retta

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See also: rettâ and rétta

Icelandic

Etymology

A contracted form of sígaretta (cigarette).

Pronunciation

Noun

retta f (genitive singular rettu, nominative plural rettur)

  1. (colloquial) cigarette

Declension

    Declension of retta
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative retta rettan rettur retturnar
accusative rettu rettuna rettur retturnar
dative rettu rettunni rettum rettunum
genitive rettu rettunnar retta rettanna

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Ellipsis of linea retta.

Noun

retta f (plural rette)

  1. straight line

Etymology 2

Possibly from the feminine form of retto (right, just, fair) (as in a fair agreed-upon sum of money).

Noun

retta f (plural rette)

  1. fee

Etymology 3

Participle

retta f sg

  1. feminine singular of retto

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

retta

  1. inflection of rette:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

retta (present tense rettar, past tense retta, past participle retta, passive infinitive rettast, present participle rettande, imperative retta/rett)

  1. Alternative form of rette

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

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Noun

retta f

  1. rescue, help

Verb

retta

  1. to rescue
  2. to save (somebody)