reine

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See also: Reine, reiné, reìne, and reïne

Dutch

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Adjective

reine

  1. inflection of rein:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French reïne, reyne, royne, from Latin rēgīna.

Pronunciation

Noun

reine f (plural reines, masculine roi)

  1. queen (a female monarch)
    • 1959, Jacques Brel, Ne me quitte pas:
      Je ferai un domaine où l’amour sera roi, où l’amour sera loi, où tu seras reine
      I will create a realm where love will be king, where love will be law, where you will be queen
  2. queen (a reproductive female animal in a hive)

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Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

reine

  1. inflection of reinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

reine

  1. inflection of rein:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch reini, from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

reine

  1. clean, pure, untainted
  2. noble, pure of heart
  3. free of sin
  4. of excellent quality

Inflection

Adjective
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative Indefinite reine reine reine reine
Definite reine reine
Accusative Indefinite reinen reine reine reine
Definite reine
Genitive reins reiner reins reiner
Dative reinen reiner reinen reinen

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: rein
    • Negerhollands: rein
  • Limburgish: rein

Adverb

reine

  1. neatly, properly, according to custom
  2. cleanly, completely

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Further reading

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French royne, reine, from Latin rēgīna.

Noun

reine f (plural reines)

  1. (Jersey) queen

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Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

reine

  1. definite singular of rein
  2. plural of rein

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

reine

  1. definite singular of rein
  2. plural of rein

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: rei‧ne

Verb

reine

  1. inflection of reinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

reine

  1. inflection of reinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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