rets

English

Verb

rets

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ret

Anagrams

• 'rest, -estr-, -ster, -ster-, ERTs, REST, Rest., SERT, TERs, erst, estr-, rest, rest., tres

Catalan

Verb

rets

1. second-person singular present indicative of retre

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ,
• Homophone: rats

Noun

rets c

1. indefinite genitive singular of ret

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French reiz, rez, rei (with spelling re-Latinized in modern French), from Latin rētem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛ/

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Noun

rets m pl (plural only)

1. (hunting, figurative) snare
2. (fishing) net

Derived terms

• réseau

Further reading

• “rets”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Latvian

Alternative forms

• (dialectal form) rēds

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *retas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“loose, sparse, rare; to break down, to fall to pieces”) (whence also irt (“to disintegrate, to fall apart”), q.v.) with an extra suffix -to-s. A parallel form from the same stem with a suffix -dʰ (*redʰ-) led to Old Church Slavonic рѣдъкъ (rědŭkŭ), Russian редкий (redkij), and to Latvian dialectal rēds. Cognates include Lithuanian rẽtas

Pronunciation

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Adjective

rets (definite retais, comparative retāks, superlative visretākais, adverb reti)

1. thin, sparse (formed of a number of similar elements placed at a relatively large distance from one another)

   rets priedulājs ― thin, sparse pine forest

   mežs bija pietiekami rets ― the forest was rather thin, sparse

   reti mati ― thin hair

   reta ķemme ― wide-tooth(ed) (lit. thin, sparse) comb

2. sparse (not close to one another)

   grābeklis ar retiem zariem ― rake with rare, sparse prongs

   reti koki ― sparse trees

3. (of fabric, cloth) thin (with gaps, spaces between the threads)

   reta auduma maisiņš ― little sack of thin cloth (= having gaps)

4. (of gazes, fog, air, etc.) thin (not concentrated)

   rets kalnu gaiss ― thin mountain air

   migla kļuva retāka un caurspīdīgāka ― the mist became thinner and more transparent

5. (of groups of people) thin (having few members)

   viņu rindas bija kļuvušas retākas ― their lines, ranks had become thinner

6. rare (of which there is only a small number)

   reti augi ― rare plants

   retie ķīmiskie elementi, metāli ― rare chemical elements, metals

   retas rokrakstu grāmatas ― rare manuscript books

7. rare, infrequent, uncommon (not widely known, distributed, used)

   rets vārdu savienojums ― rare, uncommon word combination

   rets izteiciens ― rare expression

   reta tautasdziesmas melodija ― rare folk tune

8. rare, uncommon (not normal, not ordinary)

   Ubāns ir viens no tiem retajiem māksliniekiem, kurš spēj atklāt skatītājam savu pasauli ― Ubāns is one of those rare artists who are able to open their world to the viewer

9. (definite forms) rare one(s) (only a few, not many)

   viņa piederēja pie tiem retajiem, kas prot klausīties ― she belonged to (those) rare (people) who know how to listen

   mums varoņu daudz... vien retajam uzcelts piemineklis ― we have many heroes... only to a rare one (= a few) a monument is built

10. rare, infrequent (repeated only after long intervals)

    pa retam ― rarely

    rets gadījums ― rare case

    retajos brīvajos vakaros māte mums lasīja ― in the rare free evenings mother used to read to us

11. rare (which appears, happens infrequently)

    reti viesi ― rare guests

    labs draugs ir reta manta pasaulē ― a good friend is a rare treasure on earth

Declension

Synonyms

• (of "thin", "sparse"): plāns

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "of "thin", "sparse", "not dense", "with gaps or spaces""): blīvs, biezs
• (antonym(s) of "of "rare""): biežs

Derived terms

• retums

References

Old Prussian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *retas, *redas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁réh₁ (“rare, sparse”). Cognate with Latvian rets (“rare”), rēds (dialectal), Lithuanian retas, Proto-Slavic *rědъkъ (“rare, thin”).

Adjective

rets m

1. rare, thin