage
Further reading
reda1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
reda2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Malay
Pronunciation
( Etymology 1 )
( Etymology 2 )
Hyphenation: re‧da
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic رِضَا ( riḍā , “ to be pleased, to be satisfied ” ) . Doublet of rela .
( pre-1972 standard, still used widely ) redha
Adjective
reda (Jawi spelling رضا )
Ready with honest intentions to do something.
Synonyms: rela , sudi
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Verb
reda (Jawi spelling ردا )
to calm down
to quiet down , to abate , to subside
to decrease
to be almost finished , to be almost over , to be almost vanished
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
reda n
definite plural of rede
Old Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
reda f
alternative form of rada
Polish
reda
Etymology
Borrowed from German Reede .
Pronunciation
Noun
reda f (related adjective redowy )
( nautical ) roadstead ( partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbor )
Declension
Further reading
reda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
reda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
reda in PWN's encyclopedia
Portuguese
Verb
reda
inflection of redar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
From re- + da , a calque of French redonner .
Verb
a reda (third-person singular present redă , past participle redat , third-person subjunctive redea ) 1st conjugation
to redeem , restore , return , give back
Conjugation
References
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
reda (Cyrillic spelling реда )
genitive singular of red
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish rēþa , from Old Norse reiða .
Pronunciation
Adjective
reda
( in the expression below ) ready
i reda pengar in cash (ready money)
Noun
reda c
( in some expressions ) a state with things in order, order , orderliness
Antonym: oreda
Han försökte bringa reda i röran i garaget He tried to sort out the mess in the garage
göra reda för sig to tell what's going on, to give account of one's business (fairly uncommon)
göra sig reda för något to learn what's going on (fairly uncommon)
Usage notes
Order of the kind likely to be maintained by someone who is neat and organized (where the antonym is mess rather than chaos ). The more general word for order is ordning .
Declension
Verb
reda (present reder , preterite redde , supine rett , imperative red )
to make ready , to take care of, prepare
bra karl reder sig själv a good man takes care of himself
( cooking , sometimes followed by av ) to thicken (a sauce, stew, or the like, with flour or egg yolk)
Synonym: avreda
Red såsen med maizena Thicken the sauce with cornstarch
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