ret

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɹɛt/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

From Middle English retten, reten; perhaps from Middle Dutch rēten, reeten (compare Middle Low German rōten; Middle High German rōzen), or from Old Norse reyta (compare Norwegian røyta, Swedish röta); all from Proto-Germanic *rautijaną (“to make mellow or soft”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewd- (“to tear; rend; rip”). Related to rot.

Verb

ret (third-person singular simple present rets, present participle retting, simple past and past participle retted)

1. (transitive) To prepare (flax, hemp etc.) for further processing by soaking, which facilitates separation of fibers from the woody parts of the stem.
   • 1989, Elias Lönnrot, translated by Keith Bosley, The Kalevala, section XLVIII:

     the hemp was retted / and soon the retting was done / and swiftly it was hung up / and hurriedly it was dried […].

   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 621:

     the lowland nearly silent except for water-thrushes, the harvested fields, the smell of hops being dried in kilns, flax pulled up and piled in sheaves, in local practice not to be retted till the spring

Derived terms

• retter

Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Adjective

ret

1. retired

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

ret (plural rets)

1. (printing, historical) Short for reiteration.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• ERT, ETR, TER, ert, ter, ter-

Acehnese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rʌt/
• (Banda Aceh) IPA^(key):

Noun

ret

1. road

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin rete (“net”).

Noun

ret m (plural rets)

1. hairnet

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ret

1. inflection of retre:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ret” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

ret

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech ret, from Proto-Slavic *rъtъ. Compare Russian рот (rot, “mouth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

ret m inan

1. lip

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• ret in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• ret in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• ret in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

ret

Wikipedia ^da

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛt/, ,
• Homophone: rat

Etymology 1

From Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, cognate with Swedish rätt, rät, English right, German recht, gerecht. The Germanic adjective goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós, hence Latin rēctus (“straight”), Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός (orektós, “stretched out”).

Adjective

ret (plural and definite singular attributive rette)

1. straight

   en ret linje

   a straight line

   Synonym: lige

2. right, proper
3. rightful

   den rette arving

   the rightful heir

   Synonym: retmæssig Antonym: uretmæssig

4. (knitting, also used adverbially) plain, knitwise

   Antonym: vrang

   Strik skiftevis tre masker ret og to vrang.

   Alternately, knit three stitches and purl two.

Adverb

ret

1. straight
2. rightly, properly
3. rather, quite

   Han er ret høj.

   He is rather tall.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtuz, related to the adjective *rehtaz. The Danish word has been influenced by the German cognates Recht (“right, law”) and Gericht (“court”). The meaning “course of food” is influenced by Middle Low German richte and German Gericht.

Noun

ret c (singular definite retten, plural indefinite retter)

1. (uncountable) justice, law

   Synonyms: jura, lov, justits

2. court, courtroom, lawcourt (institution)
3. courtroom (physical location)
   • 2016, Louise Damløv, Cecilie Kallestrup, Tre meter fra Breivik: En beretning fra Nordens største terrorretssag, Informations Forlag, →ISBN:

     Kun omkring halvdelen af de vidner, forsvaret havde indkaldt for at sandsynliggøre, at Breiviks ideologi ikke var galemandssnak, mødte op i retten.

     Only about half of the witness that the defense had summoned to support that Brevik's ideology was not the talk of a madman appeared in court.

   • 2017, Nadine Gordimer, translated by Finn Holten Hansen, Æresgæst, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Retten var fyldt, og ansigter blev ved med at kigge ind ad vinduerne fra en voksende mængde udenfor.

     The courtroom was full, and faces kept looking in through the windows from a growing crowd outside.

   Synonym: retssal

4. (uncountable) right, entitlement

   Alle mennesker har ret til basal respekt.

   All humans have a right to basic respect.

   Synonym: rettighed

5. dish, course (of food)
6. (uncountable) right side (e.g. of a fabric')

Declension

References

“ret,1” in Den Danske Ordbog “ret,2” in Den Danske Ordbog “ret,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ret

1. imperative of rette

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rъtъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈrɛt/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈrɛt/

Noun

ret m inan

1. lip
2. edge (of a vessel)

Declension

Descendants

• Czech: ret

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “ret”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

ret

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from German rot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Syllabification: ret

Noun

ret m inan

1. (geology) Röt Formation

Declension

References

Further reading

• ret in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English red.

Adjective

ret

1. red

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish رد (redd), from Arabic رَدّ (radd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾɛt/

Noun

ret (definite accusative reddi, plural retler)

1. refusal
2. denial

Declension

Derived terms

• reddetmek